While I was searching for the solution what if I lost McAfee ePO admin password and there were no additional accounts configured, some of the blogs on the internet mentioned that go tohttps://ServerName:8443/core/configand reset the ‘Admin’ password. This is not the correct solution to reset the ‘Admin’ password.
Type ‘sa’ in the User name field. Click on the change password.
For a minute minimize this window and go startà All Programs à MS SQL Server 2008R2 àclick on SQL Server Management Studio, below is shown window will appear( see Image-3)
Expand Security, Logins and double-click the ‘sa’ account (or) right click on ‘sa’ click on ‘Properties (see Image-4)
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Type and confirm a password in the General tab under Login name section.
Click on ‘OK’
Open McAfee ePO web console window (see Image-2)
Type ‘sa’ in the User name field. Click on the change password.
Type the password for ‘sa’ account into the User password and Confirm password fields.
Click Test Connection.
Click Apply, if the test is successful.
Below is shown window will open (see Image-5), restart the McAfee ePO server.
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That’s it.
Happy computing!!
IMPORTANT: Please follow the same sequence above mentioned. After changing the SQL password if you try to open the ePO web consolehttps://ServerName:8443/core/configit won’t open at all. Even though if you lost the SQL password, still you can open the McAfee web consolehttps://ServerName:8443/core/config, then follow the steps in same sequence.
Some time ago I started attending trainings and discussions with industry experts, on McAfee ePO and started learning many things from them. During these sessions I came across some issues with McAfee 4.x and 5.x installation. I have uploaded solutions to some of these issues on my blog, please refer the following link:
One fine morning all of sudden I got a doubt, what if I lost McAfee ePO admin password and there were no additional accounts configured. I opened my laptop and started Googling for the solution. There were more blogs describing this issue, but none had a satisfied solution. After a rigorous search on the Internet, I found two good and easy solutions.
Solution–1:
We believe that only one account, i.e. Admin account, is configured in McAfee ePO. But by default one more account exists in the McAfee ePO User Management, named system. This account is disabled by default. User ‘system’ account has administrative rights (see theImage-1).
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This user (system) is by default non-editable through the web console (see the Image–2)
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We have to enable the user ‘system’ through MS SQL.
Go to start –> All Programs –> MS SQL Server 2008R2 –> click on SQL Server Management Studio, expand Databases -> expand ePO Database –> expand Tables –>go todbo.OrionUsers –> right click ondbo.OrionUsers –>click on Edit Top 200 Rows.One window will open on the right side (see the Image-3)
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Under the OrionUsers Table –>following changes will need to be done for the user ‘System’
Under Disabled –> default setting will be True, change it to False (click enter)
Under Interactive –>default setting will be False, change it to True (click enter)
Minimize the SQL window and Open the McAfee ePO web console and type username: system, Password:system
It will allow you to login. Click on MenuàUnder User Management –>click on Users –>Admin –>Rightside down click on Actions –>click on Edit (see the Image-4& Image -5)
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Click on Change Authentication or Credential
Type Password and confirm Password and save (see the Image-6)
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Log off and Login with Admin credentials. That’s it.
Now Open SQL and make the same changes in OrionUsers Table (Exactly as shown in the Image-7)
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Under Disabled –>change it to True (click enter)
Under Interactive –> change it to False (click enter)
Solution–2:
In solution 1, enabling of the user ‘system’ account through MS SQL resets Admin the Password.
In Solution -2, we will create a new account with Administrative rights using MS SQL and through new account will reset the Admin password.
Go to start –> All Programs –> MS SQL Server 2008R2 –>click on SQL Server Management Studio, expand Databases –> Click on ePO Database –> open a New Query, run the following query and execute
It will create a new user ‘epoadmin’, with the password: epoadmin
Open the McAfee ePO web console with username and passwordepoadmin
It will allow you to login.Click on Menu –>Under User Management –>click on Users –> Admin –> Rightside down click on Actions –> click on Edit and reset the Admin Password
Log off and Login with Admin credentials. That’s it.
NOTE: Use the above solutions when you don’t have any other option. Be sure you have got the required skills to modify SQL server. You can break your ePO server if you don’t know what you are doing. Don’t hold me responsible for your actions; think before you act and always make sure you have a backup 🙂
IMPORTANT: McAfee recommends that you implement account and password management policies such as:
Maintaining a backup administrator account
Creating individual accounts for each administrator
Adhering to corporate requirements for accounts and passwords
Scheduling automated backup using SQL server 2008: It is very important to take backups for the database files on regular basis. Microsoft SQL server 2008 has made this task very easy. Users can schedule the backup to be taken at a particular interval Users can … Continue reading Scheduling automated backup using SQL server 2008
One drawback with SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is that it does not offer a way to schedule jobs. A database backup in SQL2005 Express Edition is scheduled in both the operating system and SQL Server using the tools.
To schedule a backup of a database:
Steps :
1. Create a folder ‘BackUp’ in D drive, “D:\Backup“. ( This can be changed to any folder you like.)
2. Go to Start>>Programs >>Microsoft Server 2005>>SQL Server Management Studio, Click SQL Server Management Studio. Microsoft Server Management Studio window with Connect to Server dialog box appears (seeFigure 1).
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3. Enter a password of the server in Password field.
4. Click Connect. It connects to the database server and Microsoft Server Management Studio window refreshes (seeFigure 2).
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5. Expand Databases sub folder (see Figure 3).
Figure3
6. Expand ‘master’ sub folder.
7. Click New Query. A new query file opens ( Figure 4 )
Figure4
USE [master] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[sp_BackupDatabase] Script Date: 26/11/2010 11:40:47 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_BackupDatabase] @databaseName sysname, @backupType CHAR(1) AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON;
28. Check ‘Open advanced properties for this task when U click Finish’
29. Click. Finish. Database Backups window appears (see Figure 15).
Figure15
30. Type the command ‘sqlcmd -S serverName -E -i D:\Backup\Backup.sql’ in Run field.
Note:SQL query is denoted as follows: o Sqlcmd o –S: It defines the server\instance name for SQL Server. o serverName: It specifies the server\instance name for SQL Server. For instance, WS076\SQLEXPRESS\ o –E: It allows you to make a trusted connection. o –i: It states this specifies the input command file. o D:\Backup\Backup.sql: It specifies the path of the backup.sql file.
31. Enter the user name in Run as field.
32. Click Apply. 33. Click OK. The database backup is scheduled. 34. Select ‘Database Backups’ scheduled task in Scheduled Tasks window. 35. Right-click the mouse. A short-cut menu appears (see Figure 16).
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36. Click Run. It runs the task at the scheduled time.
