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Title
Error changing ActivityDatabase ConnectString -
Description
When trying to change the ActivityDatabase ConnectString with the following command: Initialize-QDataGovernanceActivity it's possible to get the following unspecified error message:
Initialize-QDataGovernanceActivity : An exception of type Quest.Titan.Common.Exceptions.BroadwayException occurred, and no display information could be found. At line:1 char:1 + Initialize-QDataGovernanceActivity -connectionstring 'User Id=idms;Password=***** ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Initialize-QDataGovernanceActivity], BroadwayException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Quest.Titan.Common.Exceptions.BroadwayException,Quest.Titan.Client.PowerShell.InitializeResourceActivityConfigurationCmdlet
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Cause
The account running the Initialize-QDataGovernanceActivity PowerShell command must be a member of the local administrators group on the host which the powershell command is run. -
Resolution
More precisely, the account must have this SID in their group list:
"SID: S-1-5-32-544
Name: Administrators
Description: A built-in group. After the initial installation of the operating system, the only member of the group is the Administrator account. When a computer joins a domain, the Domain Admins group is added to the Administrators group. When a server becomes a domain controller, the Enterprise Admins group also is added to the Administrators group."