DPA: How to reset DPA Administrator password
Summary: DPA: How to reset DPA Administrator password
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Instructions
How to reset the DPA Application Administrator password
(*note) You must run the command when the Datastore Service is running.
On the DPA Application Server, run the following command from the CLI with Administrator rights:
dpa application adminpassword [options]
dpa app pwd [options]
Command options
--help (-h) Displays the help screen
--version Displays the tool version information
--quiet Suppresses all output except for warning and error messages
Example:
C:\Program Files\EMC\DPA\services\bin>dpa app pwd
EMC Data Protection Advisor
Enter new administrator password:
Retype new administrator password:
Command completed successfully.
Completed in : 17.3secs
C:\Program Files\EMC\DPA\services\bin>
(*note) You must run the command when the Datastore Service is running.
On the DPA Application Server, run the following command from the CLI with Administrator rights:
dpa application adminpassword [options]
dpa app pwd [options]
Command options
--help (-h) Displays the help screen
--version Displays the tool version information
--quiet Suppresses all output except for warning and error messages
Example:
C:\Program Files\EMC\DPA\services\bin>dpa app pwd
EMC Data Protection Advisor
Enter new administrator password:
Retype new administrator password:
Command completed successfully.
Completed in : 17.3secs
C:\Program Files\EMC\DPA\services\bin>
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Data Protection AdvisorArticle Properties
Article Number: 000022345
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 17 Apr 2026
Version: 5
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