PowerFlex: Update MVM OS Password for Single Management Node Hosted MVMs

Summary: This article lists the correct steps to update MVMs OS password for single management node deployment

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Instructions

Typically, the admin guide procedure to update MVM os password should be applied for the 3 Nodes MVM cluster See Updating passwords for nodes
However Documented procedure does not apply for the single node management deployment. There is no Resource Credential or Resource Group in PFMP for Single Management Node, the correct steps for Single Management Nodes are listed below 

Procedure for Single Management node hosted MVMs

  • Validate current password (Run on one of the 3 MVMs)
kubectl -n powerflex get secret platform-nodes-credentials -o jsonpath='{.data.platform_nodes_credentials\.json}' | base64 -d > platform_nodes_credentials.json
cat platform_nodes_credentials.json | jq

Example:

list MVM password

 

  • SSH to the 3 MVMs
  • Run "passwd" on the 3 MVMs and enter current password. Enter new password twice to apply the change.
  • Validate the change is successful. Open a duplicate session for the 3 MVMs and validate new password is set.
  • Login to the PFxM UI
  • Change the password in the UI to reflect the updated MVM passwords

Settings => Update Management VM (MVM) Credentials

Paste in new password 3 times and click Update

Paste in new password 3 times and click Update

 

The result is the platform_node_credentials secret is updated with the new password. This credential is used to populate thecredentials for PFMP upgrades.

Example:

new password

 

  • Update the backup config with the new MVM password.

  1. Go to PFMP > Settings > Backup > Backup Settings
  2. Change the password defined at the bottom of the backup config for the 3 MVMs. 
  3. Click Save
  4. Click Backup Now and scroll to the bottom and Click Backup Now

Example:

backup now

Success 

successful

Additional Information

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Affected Products

PowerFlex rack, ScaleIO
Article Properties
Article Number: 000507728
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 11 أيلول 2026
Version:  1
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