# Updating storage virtual machines (SVM)
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You can update the following storage virtual machine (SVM) configuration properties using the Amazon FSx console, AWS CLI, and Amazon FSx API:
+ SVM administrative account password.
+ SVM Active Directory (AD) configuration – You can join an SVM to an AD, or modify the AD configuration of an SVM already joined to an AD. For more information, see [Managing SVM Microsoft Active Directory configurations](manage-svm-ad-config-secrets-manager.md).<a name="update-svm-admin-credentials-console"></a>

**To update the SVM administrator account credentials (console)**

1. Open the Amazon FSx console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/).

1. Choose the SVM to update as follows:
   + In the left navigation pane, choose **File systems**, and then choose the ONTAP file system for which you want to update an SVM.
   + Choose the **Storage virtual machines** tab.

     –Or–
   + To display a list of all the SVMs available in your AWS account in the current AWS Region, expand **ONTAP** and choose **Storage virtual machines**.

1. Choose the storage virtual machine that you want to update.

1. Choose **Actions > Update administrator password**. The **Update SVM administrative credentials** window appears.

1. Enter the new password for the `vsadmin` user, and confirm it.

1. Choose **Update credentials** to save the new password.

**To update the SVM administrator account credentials (CLI)**
+ To update the configuration of an FSx for ONTAP SVM, use the [update-storage-virtual-machine](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/fsx/update-storage-virtual-machine.html) CLI command (or the equivalent [UpdateStorageVirtualMachine](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateStorageVirtualMachine.html) API operation), as shown in the following example.

  ```
  aws fsx update-storage-virtual-machine \
  --storage-virtual-machine-id svm-abcdef01234567890 \
  --svm-admin-password new-svm-password \
  ```

After successfully creating the storage virtual machine, Amazon FSx returns its description in JSON format, as shown in the following example.

```
{
  "StorageVirtualMachine": {
    "CreationTime": 1625066825.306,
    "Endpoints": {
      "Management": {
        "DnsName": "svm-abcdef01234567890.fs-0123456789abcdef0.fsx.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
        "IpAddressses": ["198.19.0.4"]    
      },
      "Nfs": {
        "DnsName": "svm-abcdef01234567890.fs-0123456789abcdef0.fsx.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
        "IpAddressses": ["198.19.0.4"]    
      },
      "Smb": {
        "DnsName": "amznfsx12345",
        "IpAddressses": ["198.19.0.4"]        
      },
      "SmbWindowsInterVpc": {
        "IpAddressses": ["198.19.0.5", "198.19.0.6"]    
      },
      "Iscsi": {
        "DnsName": "iscsi.svm-abcdef01234567890.fs-0123456789abcdef0.fsx.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
        "IpAddressses": ["198.19.0.7", "198.19.0.8"]    
      }
    },
    "FileSystemId": "fs-0123456789abcdef0",
    "Lifecycle": "CREATING",
    "Name": "vol1",
    "ResourceARN": "arn:aws:fsx:us-east-1:123456789012:storage-virtual-machine/fs-0123456789abcdef0/svm-abcdef01234567890",
    "StorageVirtualMachineId": "svm-abcdef01234567890",
    "Subtype": "default",
    "Tags": [],
    "ActiveDirectoryConfiguration": {
      "NetBiosName": "amznfsx12345",
      "SelfManagedActiveDirectoryConfiguration": {
        "UserName": "Admin",
        "DnsIps": [
          "10.0.1.3",
          "10.0.91.97"
        ],
        "OrganizationalUnitDistinguishedName": "OU=Computers,OU=customer-ad,DC=customer-ad,DC=example,DC=com",
        "DomainName": "customer-ad.example.com"
      }
    }
  }
}
```