Post migration of EV server to new AD domain, Indexing service produces Event ID: 8596 and Event ID: 41309

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Description

Error Message

Log Name:  Veritas Enterprise Vault
Source:        Enterprise Vault
Event ID:      8596
Task Category: Directory Service
Level:         Error
Description:
Data decryption has failed.
Caller: Domain\vaultadmin
Cipher text:xxxxx

 V-437-8596

Log Name: Veritas Enterprise Vault
Source: Enterprise Vault
Event ID: 41309
Task Category: Index Admin Service
Level: Error
Computer: EVSERVER.EV.LOCAL
 V-437-41309

Cause

The EnterpriseVaultDirectory DB retains the encrypted password of the original ESUser.

Resolution

Below steps can be used to regenerate the ESuser & ESPassword.

1. Execute the following query to set ESPassword, ESUserName to NULL.

          USE EnterpriseVaultDirectory
          UPDATE DirectoryEntry
          SET ESPassword = NULL, ESUserName = NULL;


2. Restart Enterprise Vault Services.
3. Verify that Event ID 41302 appears.

Warning: Before making changes to any EV database, ensure to carry out a full backup as per usual backup procedures.

Issue/Introduction

After migrating the Enterprise Vault Server to a new domain, the Enterprise Vault Indexing service immediately fails with errors: Event ID: 8596, Event ID: 41309.