Dell APEX Cloud Platform: How to update Management Account Password on APEX Cloud Platform

Summary: This article is used to instruct user how to update management account password on APEX Cloud Platform (ACP).

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Instructions

1. Download the zip file from KB attachment, unzip it to get script "update_management_account.ps1" and "clean_psconfig.ps1"
2. Log in to one node in the cluster.
3. Copy the script "update_management_account.ps1" to C:\ directory.
4. Get usage of the script:
script usage 

5. Change your password in one of the following scenarios:

  • A. Update management account password in both ECE/AD and ACP Manager: 
.\update_management_account.ps1 -acp_manager_ip <ACP Manager IP> -login_user <Login User:management user, admin user or an opsAdmin user> -login_password <Login Password> -mgmt_user <Management User> -old_mgmtuser_password <Old Management User Password> -new_mgmtuser_password <New Management User Password>
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  • B. The management account password in ECE/AD was manually updated already, ONLY sync the new password to ACP Manager:
.\update_management_account.ps1 -acp_manager_ip <ACP Manager IP> -login_user <Login User> -login_password <Login Password> -mgmt_user <Management User> -old_mgmtuser_password <Updated Management User Password> -new_mgmtuser_password <Updated Management User Password>


6. Run the following commands to restart az-event-service.

kubectl scale deployment az-event-service --replicas=0
kubectl scale deployment az-event-service --replicas=1


7. For ACP 01.01.00.00 release, after the management account password updated, run the script "clean_psconfig.ps1" on each node of the cluster to clean the LCM PS-Session configuration data.
 

Additional Information

If you get an error saying the script is not signed, you can use below command to bypass the PowerShell execution policy check.
  • Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope currentuser -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted

Affected Products

APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
Article Properties
Article Number: 000215549
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 18 Feb 2026
Version:  9
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