Moving the RSA Authentication Manager 8.x virtual appliance from one ESX host to another
Originally Published: 2015-07-09
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Product/Service Type: Authentication Manager
RSA Version/Condition: 8.x
Issue
After moving an RSA Authentication Manager 8.x virtual appliance from one ESX host to another, AM services could fail to start because the system fingerprint has changed.
Tasks
- attempt to start AM services after the VM move between ESX Hosts
- If Services fail to start, reset system fingerprint
Resolution
After moving the virtual appliance, an administrator is required to use the command rsautil manage-secrets –a recover to reset the system fingerprint.
NOTE: The Operations Console administrative username and password are required to use this command.
Usage
- Using the steps in 000038244 - SSH to an RSA Authentication Manager server, use the rsaadmin account to logon to the operating system hosting the Authentication Manager instance.
login as: rsaadmin Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Password: <enter operating system user password> Last login: Fri Sep 18 18:18:20 2019 from jumphost.vcloud.local RSA Authentication Manager Installation Directory: /opt/rsa/am
- Navigate to /opt/rsa/am/utils.
- Use the command ./rsautil manage-secrets –a recover to restore the system fingerprint.
rsaadmin@app81p:> cd /opt/rsa/am/utils rsaadmin@app81p:/opt/rsa/am/utils> ./rsautil manage-secrets -a recover Please enter OC Administrator username: <enter Operations Console administrator name> Please enter OC Administrator password: <enter Operations Console administrator password> Machine fingerprint restored successfully.
- Navigate to /opt/rsa/am/server and restart all RSA Authentication Manager services for the change to take effect:
rsaadmin@app81p:/opt/rsa/am/utils> cd ../server rsaadmin@app81p:/opt/rsa/am/server> ./rsaserv restart all Stopping RSA RADIUS Server: ** RSA RADIUS Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Runtime Server: **** RSA Runtime Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Console Server: *** RSA Console Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Replication (Primary): * RSA Replication (Primary) [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Database Server: ** RSA Database Server [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console: ** RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console [SHUTDOWN] Stopping RSA Administration Server with Operations Console: ** RSA Administration Server with Operations Console [SHUTDOWN] Starting RSA Database Server: Starting RSA Administration Server with Operations Console: **************************** RSA Administration Server with Operations Console [RUNNING] Starting RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console: / RSA Database Server [RUNNING ***************** RSA RADIUS Server Operations Console [RUNNING] Starting RSA Runtime Server: ********************************** RSA Runtime Server [RUNNING] Starting RSA RADIUS Server: ** RSA RADIUS Server [RUNNING] Starting RSA Console Server: * Starting RSA Replication (Primary): **** RSA Replication (Primary) [RUNNING]***************************** RSA Console Server [RUNNING]
Notes
This was a more common problem with AM 7.1 and AM 8.0, not as much in later versions
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