Change user password (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)

Applies to: FAST Search Server 2010

The FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint user is a domain user. When the user password is changed in Active Directory Domain Services, the password of the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint user must be changed on all servers in the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm.

All content input sources that modify the index should be paused before you change the password. This includes pausing crawls, link analysis and other connectors that feed content into the index.

To change the user password

1. Pause (suspend) crawling.

   • If you are using the FAST Search Content SSA to crawl content, see Start, pause, resume, or stop a crawl (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) for information about pausing a crawl.

   • If you are using the FAST Search Web crawler to crawl content, see Start, suspend, resume, or stop a crawl process (FAST Search Web crawler) for information about suspending a crawl.

2. Pause the Web Analyzer components. These components analyze links between items and search click-through logs. The components must be stopped to avoid partial updates for indexed items during the procedure.

   1. On the administration server, open a FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint shell:

      1. Verify that you meet the following minimum requirements: You are a member of the FASTSearchAdministrators local group on the server where FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint is installed.

      2. On the Start menu, click All Programs.

      3. Click Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.

      4. Click Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint shell.

   2. Verify the Web Analyzer schedule status:

      At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:

      waadmin ShowStatus
      

      Note

      Refer to waadmin.exe reference if you are using multiple views for the Web Analyzer.

      In the Views section of the command output, for the default view, inspect the Schedule status.

      1. If the Schedule status is set to paused, type the following command:

         waadmin enqueueview
         

      2. Wait until the default Web Analyzer view is running. Type the command waadmin ShowStatus and inspect the Schedule status. The Schedule status should be set to running.

   3. Stop Web Analyzer processing:

      At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command(s):

      waadmin AbortProcessing
      spreladmin AbortProcessing
      

3. Update the passwords in Search Server 2010. For more information, see Change passwords used for administration accounts (SharePoint Server 2010).

4. On every FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint server, update the password for all FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Windows Services:

   • FAST Search for SharePoint

   • FAST Search for SharePoint Browser Engine

   • FAST Search for SharePoint Monitoring

   • FAST Search for SharePoint QRProxy

   • FAST Search for SharePoint Sam Admin

   • FAST Search for SharePoint SAM Worker

   Note

   In a multiple server deployment, not all services will run on all servers.

   Perform the following steps for all services:

   1. On the Start menu, click Control Panel, click System and Security, and then click Administrative Tools.

   2. Double-click Services.

   3. Right-click the service name, and then click Properties.

   4. On the Log On tab, type the new password in the Password and Confirm password boxes, and then click OK.

5. On the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint administration server, in Internet Information Services (IIS), update the password for the FAST Search application pool and then restart the application pool, by performing the following steps:

   1. On the Start menu, click Control Panel, click System and Security and then click Administrative Tools.

   2. Double-click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   3. In the Connections dialog box, click Application Pools.

   4. Right-click FASTSearchAdminAppPool, and then click Advanced Settings.

   5. In Process Model, expand Identity.

   6. Click Set and re-type the user credentials.

   7. Right-click FASTSearchAdminAppPool, and then click Stop.

   8. Right-click FASTSearchAdminAppPool again, and then click Start.

6. Restart all servers in the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm. Verify that all services are running.

7. On the administration server, at the Windows PowerShell command prompt, run the following command(s) to resume processing for the Web Analyzer components:

   waadmin EnqueueView
   spreladmin Enqueue
   

8. Resume crawling:

   • If you are using the FAST Search Content SSA to crawl content, see Start, pause, resume, or stop a crawl (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) for information about resuming a crawl.

   • If you are using the FAST Search Web crawler to crawl content, see Start, suspend, resume, or stop a crawl process (FAST Search Web crawler) for information about resuming a crawl.