Considerations For Changing The Service Tools Device Id Passwords; Changing The Service Tools Device Id Password On The Pc And System - IBM i Series Handbook

Considerations for changing the service tools device ID passwords

You need to review these considerations before you reset the service tools device ID password.
By default, the system and PC automatically maintain service tools device IDs. If you elect to set the
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option Autocreate service tools device IDs to 0, then you must manually manage these device IDs.
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| Consider the following information if you elect to manually manage the device IDs.
Note: You must unlock the SST option before the option is usable.
v The service tools device ID password on the PC must be the same as the service tools device ID
password on the system. If you change one, you have to change the other.
v By default, the PC automatically creates and manages the access password and you cannot set this
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password during the creation of a configuration. However, if you need to manually manage the access
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| password, you can change the password on the Properties page and you might have to supply this
password when making a connection.
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v Operations Console changes and re-encrypts the service tools device ID password during each
successful connection.
| v If you delete the local console on a network configuration after making at least one successful
connection, you need to reset the service tools device ID password on the system before you reuse the
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| profile for a new local console on a network configuration. If the configuration uses QCONSOLE as the
| device ID, do not reset the device ID until you are again ready to use it. By default you do not need to
manage this unless you elected to set the system option Autocreate service tools device IDs to 0.
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Related concepts
"Operations Console simplification" on page 67
Operations Console can automatically create service tools device IDs, manage access passwords, and
discover systems.
Related tasks
"Unlocking service tools device IDs in SST" on page 84
With the Work with service tools user IDs and Devices option, you can change Operations Console
configuration data from system service tools (SST) .
Related reference
"Resynchronizing the PC and service tools device ID password" on page 70
By default, the system creates and maintains the service tools device ID and its password. You should
not have to manually resynchronize the password. However, if the system option Autocreate service
tools device IDs is set to 0, then you must manually manage the IDs and their passwords.

"Changing the service tools device ID password on the PC and system"

There is no advantage of changing the service tools device ID password unless the passwords on the
PC and system are out of synchronization.
Changing the service tools device ID password on the PC and system
There is no advantage of changing the service tools device ID password unless the passwords on the PC
and system are out of synchronization.
By default, the system manages the service tools device IDs and its password. As a result, you do not
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| need to resynchronize the device ID passwords manually.
You can resynchronize the PC and service tools device ID password to make them both the same again.
Since this password is actually changed at each successful connection, manually changing the password,
except for synchronization, is not recommended.
Related concepts
"Operations Console simplification" on page 67
Operations Console can automatically create service tools device IDs, manage access passwords, and
discover systems.
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Operations Console