Configuring parameters on Platform Settings page for Oracle credential management

On the CCS console, you can configure the platform-specific password management parameters for all the agent computers in your environment. To configure the global parameters for the password management of the Oracle user accounts, do the following:
  1. On the
    Settings
    tab of the CCS console, point to
    System Topology
    , and then click either of the following:
    • Map View
    • Grid View
    On the Home page, hover over the
    Settings
    menu, and then click either of the following:
    • Deployment View
    • Grid View
  2. In the
    Common Tasks
    drop-down list on the
    Map View
    page or the
    Grid View
    page, click the
    Configure Platform Settings
    option.
    In the
    Common Tasks
    drop-down list on the
    Deployment View
    page or the
    Grid View
    page, click the
    Configure Platform Settings
    option.
  3. In the
    Platform Settings
    pane of the
    Platform Settings
    dialog box, click
    Oracle
    .
  4. In the
    Oracle
    workspace, select the parameters as per your configuration requirements.
    The following sections are available in the
    Oracle
    workspace. The first two sections are related to global data collection settings, and the third section is related to the Oracle credential management settings.
    • Enable Oracle Credential Management
      By default, this check box is not selected. After you select the check box, the existing credentials that are stored on the agent computer are used for agent-based Oracle data collection. If credentials are not configured on the agent computer, data collection fails. Also, if the Oracle user password stored on the agent expires, data collection fails because the password is not auto-regenerated by the agent.
      By default, this check box is not selected. After you select this check box, the existing credentials that are stored on the agent computer are used for agent-based Oracle data collection. If credentials are not configured on the agent computer, data collection fails. Also, if the Oracle user password stored on the agent expires, data collection fails because the password is not auto-regenerated by the agent.
      Before you select this check box and activate this feature, you must configure the Oracle credentials on the agent computer by using the ccsorasetup tool.
      The following parameters are available after you select the
      Enable Oracle Credential Management
      box:
      • Override Password Settings on Agent
        If you select this check box, the settings in the
        ccsoraenv.dat
        file on an agent computer are overwritten by the password parameters that you configure in the
        Platform Settings
        dialog box for Oracle.
        By selecting this option, you choose to overwrite agent-specific settings that are already in place on all agents.
        If you do not select the
        Override Password Settings on Agent
        check box, the agent-specific configuration settings in the
        ccsoraenv.dat
        file are considered.
      • Enable User Credential Management
        After you select this check box, the Oracle user account password is managed by the agent. The new password is auto-regenerated as per the change period, length and special character parameters that you specify in the
        Password Policies
        section in this workspace or in the
        ccsoraenv.dat
        file on the agent computer.
      • Password Policies
        You must select the parameters in this section as per the password policy of your organization. The following parameters are available in this section:
        • Oracle Password Length
          By default, the value for the minimum password length is set to 12 characters. You can set the minimum password length between a range of 8 and 127 characters as per the password policy of your organization.
        • Oracle Password Change Period
          Use this parameter to specify the day on which the Oracle password is auto-regenerated by the CCS agent. The value of this parameter is the number of days before the Oracle password expiry date. For example, if the value of this parameter is 5, and if Oracle password is set to expire on 10 January, CCS will change the Oracle password on 6 January.
          By default, the password change period is set to 35 days.
          If the password is already expired, CCS cannot manage passwords. In this case, you must change passwords manually.
        • Oracle Password Special Characters
          You can use this parameter to specify the special characters that can be used while generating the randomized password for the configured account. By default, the following special characters are provided:
          • underscore (_)
          • plus (+)
          • hyphen (-)
          • equal to (=)
          • brackets [<>, ()]
          • question mark (?)
          • asterisk (*)
          • percent (%)
          • hash (#)
          • exclamation mark (!)
          You can add any other special characters that comply with the password policy of your organization .
  5. Click
    Save
    to save your settings.
  6. Click
    Close
    to close the
    Platform Settings
    dialog box.
    Your settings for password management are saved for all the Oracle assets that are installed on UNIX agent computers that you include in the scope of your data collection job. The settings are applicable to all the data collection jobs run after you save the settings on the
    Platform Settings
    page until you change them next time. So, you must ensure that you verify these settings before you run data collection jobs with different scopes.