ABB 800xA - Instructions for Changing the DB Admin User

Instructions for Changing the DB Admin User Appendix H User Name Update Procedure
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6. Start RTDB
7. If this was the 800xA History Server node, force re-re
gistration of the DCN
nodes (this is needed that the new adminuser will know the access information
to the DCN nodes)
a. praotstx %app_dsn% -sql "delete from
simpleconfig where sectionname
like 'DatabaseNodes_%' and KeyName like 'Added_%'"
b. Restart RTDB-Scheduler in all 800XA History DCN nodes
8. Recommendation: clean up the Vault entries
for the old adminuser
The names of the vault entries start with "CPIMS/" or "CPIMS_DC/"
Instructions for Changing the DB Admin User
1. Log on with the user account that was originally used for installing RTDB
2. Store the name and password of the ne
w account to the Windows vault entry
"CPIMS/DBADMIN" by navigating to Control Panel > User Accounts >
Credential Manager
3. Add the user to the RTDB-Admin group by running:
"%app_root%\Config\Security\APP_Cr
eate_users.bat"
4. If this was the 800xA History Server node, you need to
tell the new user name
and password to each data collector node:
a. Log on to the data collector node with the user account
that was originally
used for installing RTDB
b. Update the vault information
for entry "CPIMS/MAIN_DBADMIN"
Navigate to Con
trol Panel > User Accounts > Credential Manager
c. Run the below command:
%app_r
oot%\config\featureinstall\APP_Give_Setup_Answers_to_ad
minuser.bat
This step is optional if the logged on user is the adminuser