while updating password in managed account error

Question

Taken from password vault a trying to update in managed account in CA
but coming up with below error. Please help. what could be the wrong

Answer 1

seems like these is a one-time timer job got stuck in your farm, try deleting the timer job and then try updating the password manually. below script will help you to delete the timer job.

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -EA silentlycontinue
$job = Get-SPTimerJob -Identity "job-admin-apppool-change"
$job.Delete()

If you still get the error while updating the password, use below script to update the password.

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -EA silentlycontinue

$svc = Get-SPManagedAccount -Identity "domain\YourAccount"

Set-SPManagedAccount -Identity $svc  -ExistingPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "Your PASSWORD" -AsPlainText -force) –confirm

Thanks & Regards,

Answer 2

@sns

Try the above ways to check if the issue still exists.

As a supplement, we could also launch SharePoint Management Shell to update managed account password , entry the following command:

STSADM -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin DOMAIN\username -password <new password as set via AD> -local  

Similar issue for your reference:
Central Administration not Available, STSADM password reset errors "job-admin-apppool-change" already exists.

Thanks,
Echo Du

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Answer 3

Restart the IIS and Timer service, see if the job executes successfully.

if not then check if you can start the job using "Start-SPAdminJob" command. Refer below article.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-server/start-spadminjob?view=sharepoint-ps

if all these are not working then as suggested @Sharath Kumar Aluri , go ahead and delete the job and run the password command from the application server.