| Event Id | 10589 |
| Source | BizTalk Server 2004 |
| Description | The master secret has not been backed up. If you lose the master secret all the information stored in the SSO system will be lost permanently and your systems may fail to work correctly. Please use the SSO admin tools to back up your master secret. |
| Event Information | According to Microsoft: Cause: The master secret is the encryption key that the Enterprise Single Sign-On system uses to encrypt all the information stored in the Credential database. If the master secret server crashes and you loose the master secret, you will not be able to retrieve the information stored in the Credential database. Therefore, it is very important to back up the master secret as soon as you generate it. User Action : To back up the master secret secret, log on to the master secret server with an account that is a member of the Single Sign-On administrators and Windows administrators group. You can back up the master secret from the master secret server onto an NTFS system or removable media, such as a floppy disk. 1. On the Start menu, click Run. 2. In the Run dialog box, type cmd, and then click OK. 3. At the command line, go to the Enterprise Single Sign-On installation directory. The default installation directory is <drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Enterprise Single Sign-On. 4. Type ssoconfig -backupsecret<backup file>, where <backup file> is the path and name of the file where the master secret will be backed up. For example, A:\ssobackup.bak. 5. Provide a password to protect this file. You will be prompted to confirm the password and to provide a password hint to help you remember this password. |
| Reference Links | The master secret has not been backed up |
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