Title
Changing the SYSMAN password

Date
2007-05-08

Summary
These instructions describe what needs to be done in the event that the SYSMAN password needs to be changed.

Details
1. Stop the Agent running on the same server as OMS (after adjusting environment settings): 
emctl stop agent

2. Stop OMS (after adjusting environment settings): 
opmnctl stopall

3. Change the password on the EMREP database: 
SQL> ALTER USER sysman IDENTIFIED BY <new_password>;

4. Edit $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/config/emoms.properties and replace: 
OLD: oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwd=2ea7991a7ba70063b094b034ba5beba0
NEW: oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwd=<new_password>

OLD: oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwdEncrypted=TRUE
NEW: oracle.sysman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwdEncrypted=FALSE

5. On the Agent home, edit $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/emd/targets.xml, and in the target type oracle_emrep, change the following: 
OLD: <Property NAME="password" VALUE="4dd1eddedc10c1bf87d2a0d4f287f257" ENCRYPTED="TRUE"/>
NEW: <Property NAME="password" VALUE="<new_password>" ENCRYPTED="FALSE"/>

6. Start up OMS and the Agent.

Applicable Versions
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (10.2.0.3)
Ahmed Aboulnaga
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