Microsoft KB Archive/894464

= The Setactionaccount.exe utility that is included with the original release of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 does not support an option to provide a password for the account =

Article ID: 894464

Article Last Modified on 6/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005

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SYMPTOMS
If you try to run the Setactionaccount.exe utility, you are prompted for the password of the Action account. However, the Setactionaccount.exe utility does not allow the password as an option.



CAUSE
The version of the Setactionaccount.exe utility that is included with the original release of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 does not support an option to provide a password for the account in the Setactionaccount.exe utility command-line syntax.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that this article describes. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
You must install this hotfix on the computer that hosts a MOM Agent.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Note This hotfix will restart the MOM service when you install this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. Date     Time    Version     Size    File name

23-Feb-2005    15:20   5.0.2749.0  53,248  Setactionaccount.exe

Installation instructions
To install this hotfix, follow these steps:
 * 1) Copy the Mom2005-rtm-kb894464-x86-ia64-enu.exe file to a local folder or to a shared network folder. If you use a shared network folder, make sure that you can access the folder from the computers that requires this hotfix.
 * 2) Log on to one of the computers that requires this hotfix. You must log on to the computer as an administrator.
 * 3) Run Mom2005-rtm-kb894464-x86-ia64-enu.exe on each computer that requires this hotfix. You can run the file at a command prompt, or you can double-click the file.
 * 4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 on each computer that requires this hotfix.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
The Setactionaccount.exe utility is provided with MOM 2005. The Setactionaccount.exe utility is used to view and designate a specific Action account for MOM 2005.

The new update to the Setactionaccount.exe utility is available as a hotfix that supports an option of a password in the command-line syntax. Install the Setactionaccount.exe utility to the MOM 2005 program folder. By default, the MOM 2005 program folder is the Program Files\Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 folder. Help for the utility syntax is available by running the utility at a command prompt with /? switch.

To set the action account and specify the password, use the following command line syntax:

SetActionAccount.exe < > -set < >

For more information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbbug kbfix kbexpertiseinter kbmompre2005sp1fix kbopman2005spfix KB894464

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