1 About the Connector

Oracle Identity Manager automates access rights management, security, and provisioning of IT resources. Oracle Identity Manager connectors are used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with third-party applications. The connector for IBM RACF is used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with IBM RACF.

Note:

Oracle Identity Manager connectors were referred to as resource adapters prior to the acquisition of Thor Technologies by Oracle.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Supported Functionality
Multilanguage Support
Reconciliation Module
Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector
Determining the Release Number of the Connector

Supported Functionality

The following table lists the functions that are available with this connector.

Function	Type	Description
Create RACF New User	Provisioning	Creates a user account
Delete a RACF User	Provisioning	Deletes a user account
Name Updated	Provisioning	Changes the name of a user account
Password Updated	Provisioning	Changes the password of a user account
Owner Updated	Provisioning	Changes the owner of a user account
Department Updated	Provisioning	Changes the department of a user account
Default Group Updated	Provisioning	Changes the default group of a user account
Installation data Updated	Provisioning	Changes the installation data of a user account Installation data is a field that can contain any installation, system, or project-related data.
Operations Updated	Provisioning	Changes the Operations attribute of a user account
Special Updated	Provisioning	Changes the Special attribute of a user account
Auditor Updated	Provisioning	Changes the Auditor attribute of a user account
Group Access Updated	Provisioning	Changes the Group Access attribute of a user account
Enables a RACF User	Provisioning	Enables a user account so that the user is able to log in to the IBM Mainframe server
Disables a RACF User	Provisioning	Disables a user account so that the user is not able to log in to the IBM Mainframe server
Connect Group	Provisioning	Connects a user to a group in IBM RACF
Disconnect Group	Provisioning	Removes a user from a group in IBM RACF
Add TSO to a User	Provisioning	Provides Time Sharing Options (TSO) access to a user TSO is one of the subsystems in z/OS in IBM Mainframes.
Remove TSO	Provisioning	Removes TSO access from a user
Reconcile Lookup Field	Reconciliation	Reconciles the lookup fields
Reconcile User Data	Reconciliation	Reconciles user data

Multilanguage Support

This release of the connector supports the following languages:

English
Brazilian Portuguese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese

Note:

IBM RACF does not support the entry of non-ASCII characters. Refer to Chapter 4 for more information about this limitation.

Reconciliation Module

This section discusses the elements that the reconciliation module extracts from the target system to construct reconciliation event records.

Reconciliation can be divided into the following types:

Lookup Fields Reconciliation
User Reconciliation

Lookup Fields Reconciliation

Lookup fields reconciliation involves reconciling the following lookup fields of IBM RACF:

Group
TSO Procedure
TSO Account Number

User Reconciliation

User reconciliation involves reconciling the following user attributes in IBM RACF.

Name	Description	Data Type
User General Data
userid	User ID on the RACF system	String
owner	Owner of the user	String
name	Display name of the user	String
default group	Default group associated with the user	String
operations	Operations privilege	Number
auditor	Auditor privilege	Number
special	Special privilege	Number
grp access	Group access privilege	Number
department	Department name	String
User Group Data
Groups	Child table	Multivalued attribute
group name	Group name	String
revoke date	Revoke date associated with group	String
authorization	Authorization privilege	String
User TSO Data
TSO	Child table	Multivalued attribute
account number	TSO account number	String
procedure	TSO procedure name	String

Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector

The files and directories that comprise this connector are compressed in the following directory on the installation media:

Security Applications\IBM RACF\IBM RACF Standard

These files and directories are listed in the following table.

File in the Installation Media Directory	Description
lib\JavaTask\xlUtilHostAccess.jar	This JAR file contains the class files that are required for provisioning.
lib\ScheduleTask\xlReconRACF.jar	This JAR file contains the class files that are required for reconciliation.
lib\ThirdParty\CustomizedCAs.jar	This file is used to set up an SSL connection between Oracle Identity Manager and the IBM Mainframe server.
lib\ThirdPartyI\InitialLoginSequence.txt	This file contains the login sequence that the connector uses to connect to the IBM Mainframe server. The login sequence contains the sequence of values to be provided to the Telnet session between the connector and the IBM Mainframe server. These values are required to navigate through the various screens that are part of the TSO login process before reaching the `READY` prompt on the mainframe target server. The values in this file are supplied in the form of variables that hold IT resource values and literals. This machine-dependent file must be altered after deployment.
lib\ThirdParty\InputFields.txt	This file contains values for the connection parameters that are required to connect to the IBM Mainframe server. This file is used with the troubleshooting utility.
lib\ThirdParty\LogOutSequence.txt	This file contains the logoff sequence that the connector uses to log off from the IBM Mainframe server. The logoff sequence contains the sequence of values to be provided to the Telnet session between the connector and the IBM Mainframe server. These values are required to navigate through the various screens that are part of the TSO logoff process from the `READY` prompt on the mainframe target server. The values in this file are supplied in the form of variables that hold IT resource values and literals. This machine-dependent file must be altered after deployment.
RACF Scripts\DATAEXTT	This file uses the decrypted copy of the IBM RACF database to extract user-related records required for reconciliation into temporary files. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\DATAUNLD	This file merges the data from the `SYSTMDAT` and `JCLSRC` files into a temporary file to submit a background job. This background job prepares a decrypted copy of the IBM RACF database and then calls the individual `REXX` code scripts to format the data.
RACF Scripts\JCLSRC	This file is used to submit the background job for use in reconciliation. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server. A procedure library is a partitioned dataset containing member files.
RACF Scripts\JOBSTAT	This file determines the status of a background job used for reconciliation. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\RECNLKUP	This file provides lookup fields data. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\RXDIFFER	This file provides differences between the old and new database images. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\RXDPTADD	This file copies the user's department data from a temporary file and adds this information to the user's basic data. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\RXGRPADD	This file copies the user's group privilege data from a temporary file and adds this information to the user's basic data. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\RXPRNTDT	This file carries user reconciliation data from the IBM Mainframe to Oracle Identity Manager. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\RXPRVADD	This file copies the user's connect privilege data from a temporary file and adds this information to the user's basic data. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\RXTSOADD	This file copies the user's TSO data from a temporary file and adds this information to the user's basic data. It is a member of a procedure library on the IBM Mainframe server.
RACF Scripts\SYSTMDAT	This file is used to provide job configuration parameters to the mainframe system.
Files in the `resources` directory	Each of these resource bundle files contains language-specific information that is used by the connector. Note: A resource bundle is a file containing localized versions of the text strings that are displayed on the user interface of Oracle Identity Manager. These text strings include GUI element labels and messages displayed on the Administrative and User Console.
xml\racfResAdp.xml	This XML file contains definitions for the following components of the connector: IT resource type IT resource Resource object form Process definition Process tasks Connector tasks

The "Step 5: Copying External Code" section provides instructions to copy these files into the required directories.

Determining the Release Number of the Connector

To determine the release number of the connector that you have deployed:

Extract the contents of the xlReconRACF.jar file. For a connector that has been deployed, this file is in the following directory:
```
OIM_home\xellerate\JavaTasks
```
Open the manifest.mf file in a text editor. The manifest.mf file is one of the files bundled inside the xlReconRACF.jar file.

In the manifest.mf file, the release number of the connector is displayed as the value of the Version property.