What's New in the Oracle Identity Manager Connector for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino?

This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the connector and documentation for IBM Lotus Notes and Domino in release 9.0.2 of the Oracle Identity Manager connector pack.

The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:

Software Updates

These include updates made to the connector software.
Documentation-Specific Updates

These include major changes made to the connector documentation. These changes are not related to software updates.

Software Updates

This section discusses the following software updates implemented in this release of the connector.

Incorporation of Multilanguage Support

In addition to English, this release of the connector supports the French and Japanese languages. The following are documentation updates pertaining to the incorporation of this feature:

The installation media directory includes resource bundle files for the languages supported by the connector. These resource bundle files are described in the "Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector" section.
The "Step 3: Copying the Connector Files and External Code" section specifies the destination directory into which you must copy the resource bundle files during the deployment procedure.
The "Step 4: Configuring the Oracle Identity Manager Server" section describes the procedure to change to the required input locale and to clear content related to connector resource bundles from the server cache.
Chapter 4, "Known Issues" discusses a new issue related to the use of non-English locales.

Determining the Release Number of the Connector

Instructions to determine the release number of the connector are given in the "Determining the Release Number of the Connector" section.

Specifying a Four-Digit Year in the End Date for a User Account

While specifying the End Date of a user account, the year that you select is stored in the four-digit format. In the earlier release, the year could be specified only in the two-digit format. Instructions to make corresponding changes in date values stored in an existing installation are given in the "Converting Existing Date Values While Upgrading the Connector" section.

Incorporation of the Trigger AdminP Feature

In the "Defining IT Resources" section, the triggerAdminP IT resource parameter has been added.

With the incorporation of this feature, the issue about name or organization updates requiring a few minutes to take effect has been resolved. This issue has been removed from the Known Issues list in Chapter 4.

Documentation-Specific Updates

The following documentation-specific updates have been made in this release of the guide:

Oracle Identity Manager uses an IBM Lotus Notes and Domino user account to connect to and exchange data with IBM Lotus Notes and Domino. The "Step 1: Verifying Deployment Requirements" section provides information about the minimum rights that must be assigned to this user account.
Instructions to copy the connector JAR files and adapter files to all the nodes of a clustered environment have been added in the following sections:
Instructions and pointers to information about configuring trusted source reconciliation have been moved to the "Configuring Trusted Source Reconciliation" section.
Instructions to use Oracle Identity Manager for linking multiple installations of IBM Lotus Notes and Domino are given in the "Configuring the Connector for Multiple Installations of the Target System" section.
Appendix A provides information about attribute mappings between Oracle Identity Manager and IBM Lotus Notes and Domino.