Oracle® Identity Manager Connector Guide for Database Applications Table Release 9.0.4 Part Number E10155-01 |
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This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the Database Applications Table connector in release 9.0.4 of the Oracle Identity Manager connector pack.
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The 9.0.3 release of this guide for information about updates that were new for the 9.0.3 releaseThe updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:
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.
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Oracle Identity Manager Release NotesThis section discusses updates made to this release of the connector software.
Modification of Testing Utility Functionality
The functionality of the testing utility has been modified in this release. Information about the components and functionality of this utility has been included in the following sections:
Trusted Source Reconciliation
This release of the connector supports trusted source reconciliation. The required information has been included in the "Configuring Trusted Source Reconciliation" section of this guide.
Adding Custom Database Columns
This release of the connector supports the adding of custom database columns for provisioning and reconciliation. This feature is discussed in the "Adding Custom Database Columns for Provisioning and Reconciliation" section.
Changes in the List of Supported Target Systems
In the "Step 1: Verifying Deployment Requirements" section, the list of supported target systems has been modified. This release of the connector also supports Oracle 8i Database, MS SQL 2000, and MS SQL 2005.
Support for New Databases
In this release of the connector, the following databases have been added to the existing list of certified databases:
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Oracle 8i Database
Changes pertaining to this enhancement have been made at appropriate places in this guide.
Reconciliation Enhancements
In this release, the following reconciliation enhancements have been implemented:
Separate Scheduled Tasks for Trusted and Nontrusted Source Reconciliation
In this release of the connector, there are separate user reconciliation scheduled tasks for trusted and nontrusted source reconciliation. In the "Specifying Values for the Scheduled Task Attributes" section, the attributes of these scheduled tasks are described.
Enabling Logging
By following the instructions in the "Enabling Logging" section, you can configure the generation of log information that is specific to the target system.
The following documentation-specific updates have been made in this release of the guide:
The "Adding Custom Database Columns for Provisioning and Reconciliation" section describes the procedure to add custom database columns for provisioning and reconciliation operations.
Instructions in the "Determining the Release Number of the Connector" section have been revised.
Some of the sections that were in Chapter 2 in earlier releases of this guide have been moved to Chapter 3.