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June 4th, 2015 06:00

Lost administrator password Networker 7.6

Hi,

I have a Networker version 7.6.55 but I lost the administrator password. The software is installed on a Windows 2008 server. I tried the procedure indicated in documentation (with GST_RESET_PW) but it does not work.

Can someone help me please?

Thx

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June 5th, 2015 10:00

Hi Ami857,

You doing follow step.

A) To reset the Console administrator password on a Microsoft Windows system, do the following:

Check which account the 'gstd' service is running as (Log On As), usually this is the Local System account and therefore we need to set the variable within the System Environment variables rather than from the command line. If its running via another user then we should login as that user and set from the command line as described below.

  1. For Local System Account, create a variable called GST_RESET_PW with a value of 1 in: -  Go to Computer Management > Properties >Advanced. Create the variable under System variables (bottom window) or select the appropriate user from the top window for User variables.
  2. From the command line logged in as the user who runs the service, enter the following:
         set GST_RESET_PW=1
  3. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
  4. Stop and restart the GST service. At this point, the password resets.
    Note: For NetWorker Management Console 3.2, this change requires a reboot.
  5. Log on to the Console server as administrator, with the default password 'administrator'.
    The password can now be set to a secure password once again. (For details, see " Managing NetWorker Console server users" in Admin Guide.)
  6. Delete or unset the variable created in step 1 -  Go to Computer Management > Properties > Advanced. Delete the variable under System variables (bottom window) or from appropriate user from the top window for User variables.From the command line, set the environment variable to null by entering the following command without giving the variable a value:
          set GST_RESET_PW= (blank)
    (press [Enter], without giving a value)

  7. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
  8. Stop and restart the GST service.
    Note: For NetWorker Management Console 3.2, this change requires a reboot.
  9. Log in as administrator using the secure password.

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June 5th, 2015 01:00

If it dint work, then you have not done it right, try doing it again. If possible try a server reboot too if using NMC on windows.

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June 8th, 2015 23:00

Thank You very much for the help you gave me. The solution that you propose it is correct and it is working now. I am sorry to reply a little late

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