How to register a new owner to the Spectrum process daemon on Windows

Products

• CA Spectrum
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

How to register a new owner to the Spectrum process deamon on Windows

Environment

Release: Any version installed on Windows
Component: SPCAPP

Resolution

1. Log into the system as a user with local Administration rights

2. Shutdown the Spectrum processd service if running

3. Start a bash shell by running "bash -login

4. cd to the $SPECROOT/lib/SDPM directory and enter the following command where [new user name] is the new user name and [new password] is the password for the new user

./processd.exe -install -username [new user name] -password [new password]

5. Start the Spectrum processd service

Additional Information

Please reference the "Change the Windows Password in Processd" section of the documentation for more information.