How to retrieve cluster key?

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Hi,

I am in BI4.0 environment and need to retrieve cms cluster key? any pointers?

Thanks

arjunria25 (BOB member since 2011-09-30)

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Did you ever find a way to retrieve a cluster key. I tried to point a 4.0 install to a new database and it doesn’t have all the servers, so I tried to point it back to the original and it won’t accept the cluster key I entered.

asnair :us: (BOB member since 2005-08-02)

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It is not possible to retrieve/reset a cluster key by looking at a CMS repo.

The cluster key is NOT a password. It’s an encryption key used to encrypt data in the CMS repo. If you could retrieve/reset is, that would defeat the purpose of the encryption.

If you still have an original system pointing at the CMS repo you care about you can view an encrypted version of the cluster key with cmsdbsetup.sh/CCM. You can try entering that (with the [[ ]] around it) to add new system to the cluster.

ErikS (BOB member since 2009-08-08)

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On a Windows system:
The same can be found via CCM --> SIA–> Properties --> Configuration tab

Copy the cluster key ([[…dgashjhklkj…]])

the same can be used for any changes to the system config, for e.g. update cms datasource settings/config, recreate datasource, add system to cluster, etc.

ankur4545 :us: (BOB member since 2009-11-28)