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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
Part I Introduction
1
Introduction to Oracle Business Data Synchronization Server
1.1
What Is Oracle Business Data Synchronization Server?
1.2
Using BDSS
1.2.1
Creating a Task
1.2.2
Storing Contact Information
1.3
Configuring the Exchange 2007 Connector to Test Domain Synchronization
2
Understanding the BDSS Architecture
2.1
Overview of the Oracle Business Data Synchronization Server Architecture
2.1.1
BDSS Components
2.1.1.1
Hub
2.1.1.2
Connectors
2.1.2
How BDSS Synchronizes Users
2.1.2.1
Synchronization Options
2.1.2.2
Scheduler-Based Synchronization
2.1.2.3
Tracking Record Changes Using Synchronization State
2.1.3
Event-Based Synchronization
2.2
Overview of Connectors
2.2.1
Hub Transport
2.2.2
Transformer
2.2.3
PIM Transport
2.2.4
How the Connector Components Manage Domain Data During Synchronization
2.2.4.1
Inbound Synchronization
2.2.4.2
Outbound Synchronization
2.2.5
Error Messages
3
Installing the BDSS Components
3.1
Overview of Installation
3.1.1
Prerequisites
3.2
Deploying the Hub Components
3.2.1
Prerequisites for Deploying the Hub Components
3.3
Overview of Installing and Configuring BDSS
3.4
Creating a Domain
3.4.1
Installing Java Required Files
3.4.1.1
Installing the JRF Extension
3.4.1.2
Extending a Domain for JRF
3.5
Extending the Domain with the BDSS Templates
3.6
Adding Security Credentials
3.7
Setting SSL
3.8
Enabling Data Transformation and Filtering for Exchange 2007 Connector
3.9
Configuring the Exchange 2007 Connector
3.9.1
Configuring the Exchange 2007 Connector for Record Transformation
3.9.2
Configuring the Exchange 2007 Connector to the Active Directory Service
3.9.3
Configuring Exchange 2007 Connector to Use the Auto Discovery Service
3.10
Configuring the BPEL Task Connector
3.11
Configuring the Hub
3.12
Configuring BDSS Server Instances
3.13
Configuring Connector Instances
3.14
Adding Users
3.15
Postinstallation Configuration
3.15.1
Configuring the Dispatcher
3.15.2
Configuring the Engine
3.15.3
Configuring PIM Server Instances Using MBeans
3.15.3.1
Creating PIM Server Instances and Connector Instances
Part II Basic Administration
4
Getting Started with Administering BDSS
4.1
Overview of Administration Tasks
4.1.1
Managing BDSS Components Using MBeans
4.1.1.1
Accessing MBeans through the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console
4.1.1.2
Accessing MBeans through JConsole
4.1.2
Specifying the Synchronization Direction
4.2
Managing Connectors
4.2.1
Viewing the Connector Configuration
4.2.2
Adding and Updating Connectors
4.2.2.1
Configuring Connector-Level Synchronization and Event Notification
4.2.3
Deleting a Connector
4.3
Managing BDSS Server Instances
4.3.1
Adding and Updating BDSS Instances
4.3.2
Deleting a PIM Server Instance
4.4
Managing Connector Instances
4.4.1
Adding and Updating Connector Instances
4.4.2
Deleting a Connector Instance
4.5
Managing Domains
4.5.1
Creating a Domain for a Connector
4.5.1.1
Configuring Domain-Level Synchronization
4.5.2
Deleting a Domain from a Connector
4.6
Managing Domain Filters
4.6.1
Creating a Filter for a Domain
4.6.2
Deleting a Filter from a Domain
4.7
Managing Users
4.7.1
Viewing User Status
4.7.2
Creating Connector Users
4.7.2.1
Deleting Hub Users
4.7.3
Configuring User-Level Synchronization
4.7.3.1
Enabling Synchronization for Hub Users
4.7.3.2
Setting the Synchronization Levels for a User's Domains
4.8
Managing Profiles
4.8.1
Viewing Profiles
4.8.1.1
Viewing All Profiles for a Connector
4.8.1.2
Viewing a Specific Profile
4.8.2
Managing Profile Parameters
4.8.2.1
Creating a Profile
4.8.2.2
Updating a Profile
4.8.2.3
Deleting a Parameter from a Profile
5
Configuring the BDSS Hub Services
5.1
Overview of Hub Configuration
5.2
Configuring the Dispatcher
5.3
Configuring the Engine
5.4
Creating Connector Configuration Profiles
5.5
Configuring the FtsKeyFields Profile
6
Configuring the BDSS Connector for Microsoft Exchange 2007
6.1
Overview of Exchange 2007 Connector Configuration
6.2
Configuring the Microsoft Exchange 2007 Connector for Data Exchange
6.3
Configuring Record Transformation for the Exchange 2007 Connector
6.4
Configuring the Microsoft Exchange 2007 Connector's PIM Transport Component
6.5
Configuring Domain Synchronization
6.5.1
Configuring Contact Synchronization
6.5.2
Configuring Task Synchronization
6.5.3
Configuring Calendar Synchronization
6.6
Configuring Data Filtering
6.7
Configuring the Microsoft Exchange 2007 Connector to Use Active Directory
6.8
Configuring Event Receiving for the Exchange 2007 Connector
6.9
Configuring the Exchange 2007 Connector to Use the Microsoft Autodiscover Service
6.10
Testing Domain Synchronization using the Exchange 2007 Connector
7
Configuring Security for BDSS
7.1
Overview of Communication Security
7.2
Securing the Web Services Exposed by the Hub
7.3
Configuring BDSS for HTTPS
8
Mapping Connector Fields to Hub Fields
8.1
Overview of Data Transformation
8.2
About Domain Schemas
8.2.1
Schema Data Types
8.2.1.1
W3C Schema Data Types
8.2.1.2
Hub Schema Data Types
8.2.1.3
Connector Schema Data Types
8.2.2
Hub Schema Documents
8.2.2.1
Hub Schema Type Library
8.2.2.2
Hub Task Schema
8.3
Data Side Effects Caused by Synchronization
8.3.1
Data Model Incompatibility
8.3.2
Differing Data Type Facets
8.3.2.1
Length
8.3.2.2
Pattern
8.3.2.3
Enumeration
8.3.2.4
White Space
8.3.3
List Transformations
8.3.3.1
Multivalue Field
8.3.3.2
Field Group
8.3.4
Record Collisions
9
Synchronizing the Calendar Domain
9.1
Overview of Calendar Synchronization Support
9.1.1
Transforming Calendar Records
9.2
Transforming Custom Calendar Fields
9.2.1
Transformations Through Secondary Translation
9.2.1.1
Enabling Custom Fields for the Exchange 2007 Connector
9.2.2
Translations Through Java-Based Connectors
9.3
Supporting Calendar Synchronization in Hub Schema
9.4
Creating Custom Calendar Fields
9.5
Data Side Effects Caused by Synchronizing ICAL Fields
9.5.1
Failed Synchronization of Any ICAL Field
9.5.2
Mapping a Custom ICAL Field to a Regular ICAL Field
Part III Appendixes
A
BDSS Configuration Operations
A.1
UserConfigMBean
A.2
ServerDomainConfigMBean
A.3
DispatcherSettings MBean
A.4
EngineSettings MBean
A.5
ProfileRuntimeInfo MBean
A.6
Profile Parameters
B
Configuring the BPEL Task Connector
B.1
Overview of BPEL Task Connector Configuration
B.2
Configuring the Tasks Profile
C
Tables in the BDSS Data Stores
C.1
Overview of BDSS Tables
C.2
PIM_SERVER_INSTANCES
C.3
CONNECTORS
C.4
CONN_INSTANCES
C.5
CONNS_TO_PIM_SERVERS
C.6
HUB_DOMAINS
C.7
CONN_DOMAINS
C.8
CONN_DOMAIN_FILTERS
C.9
DESC_FIELDS
C.10
HUB_USERS
C.11
CONN_USERS
C.12
USER_CONTEXTS
C.13
USER_CONTEXT_STATES
C.14
STATE_DATA
C.15
USER_HISTORY
C.16
CONN_USER_RECORDS
C.17
HUB_RECORDS
C.18
CONN_RECORD_DESCS
C.19
ASSOC_DATA
C.20
LOVS
C.21
PROFILES
C.22
SEQUENCE
D
Connector API
D.1
Overview of the Connector API
D.1.1
Associated Data
D.1.2
Connector Name
D.1.3
Create/Create Conflict
D.1.4
Field Class
D.1.5
PIM Domain Target
D.1.6
PIM Record Description
D.1.7
PIM Record ID
D.1.8
PIM Record Version ID
D.1.9
Synchronization Session
D.1.10
Synchronization State
D.1.11
Update/Update Conflict
D.2
Connector Interface
D.2.1
InitializeUserSyncSession API
D.2.1.1
Engine Contract
D.2.1.2
Connector Contract
D.2.2
ExtractDomains API
D.2.2.1
Engine Contract
D.2.2.2
Connector Contract
D.2.2.3
Best Practices for ExtractDomains
D.2.3
EndDomainSynchronization API
D.2.3.1
Engine Contract
D.2.3.2
Connector Contract
D.2.4
EndUserSyncSession API
D.2.4.1
Engine Contract
D.2.4.2
Connector Contract
D.2.5
CreateRecord API
D.2.5.1
Engine Contract
D.2.5.2
Connector Contract
D.2.6
UpdateRecord API
D.2.6.1
Engine Contract
D.2.6.2
Connector Contract
D.2.7
DeleteRecord API
D.2.7.1
Engine Contract
D.2.7.2
Connector Contract
D.2.8
GetPimServerEndPoint API
D.2.8.1
Engine Contract
D.2.8.2
Connector Contract
D.3
Engine Callback Interface API
D.3.1
ExtractDomainResultsCallback API
D.3.2
Engine Contract
D.3.3
Connector Contract
D.4
Connector Run-Time Interface API
D.4.1
GetPimRecordVersions API
D.4.2
CacheTempSyncState API
D.4.3
CommitCachedSyncState Method API
D.4.4
GetConfigurationMetaData API
D.4.5
GetDeletesByPendingCreateEchoes API
D.4.6
GetDeletesBylds API
D.4.7
GetRecordAssociatedData API
D.4.8
GetSyncState API
D.4.9
GetUserAssociatedData API
D.4.10
SaveSyncState API
D.4.11
SetRecordAssociatedData
D.4.12
SetUserAssociatedData API
D.5
Data Representation Structures
D.5.1
Common Structures
D.5.1.1
KeyValuePair
D.5.2
Connector Interface-Related Structures for the BDSS Engine
D.5.2.1
DomainInfo
D.5.2.2
ExtractRequest
D.5.2.3
ExtractResponse
D.5.2.4
ExtractResponseData
D.5.2.5
ExtractResponseMetaData
D.5.2.6
HubContext
D.5.2.7
PimRecordDescription
D.5.2.8
AssociatedData
D.5.2.9
AssocDataElement
D.5.2.10
RecordMetaData
D.5.2.11
UpsertRecord
D.5.2.12
Enum ExtractResultCode
D.5.3
Configuration-Related Structures
D.5.3.1
ConfigurationSection
D.5.3.2
ConfigurationProfile
D.6
Best Practices for Building Connectors
D.7
The Exchange 2007 Connector API
D.8
Generic Component Support for Calendar Synchronization
D.8.1
Calendar Support Methods
D.8.1.1
Hub Contract
D.8.1.2
Connector Contract
D.8.1.3
Fanning
D.8.2
Exchange 2007 PIM Transport Calendar Support
D.8.2.1
Organizer and Attendees
D.8.2.2
Record Associated Data and Exchange Metadata
D.8.2.3
Supported Recurrence Patterns
D.8.2.4
Time Zones
D.8.2.5
Date Time Values
D.8.2.6
PIM Record IDs
D.8.2.7
ExtractDomain
D.8.2.8
CreatePIMRecord
D.8.2.9
UpdatePIMRecord
D.8.2.10
DeletePIMRecord
E
Custom Field XSLTs and XSDs
E.1
Overview of Custom Field Transformations
E.1.1
Defining Custom Fields
E.2
Defining the ICAL Field Definitions
E.3
Transforming the Exchange Connector's Custom Fields into ICAL
E.4
Transforming the ICAL fields into Exchange Connector Fields
E.5
Mapping Windows Time Zones to Java-Standard Time Zones
F
Troubleshooting BDSS
F.1
Exchange 2007 Connector Fails First-Time Synchronization
Glossary
Index
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