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 ESuserESPassword.

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.