January 2006 - Posts

Reset Biztalk Passwords

Well we have our enterprise password Resets that happen every 45 days ;Our production servers have passwords that never expire. This causes Havoc to my local biztlak server installation.

THIS information Applies  if you have NOT backed up your master secret
( Thanks  Patrick for pointing out this ) .
i
f you have   in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Enterprise Single Sign-On
>ssoconfig.exe -restoresecret   YouBTSSSOBackupfile

So one day when that password box reaches 2 days to expire you reset that password and suddenly you discover that your biztalk service is not running.

First - Dont Panic !

ok Now you are not panicking :-)
so these are the places you need to reset

Goto ->Start->Run-> Services.msc
and update the password for the following

BizTalk Base EDI service
BiztalkServer Application
Enterprise Single Sign-On Service
MSSQLSERVER
Rule Engine Update Service
SQLSERVERAGENT

Next Open Biztalk Administrator and change passwords for

BizTalk Host Instance Account
BizTalk Isolated Host Instance Account ( In case you set it up same which is not the recommendation btw )

Next Open IIS Manager
Goto ->Start->Run-> inetmgr.msc ->Application pools->Properties ->Identities
and change the password for all the onee below ( You might not have some based on your configuration )

HwsMessagesAppPool
HwsWSAppPool
StsAdminAppPool
STSWebServiceAppPool
TpmWSAppPool (If you are using BAS)
WSSAppPool (Sharepoint app Pool )
BAMAppPool


Whew !! That should get you back on track .
In case it did not leave me a comment or Ping me !