SAP Central Management Console and Windows AD Authentication

When changing Domain Controllers for a UMS/CMS server you need to modify the krb5.ini file. In our case that file was located in C:\WinNT. Simply adding another kdc line, saving the file and restarting TomCat updates the system.

AD.ourdomain.COM = {
kdc = NewDCName.AD.ourdomain.COM
kdc = OldDCName.AD.ourdomain.COM
default_domain = AD.ourdomain.COM
}

Prior to this update, I was receiving this error:

Account Information Not Recognized: Active Directory Authentication
failed to log you on. Please contact your system administrator to make
sure you are a member of a valid mapped group and try again. If you are
not a member of the default domain, enter your user name as
UserName@DNS_DomainName, and then try again. (FWM 00006)

FWM 01003 null When Logging Into Central Management Console

When logging into the SAP Central Management Console used for managing security in UMS, I received the following error:

Server not found or server may be down (FWM 01003) null

Thanks to this post, it turns out that the CMS.exe process was not running. I could tell by looking in Task Manager. To start the process:

1. Run Central Configuration Manager
2. (Re)start Server Intelligence Agent
   

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