Installing and Getting Started With CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution 3.2 - Appendix A User Inputs for Installation [CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution]

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User Inputs for Installation

User Inputs for Typical Installation

User Inputs for Custom Installation

Password Information

Password Rules for New Installation

Password Rules for Upgrade Installation

Password Rules for Re-installation

Password Descriptions

CiscoWorks Admin Password

System Identity Account Password

CiscoWorks Guest Password

LMS Application Database Password

Changing CiscoWorks Admin Password

Changing casuser Password

User Inputs for Installation

This appendix provides information on the user inputs during LMS 3.2 installation.

Note For information on the Installation of LMS 3.2, see Performing New Installation of LMS 3.2.

This appendix contains:

•User Inputs for Typical Installation

•User Inputs for Custom Installation

•Password Information

User Inputs for Typical Installation

Enter the following information while installing for the first time in Typical mode:

Table A-1 User Inputs for New Installation: Typical

Settings

Value

Components to install

Select the components you want to install.

Password for admin user

No default values.

Enter the admin password. For more information on passwords, see Password Information.

Password for System Identity Account

No default values.

Enter the System Identity Account password. For more information on passwords, see Password Information.

Enter the following information during an upgrade installation in Typical mode:

Table A-2 User Inputs for Upgrade Installation: Typical

Settings

Value

Backup folder

Enter a folder for the backup data. You can also browse and select a folder.

Password for system identity account

No default values.

Enter the System Identity Account password. For more information on passwords, see Password Information

The installation program retains the System Identity Account password if you are upgrading from LMS 2.5.1 and LMS 2.6.

Components to install

Select the components you want to install. The Select Components dialog box appears if you have installed a previous version of LMS.

Enter the following information while reinstalling in Typical mode:

Table A-3 User Inputs for Reinstallation: Typical

Settings

Value

Backup folder

Enter a folder for the backup data. You can also browse and select a folder.

Components to install

Select the components you want to install.

User Inputs for Custom Installation

Enter the following information while installing for the first time in Custom mode:

Table A-4 User Inputs for a New Installation: Custom

Settings

Value

Destination folder

The default location is System drive:\Program Files\CSCOpx.

Select another location if you want to install in a specific location.

We recommend that you specify a short path for the destination folder.

Components to install

Select the components you want to install.

Password for users admin and guest (Mandatory)

No default values. Enter the admin and guest password. For more information on passwords, see Password Information.

Password for System Identity Account (Mandatory)

No default values.

Enter the system identity account password. For more information on passwords, see Password Information.

Password for user casuser—This is for Windows only.

(Optional)

The password is generated randomly if you leave the field blank.

Password for the CiscoWorks Common Services database. (Mandatory)

Enter the database password. For more information on passwords, see Password Information.

Web server settings: (Mandatory)

•HTTPS port

•Administrator's e-mail address

•SMTP server name

The default values are:

•Port number 443

•yourusername@example.com

•localhost

Data for the Self-signed Certificate: (Mandatory)

•Country Code

•State

•City

•Organization Name

•Organization Unit Name

•Host name

•E-mail Address

By default, the self-signed certificate is generated using the organization that Windows is registered to, and the host name.

You must enter the host name. You can leave the other fields blank.

Enter the following information during an upgrade installation in Custom mode:

Table A-5 User Inputs for an Upgrade Installation: Custom

Settings

Value

Backup folder

Enter a folder for the backup data. You can also browse and select a folder.

Components to install

Select the components you want to install. The Select Components dialog box appears if you have a different set of components in the previous version.

Password for users admin and guest

(Optional)

You may change the passwords for the admin and guest users. To keep the existing passwords, leave the fields blank.

In the upgrade scenario, you cannot enter the Eval license inputs. Only Purchase license inputs are applicable.

For more information on passwords, see Password Information

Password for system identity account (Mandatory)

No default values.

Enter the System Identity Account password. For more information on passwords, see Password Information.

If you are upgrading from LMS 2.5.1 and LMS 2.6, you can either retain the existing password or enter a new password.

Password for the user casuser

(Optional)

If you do not enter a password, the setup program will generate a random password for you. If casuser does not exist, it will be created.

However, this is not applicable for Solaris.

Password for the CiscoWorks Common Services Database (Optional)

Leave the fields blank to use the existing password.

Web server settings:

•HTTPS port

•Administrator's e-mail address

•SMTP server name

(Optional)

You can choose to keep the existing information.

Data for the Self-signed Certificate:

(Mandatory)

•Country Code

•State

•City

•Organization

•Organization Unit Name

•E-mail Address

You may change the Self-signed Certificate information. By default, the installation program uses the existing Self-Signed Certificate information.

If you want to generate a new certificate, uncheck the Keep Existing Certificate check box, and enter the country code, state, city, company, organization, and host name for HTTPS.

You must enter the host name. You can leave the other fields blank.

Enter the following information while reinstalling in Custom mode:

Table A-6 User Inputs for Reinstallation: Custom

Settings

Value

Backup folder

Enter a folder for the backup data. You can also browse and select a folder.

Destination folder

The default location is System drive:\Program Files\CSCOpx.

We recommend that you specify a short path for the destination folder.

Password for users admin and guest

(Optional)

You may change the passwords for the admin and guest users. To keep the existing passwords, leave the fields blank.

Password for system identity account (Mandatory)

You may change the passwords for the system identity account. To keep the existing passwords, leave the fields blank.

Password for user casuser

(Optional)

If you do not enter a password, the setup program will generate a random password for you. If casuser does not exist, it will be created.

Password for the CiscoWorks Common Services Database

(Optional)

Leave the fields blank to retain the existing password.

Web server settings:

•HTTPS port

•Administrator's e-mail address

•SMTP server name

(Optional)

You can choose to keep the existing information.

Data for the Self-signed Certificate: (Mandatory)

•Country Code

•State

•City

•Organization Name

•Organization Unit Name

•Hostname

•E-mail Address

By default, the self-signed certificate is generated using the organization that Windows is registered to, and the host name.

You must enter the host name. You can leave the other fields blank.

Password Information

This appendix provides information on the usage of passwords during installation.

It contains:

•Password Rules for New Installation

•Password Rules for Re-installation

•Password Descriptions

Password Rules for New Installation

The following rules apply for a new installation:

•In Typical mode, admin and System Identity Account passwords are mandatory. Installation program generates guest, casuser, and database passwords randomly.

•In Custom mode, admin, guest, System Identity Account, and database passwords are mandatory. You can either enter the casuser password or allow the installation program to randomly generate it.

Password Rules for Upgrade Installation

The passwords entered during new installation are retained during upgrade installation.

Password Rules for Re-installation

The following rules apply for re-installation:

•In Typical mode, the installation program retains passwords for admin, casuser, guest, and database.

•In Custom mode, you can chose to enter new admin, guest, system identity account, and database passwords or retain the existing passwords. You can either enter the casuser password or allow the installation program to randomly generate it.

Password Descriptions

The types of passwords are as follows:

•CiscoWorks Admin Password

•System Identity Account Password

•CiscoWorks Guest Password

•LMS Application Database Password

•Changing CiscoWorks Admin Password

•Changing casuser Password

CiscoWorks Admin Password

While entering the CiscoWorks Admin passwords, use a minimum of five characters.

System Identity Account Password

While entering the System Identity Account Passwords, use a minimum of five characters.

In a multi-server environment, you must configure all systems part of your multiserver setup with the same System Identity Account password.

See the section Setting up System Identity Account in the User Guide for CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 for more details on System Identity Account.

CiscoWorks Guest Password

While entering CiscoWorks Guest passwords, use a minimum of five characters.

LMS Application Database Password

While entering LMS Application Database passwords:

•Use a minimum of five characters and a maximum of 15 characters.

•Do not start the password with a number.

•Do not insert spaces between characters.

•Do not use any special characters.

Changing CiscoWorks Admin Password

You can change your CiscoWorks Admin password by using either the CiscoWorks user password recovery utility or from the GUI, if you want to change it.

•Changing Admin Password Using Password Recovery Utility

•Changing Admin Password From GUI

Changing Admin Password Using Password Recovery Utility

You can change the CiscoWorks user password using the CiscoWorks user password recovery utility.

To change the user password on Solaris:

Step 1 Enter /etc/init.d/dmgtd stop to stop the Daemon Manager.

Step 2 Set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH manually. The path is to be set as follows:

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/lib:/opt/CSCOpx/lib

This environment variable set is applicable to the current working shell only.

Now, you can change the password using the CiscoWorks user password recovery utility.

Step 3 Enter NMSROOT/bin/resetpasswd username at the command prompt.

Here NMSROOT refers to the CiscoWorks Installation directory.

A message appears:

Enter new password for username:

Step 4 Enter the new password.

Step 5 Enter /etc/init.d/dmgtd start to start the Daemon Manager.

To change the user password on Windows:

Step 1 Enter net stop crmdmgtd to stop the Daemon Manager.

Step 2 Enter NMSROOT\bin\resetpasswd username at the command prompt.

A message appears:

Enter new password for username:

Step 3 Enter the new password.

Step 4 Enter net start crmdmgtd to start the Daemon Manager.

Changing Admin Password From GUI

To change the CiscoWorks admin password from the CiscoWorks server:

Step 1 Select Common Services > Server > Security> Single-Server Management > Local User Setup in the CiscoWorks home page.

The Local User Setup page appears.

Step 2 Click Modify My Profile.

The My Profile pop-up window appears.

Step 3 Enter the password in the Password field.

Step 4 Re-enter the password in the Verify field.

Step 5 Enter the e-mail ID in the E-mail field.

Step 6 Click OK.

Changing casuser Password

You can change the casuser password using resetCasuser.exe.

To change the casuser password, do the following:

Step 1 At the command prompt, enter:
NMSROOT\setup\support\resetCasuser.exe
Three options are displayed:

1. Randomly generate the password

2. Enter the password

3. Exit.

Step 2 Enter 2, and press Enter.

A message appears, prompting you to enter the password.

Step 3 Confirm the password.

You must know the password policy. If you enter a password that does not match the password policy, the application exits with an error message.