Reset SharePoin 2010 farm passphrase powershell

As a part of SharePoint’s migration from pilot to new production environment we had to Join two new application servers but somehow the old farm passphrase didn’t work when  joining the application server in the farm may be I had an incorrect password. Anyways, this life saving PowerShell command helped massively to change the farm passphrase.

Open the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell

Start > All Programs > Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products > SharePoint 2010 Management Shell

Enter this at the PowerShell prompt:

$passphrasereset = ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force

Input the new passphrase and hit Enter

Enter this at the PowerShell prompt:

$Set-SPPassPhrase -PassPhrase $passphrasereset -Confirm

You will be asked to confirm the passphrase by re-entering it.  Re-enter the passphrase and hit Enter

You will be asked if you are sure that you want to perform this action, type Y (for Yes) and hit Enter. 

Your farm passphrase has now been reset!