The Setactionaccount.exe utility that is included with the original release of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 does not support an option to provide a password for the account (894464)

RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

You must install this hotfix on the computer that hosts a MOM Agent.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Note This hotfix will restart the MOM service when you install this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Date 		Time 	Version 	Size 	File name
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23-Feb-2005 	15:20 	5.0.2749.0 	53,248 	Setactionaccount.exe

Installation instructions

To install this hotfix, follow these steps:

Copy the Mom2005-rtm-kb894464-x86-ia64-enu.exe file to a local folder or to a shared network folder. If you use a shared network folder, make sure that you can access the folder from the computers that requires this hotfix.
Log on to one of the computers that requires this hotfix. You must log on to the computer as an administrator.
Run Mom2005-rtm-kb894464-x86-ia64-enu.exe on each computer that requires this hotfix. You can run the file at a command prompt, or you can double-click the file.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 on each computer that requires this hotfix.

MORE INFORMATION

The Setactionaccount.exe utility is provided with MOM 2005. The Setactionaccount.exe utility is used to view and designate a specific Action account for MOM 2005.

The new update to the Setactionaccount.exe utility is available as a hotfix that supports an option of a password in the command-line syntax. Install the Setactionaccount.exe utility to the MOM 2005 program folder. By default, the MOM 2005 program folder is the Program Files\Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 folder. Help for the utility syntax is available by running the utility at a command prompt with /? switch.

To set the action account and specify the password, use the following command line syntax:

SetActionAccount.exe <ConfigGroupName> -set <Domain Username Password>

For more information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates