Hi Experts,
I got this situation. I forgot CMC Administrator account password and I tried to reset using the resolution steps provided SAP.
Symptom:
The password for the administrator password is lost and there is no other account with administrator rights to log in the CMC and reset the password for this user
Resolution:
The steps required to perform are detailed in the Installation guide attached in the references section. However, there is one mistake in the order of the steps.
Page 71: Chapter 5.9.1 To reset the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform administrator account password
1. Locate the CMS process: launch the Process Explorer utility, and locate CMS.exe.
2. Copy the CMS command to the clipboard. In Process Explorer, copy the "Command line" field.
3. Use the Central Configuration Manager (CCM) to stop the SIA. To launch the CCM, go to Programs > SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise
XI 4.0 > SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise > Central Configuration Manager. Once you have confirmed that the SIA has stopped,
proceed to the next step.
4. Paste the CMS command to a command-line. Do not press Enter. Open a "Command Prompt" window and paste in the contents from step3.
5. Append the -serverconsole switch to the command and press Enter. For example, note that the following command has -serverconsole
appended:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win64_x64\cms.exe" -loggingPath "C:/Program Files (x86)/SAP BusinessObjects/SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0/logging/" -port 6400 -restart -dbinfo "C:/Program Files (x86)/SAP BusinessObjects/SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0/win64_x64/_boe_ACME.dbinfo" -noauditor -autoboot -fg -name ACME.cms - pidfile "C:/Program Files (x86)/SAP BusinessObjects/SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0/serverpids/ACME_ACME.CentralManagementServer.pid" -serverconsole
The SIA is launched in serverconsole mode. You will be prompted when the SIA is ready to accept commands.
6. Go to the following folder: <BOE_INSTALL_DIR>\SAP BusinessObjects\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\dfo The dfo folder
contains a subfolder with a randomly generated name starting with dfo_.
7. Copy the file named BusinessObjects_Administrator_dfo.xml from inside the dfo_ folder to the following folder:
<BOE_INSTALL_DIR>\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\packages
8. Enter the following query: select si_id from ci_systemobjects where si_name='Administrator' Four objects are returned. Record the
SI_ID for each object.
Tip: One of the entries should have the SI_ID set to 12.
9. Delete the objects by typing the following command for each object:delete <ID_NUMBER>
10. Verify that the objects have been deleted by re-entering the command from step 8: select si_id from ci_systemobjects where
si_name='Administrator'
No objects should be returned.
11. Enter the following query: select si_id from ci_systemobjects where si_name='BusinessObjects_Administrator_dfo.xml' One object should be returned. Record the object's SI_ID number.
12. Delete the object by entering the following command: delete <SI_ID>
13. Type quit to exit.
14. Use the CCM to start the SIA.
15. Launch the CCM, go to Programs > SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0 > SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise > Central Configuration Manager.
You can now log on to the administrator account without having to provide password (leave the "Password" field blank).
I started performing the steps in the server console. But I got confused from step 8. On performing step 8, it returned the objects as in below image.
As i'm a novice user of BODS, I didn't understand step9 and started deleting the objects using delete command(delete 19, delete 12) and i verified that no objects are returned in step10, I proceeded further performing step 11 which gave me the objects as in below image.
This time I gave only delete 364 command, exited console and restarted CMC. But the problem persists. Where did I go wrong? In step 8 it showed in resolution that 4 objects will be returned. But for me, it returned 12 objects. I think I have screwed up something. I repeated the steps with no resolution. Could anyone explain what's going on.Please do the needful. Any help is much appreciated.