Client Management Suite

After the initial installation of Altiris Deployment Solution, I decided that I wanted to change the password. It wasn't as easy as I thought. I found out that I had to change it in a lot of places that are not very intuitive.  When you change your password on the Deployment Server / Solution, you need to change it in a lot of different locations. Using the same username and password for each item mentioned will ensure things work properly.

Changing the Service Account password
Click “Start” > “All Programs” > “Altiris” > “Deployment Solution” > “Configuration”
A new window will open and click the “Account” button. Then, change the username and password and click “OK” , “OK”.



Changing Each Service Log On Username and Password
Go to Start > Run > type "services.msc" > change the logon password of the Altiris Deployment Server Console Manger, the Altiris Deployment Server Data Manager, the Altiris Deployment Server DB Management, the Altiris eXpress Server, and the Altiris PXE Manager.
Do the following for each services mentioned above:
Right-click on the service, click “Properties”, click the “Log On” tab, change the password and confirm password with the new username/password, click “OK”


Changing the Windows user password
You can change this in a few different ways. If you are logged in as the Altiris user, you can hit CTRL + ALT + DELETE and click “Change Password”, then change your password, confirm it.
NOTE: The above method is preferred because you don’t have to accept the message saying the some data could be lost
You can also change the password by right-clicking on “My Computer” > select “Manage” > select “System Tools” > “Local Users and Groups” > “Users”
OR
Open Local Users and Groups by clicking "Start" > "Run", type "lusrmgr.msc", and press "Enter"
Then, right click on the user and select “Set Password” , click “Proceed”
Type in a password of your choice ex: "AltirisUser"
Confirm the password of your choice ex: "AltirisUser"

Drive Mappings & File Permissions
All of the drives that are mapped in your Altiris Deployment Solution Configuration will require that you modify those file systems and mappings to have the same username and password as your Altiris Deployment Solution. For example, if your Altiris Deployment Solution Server has had all of the passwords change for the username “AltirisUser”, then you will need to create a user on your other file shares on other servers to have the same username “AltirisUser” and password. That means that you may need to follow the same procedure as above (Changing the Windows user password) for each server. You may also need to make sure that the folder that is shared has the correct file permissions. In some cases on Windows machines, that means you need to grant them both NTFS and sharing permissions.
If you have any jobs that were set up to run with a specific username and password, you may need to change those jobs as well.


Changing the Database’s User password (Example: SQL Server Express)
Different database systems are configured differently, so I will not attempt to cover them. However, if you use the Windows Authentication method for your database, you should not need to change anything on your database configuration (you will still need to change what was described above. However, you could change the password by clicking "Start Menu" > "All Programs" > "Microsoft SQL Server 2005" > " SQL Server Management Studio Express" > Login with your username and password > click the “Security” folder, “Logins” folder, double click the user and change the password.

Conclusion
Hopefully, these instructions have helped you change your Altiris Deployment Solutions' password. It has helped me.