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Sun Identity Manager 8.1 Upgrade
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Preface
Chapter 1 Overview of the Upgrade Process
Why Upgrade?
Upgrade Paths and Support Policies
Identity Manager Upgrade Paths
End of Service Life for Software Support
Identity Manager Deprecation Policy
How Easy Is Upgrading?
Terminology and Concepts
Identity Manager Product Compared With Identity Manager Application
Development, Test, QA, and Production Environments
Promotion
Source Control and CBE
Baseline and Image
Skip-Level Upgrade
Configurations and Customizations
Upgrade Process and Upgrade Procedure
Upgrade Project
Phases of the Upgrade Project
Chapter 2 Planning
Task 1: Review Your Production Environment
Step 1: Document Your Platform
Application Servers
Database Servers
Identity Manager Gateway
Java Runtime Environment
Supported Resources
Web Servers
Step 2: Document Your Identity Manager Installation
Identity Manager Version
Identity Manager Assessment Tools
Step 3: Document Your Custom Components
Customized Database Table Definitions
Custom File System Objects
Modified JavaServer Pages Files
Modified Waveset.properties File
Modified WPMessages.properties File
Customized Property Files
Custom Resource Adapters (and Other Custom Java)
Modified Stylesheets
Custom Repository Objects
Modified Forms
Modified Workflows
Modified Email Templates
Custom Repository Schema
Other Custom Repository Objects
Task 2: Choose the Target Identity Manager Version
Task 3: Prepare Your Test Plan
Review Your Existing Test Plan
Create a Test Plan
Task 4: Prepare Your Upgrade Procedure
Review Your Existing Upgrade Procedure
Create an Upgrade Procedure
Chapter 3 Developing and Testing Your Upgrade
Task 5: Reset Your Development Environment
Task 6: Upgrade Your Development Environment
Step 1: Stop Active Sync and Reconciliation
Step 2: Stop the Identity Manager Application
Step 3: Back Up Your Identity Manager Application
Step 4: Remove Hotfixes
Step 5: Take a Snapshot
To Take a Snapshot
Step 6: Update Your Platform
Step 7: Upgrade the Identity Manager Product
Update the Repository Database Tables
Upgrade the Identity Manager Product
To Use the Identity Manager Installer
Upgrading Manually
To Perform a Manual Upgrade on a Windows Platform
To Perform a Manual Upgrade on a UNIX Platform
Troubleshooting Upgrade
Upgrade All Gateway Instances
To Upgrade the Identity Manager Gateway
Upgrade All PasswordSync Instances
Step 8: Take Another Snapshot
Step 9: Analyze the Changes
Restoring Customized Files
Restoring Customized Objects
Step 10: Rebuild All Custom Java Classes
Step 11: Make Necessary Changes in XPRESS
Step 12: Test Your Identity Manager Application in the Development Environment
To Redeploy Your Web Application After Upgrading
Step 13: Restart Active Sync and Reconciliation
Step 14: Merge Changes Back Into Source Control
Task 7: Reset Your Test Environment
Step 1: Reset Your Platform to Match Production
Step 2: Set Up for Functional Testing
Task 8: Execute Your Upgrade Procedure
Step 1: Stop Active Sync and Reconciliation
Step 2: Stop the Identity Manager Application
Step 3: Back Up Your Identity Manager Application
To Back Up Your Identity Manager Application
Step 4: Remove Hotfixes
Step 5: Change TaskDefinition Objects
Step 6: Update Your Platform
Step 7: Upgrade Your Identity Manager Application
Update Your Database Table Definitions
Promote the Identity Manager Application
Import a Subset of update.xml
Upgrade All Gateway Instances
Upgrade All PasswordSync Instances
Step 8: Test Your Identity Manager Application
To Redeploy Your Identity Manager Application
Step 9: Restart Active Sync and Reconciliation
Step 10: Restart the Identity Manager Application
Task 9: Perform Functional Testing
To Test Your Test Environment After Upgrading
Chapter 4 User Acceptance Testing
Task 10: Reset Your QA Environment
Task 11: Upgrade Your QA Environment
Task 12: Perform User Acceptance Testing
To Address Issues Discovered In User Acceptance Testing
Chapter 5 Upgrading Your Production Environment
Special Considerations for Production
Task 13: Upgrade Your Production Environment
Chapter 6 Skip-Level Upgrade Considerations
Skip-Level Upgrade Overview
Phases of a Skip-Level Upgrade
Task 2: Choose the Target Identity Manager Version (Enhanced)
Task 6: Upgrade Your Development Environment (Repeated)
Step 9: Analyze the Changes for a Skip-Level Upgrade
Chapter 7 Assessment Worksheets
Platform Inventory
Identity Manager Installation
Custom Components
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