Preface
Sun Identity Manager 8.1 Overview answers the question What is SunTM Identity Manager and how does it work? The book describes Identity Manager product architecture, as well as information on how to plan a high-availability deployment.
Who Should Use This Book
This guide is for IT professionals who are looking to better understand Sun Identity Manager 8.1 and associated software. It will be of special value to IT professionals who are either in the process of evaluating Identity Manager, or who are in the beginning stages of planning an Identity Manager deployment.
How This Book Is Organized
This guide is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter 1, Product Overview describes the purpose of Identity Manager and highlights the application's major features.
Chapter 2, Product Architecture describes the Identity Manager architecture, the Service Provider architecture, and the web services architecture. Guidelines for system separation and physical proximity are also covered.
Chapter 3, Clustering and High Availability provides guidance on how to implement a high availability / fault tolerant (HA/FT) Identity Manager environment. It will also help you assess the amount of availability that your Identity Manager deployment requires.
Related Books
The Sun Identity Manager 8.1 documentation set includes the following books.
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All Audiences |
Provides an overview of Identity Manager features and functionality. Provides product architecture information and describes how Identity Manager integrates with other Sun products, such as Sun Open SSO Enterprise and Sun Role Manager. |
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Describes known issues, fixed issues, and late-breaking information not already provided in the Identity Manager documentation set. |
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System Administrators |
Describes how to install Identity Manager and optional components such as the Sun Identity Manager Gateway and PasswordSync. |
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Provides instructions on how to upgrade from an older version of Identity Manager to a newer version. |
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Contains information and instructions to help system administrators manage, tune, and troubleshoot their Identity Manager installation. |
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Business Administrators |
Describes how to use Identity Manager provisioning and auditing features. Contains information about the user interfaces, user and account management, reporting, and more. |
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System Integrators |
Describes how to deploy Identity Manager in complex IT environments. Topics covered include working with identity attributes, data loading and synchronization, configuring user actions, applying custom branding, and so on. |
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Contains information about workflows, forms, views, and rules, as well as the XPRESS language. |
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Provides information about installing, configuring, and using resource adapters. |
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Describes how to deploy Sun Identity Manager Service Provider, and how views, forms, and resources differ from the standard Identity Manager product. |
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Describes how to configure SPML support, which SPML features are supported (and why), and how to extend support in the field. |
Documentation Updates
Corrections and updates to this and other Sun Identity Manager publications are posted to the Identity Manager Documentation Updates website:
http://blogs.sun.com/idmdocupdates/
An RSS feed reader can be used to periodically check the website and notify you when updates are available. To subscribe, download a feed reader and click a link under Feeds on the right side of the page. Starting with version 8.0, separate feeds are available for each major release.
Related Third-Party Web Site References
Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.
Note –
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Documentation, Support, and Training
The Sun web site provides information about the following additional resources:
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Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P–1 Typographic Conventions|
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
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AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
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aabbcc123 |
Placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
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AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online. |
Shell Prompts in Command Examples
The following table shows the default UNIX® system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P–2 Shell Prompts|
Shell |
Prompt |
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C shell |
machine_name% |
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C shell for superuser |
machine_name# |
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Bourne shell and Korn shell |
$ |
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Bourne shell and Korn shell for superuser |
# |
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