If I Change the Password of the Source Server and Perform an Incremental Replication After the Full Migration Is Complete, Will the New Password Be Synchronized to the Target Server?

SMS migrates the passwords of source servers to target servers during the full migration. If you change the password of a Windows source server after the full migration is complete, an incremental synchronization cannot be performed. For a Linux source server, an incremental synchronization can be performed, but the new password will not be synchronized to the target server.

• After changing the password of the source server, you need to restart the server to apply the change.
• For a Windows source server, after the full migration is complete, restarting the source server or Agent will disconnect the Agent from SMS. If this happens, you cannot perform an incremental synchronization for the source server. You will need to delete the original migration task, create a new task, and perform a full migration again.
• For a Linux source server, after the full migration is complete, you can perform an incremental synchronization even if you have restarted the source server or Agent. However, if you change the password of the source server, the new password will not be synchronized to the target server.

After the migration is complete, if you need to reset the password of the target server, see Resetting the Password for Logging In to an ECS on the Management Console.

If you cannot reset the password on the console, see Installing One-Click Password Reset Plug-ins.

If the password reset plug-ins cannot be installed, see:

• Resetting the Password for Logging In to a Windows ECS Without Password Reset Plug-ins Installed
• Resetting the Password for Logging In to a Linux ECS Without Password Reset Plug-ins Installed