The password information for the Certificate System subsystems are saved in a special password file. In Certificate System versions older than 6.0, these are kept in the pwcache.p12 file; in versions 6.0 to 7.1, these were kept in the pwcache.db file. The contents of the password file must be decrypted and listed using the PasswordCache tool in the old subsystem instance. Then, this information must be used to build the contents of the new password.conf file.

Every subsystem password file must be migrated separately, but the migration procedures are the same for all Certificate System subsystem instances. The procedure is slightly different for the different versions of the Certificate System, so use the procedure appropriate for the system being migrated.