Hi team:
I have a question regarding the title above. It turns out that for many things in Veeam (access to hosts, jobs, console, etc.) I use the domain administrator's credentials. If I have to change said password, should I make adjustments to all the accesses described above?
Regards,
Best answer by coolsport00
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You may need to perform rescan of infrastructure objects added to Veeam within the Console under Managed Servers; or, go into the Properties of the objects and go through the wizard again. You will for sure need to update the Credential item in your Console Credentials section, as well.
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Hello
you need to update it from Credentials Manager as below
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/credentials_manager_windows.html?ver=120
And in the case of the veeam console? If I changed the domain administrator password, it wouldn't let me in or would it?
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You could also look in to use a gMSA account (Group Managed Service Account) as well to make password changes easier - Using Group Managed Service Accounts - User Guide for VMware vSphere (veeam.com)
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Assuming you log into the Windows system with the same domain admin creds, yes.
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And in the case of the veeam console? If I changed the domain administrator password, it wouldn't let me in or would it?
It would let you in if that domain admin had permissions in the console.
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“It would let you in if that domain admin had permissions in the console” ← this, because if you have MFA set, you need to remove any groups, which by default Administrators group is added in the Console. If you do not have this group, as Chris shared, you need to have the same domain admin account as a user with Console permissions.
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UPDATE: I modified this post as I believe it was inaccurate.
If you have the same domain admin account as saved Credentials for such things as adding Managed Servers and/or Guest Processing, you need to go into Credentials & Passwords and change the password of the domain acct there.
Then, you should do a rescan operation, or go into the Properties, of your VBR objects (Proxies, Repos, other servers, etc).
I rephrase the question: I have my Veeam scheme working (I create jobs, I have access to the hypervisor, etc.), using the domain administrator credentials as credentials, since everything is under an AD. The question is what happens if, for maintenance reasons or company policy, I change said password every 6 months, for example. Would access, starting with the veeam console, be affected? I should do a rescan and adjust the keys for the rest of the components, I am clear, but it is the console that is the beginning where there would be the inconvenience.
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You then need to modify the DA credential password if you used it for VBR objects.
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If you’re unsure or uncomfortable in making this change, I recommend getting ahold of Veeam Support to confirm access.
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I rephrase the question: I have my Veeam scheme working (I create jobs, I have access to the hypervisor, etc.), using the domain administrator credentials as credentials, since everything is under an AD. The question is what happens if, for maintenance reasons or company policy, I change said password every 6 months, for example. Would access, starting with the veeam console, be affected? I should do a rescan and adjust the keys for the rest of the components, I am clear, but it is the console that is the beginning where there would be the inconvenience.
You need to go to Credentials & Password to update the account password. After you edit the password, you do not need to perform any other actions. Veeam Backup & Replication will start using the changed password after a job runs for the next time.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/password_manager_edit.html?ver=120
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Hi
I just wanted to follow up to make sure one of the comments/suggestions above answered your credentials question? To recap what was shared:
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