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Password Information

CiscoWorks SNMS Admin Password

CiscoWorks SNMS Guest Password

WhatsUp Gold Admin and Guest Password

CiscoWorks Common Services Database Password

Essentials Database Password

CiscoWorks SNMS Password Policy

Password Information

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This appendix provides information on the usage of passwords in CiscoWorks Small Network Management Solution 1.5 or 1.5.1 installation. It contains:

•CiscoWorks SNMS Admin Password

•CiscoWorks SNMS Guest Password

•WhatsUp Gold Admin and Guest Password

•CiscoWorks Common Services Database Password

•CiscoWorks SNMS Password Policy

CiscoWorks SNMS Admin Password

While entering the CiscoWorks SNMS Admin passwords:

•Use a minimum of 5 characters.

•Do not start the password with a number.

•Do not insert spaces between characters.

If you are installing CiscoWorks SNMS for the first time, you must enter a valid password.

See the "Setting Up User Security" section on page 3-9 to change the password.

CiscoWorks SNMS Guest Password

While entering CiscoWorks SNMS Guest passwords:

•Use a minimum of 5 characters.

•Do not start the password with a number.

•Do not insert spaces between characters.

If you are installing the CiscoWorks SNMS for the first time, you must enter a valid password.

During reinstall:

If you have	Then
Entered both CiscoWorks SNMS admin and guest user passwords during the previous installation.	Leave the fields blank to retain the existing passwords.
Entered the admin user password and left the guest user password field blank during the previous installation.	Installation retains the existing password for the admin user and generates a random password for guest user, or you can enter new password for the installation to proceed.
Entered the guest user password and left the admin user password field blank during the previous installation.	Enter a new password for admin user. Leave the guest password field blank to retain the existing password.

See the "Setting Up User Security" section on page 3-9 to change the password.

WhatsUp Gold Admin and Guest Password

While entering the WhatsUp Gold Admin and Guest passwords:

•Use a minimum of 5 characters.

•Do not start the password with a number.

•Do not insert spaces between characters.

CiscoWorks SNMS creates two privileged users in WhatsUp Gold—Admin and Guest. The WhatsUp Gold Admin user is mapped to the Network Administrator and System Administrator roles of CiscoWorks Server.

The WhatsUp Gold Guest user is mapped to the other CiscoWorks Server roles, such as Help Desk, Network Operator, etc.

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Note We recommend that you do not change the admin and guest password using the WhatsUp Gold console.

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Use this procedure to change the admin and guest user password:

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Step 1 Select Admin > WhatsUp Gold > Change Password.

The Change WhatsUp Gold Password window appears.

Step 2 Select either admin or guest Username.

Step 3 Enter the old and the new passwords.

Step 4 Click OK.

Restart the WhatsUp Gold server for the password to take effect.

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CiscoWorks Common Services Database Password

While entering CiscoWorks Common Services Database passwords:

•The maximum number of characters the password can contain is 15.

•Do not start the password with a number.

•Do not insert spaces between characters.

If you are installing the CiscoWorks Common Services for the first time, leave the fields blank for the installation program to generate random passwords. During reinstall, leave the fields blank to use the passwords from the earlier installation.

Essentials Database Password

While entering Essentials Database passwords:

•The maximum number of characters the password can contain is 15.

•Do not start the password with a number.

•Do not insert spaces between characters.

If you are installing the Essentials for the first time, leave the fields blank for the installation program to generate random passwords. During reinstall, leave the fields blank to use the passwords from the earlier installation.

CiscoWorks SNMS Password Policy

Based on the installation type and installation mode, you might be prompted to enter a password during an installation. Table B-1 gives details about password policies.

Table B-1 CiscoWorks SNMS Password Policies 

Password	New Installation		Reinstallation
	Typical Mode	Custom Mode	Typical Mode1	Custom Mode
CiscoWorks password: (Admin and Guest user)	Admin: Yes Guest: No	Admin: Yes Guest: Yes	Admin: Yes Guest: No	Admin: Yes Guest: Yes
WhatsUp Gold password: (Admin and Guest user)	Admin: Yes Guest: No	Admin: Yes Guest: Yes	Admin: Yes Guest: No	Admin: Yes Guest: Yes
cmf database password	No	Yes	No	Yes
Essentials database password	No	Yes	No	Yes
casuser password	No, or Yes2	Yes	No, or Yes2	Yes

1 During reinstallation, in the Typical mode, the installation attempts to use existing passwords. 2 The casuser password must conform to the Windows system administrator policies. The dialog box appears only if the random password generated by the installation is rejected by Windows.