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 software and documentation for the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino connector in release 9.0.4 of the Oracle Identity Manager connector pack.

See Also:

The 9.0.3 release of this guide for information about updates that were new for the 9.0.3 release

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.

See Also:

Oracle Identity Manager Release Notes

Software Updates

This section discusses updates made to this release of the connector software.

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 IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Server 7.0.2.

Changes in the IT Resource Definition

The following changes have been made in the "Defining IT Resources" section:

The IsDebug parameter has been made redundant by the revised exception logging functionality in this release. This parameter has been removed from the IT resource definition.

The TimeStamp parameter has been replaced by the TrustedTimeStamp and NonTrustedTimeStamp parameters, for trusted and nontrusted source reconciliation respectively.

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.

Timeout Support

This release of the connector provides timeout support for provisioning and reconciliation. In the "Defining IT Resources" section, the IT resource parameters that are used to implement this feature are described.

Partial Reconciliation

You can customize the reconciliation process by specifying the subset of added or modified target system records that must be reconciled. This feature is described in the "Partial Reconciliation" section.

Batched Reconciliation

In this release of the connector, user reconciliation scheduled task is added with attributes such as BatchSize and NumberOfBatches. By specifying values for these attributes, you can reconcile users in various batches. These attributes are discussed in the "Batched Reconciliation" section.

Testing Utility

A testing utility has been added in this release. Information about this utility has been added at appropriate places in this guide.

Adding Custom Attributes

This release of the connector supports the adding of custom attributes for reconciliation and provisioning. This feature is discussed in the following sections:

• Adding Custom Attributes for Reconciliation

• Adding Custom Attributes for Provisioning

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.

Documentation-Specific Updates

The following documentation-specific update has been made in this release of the guide:

• Instructions in the "Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector" section have been revised.

• Instructions to enable logging for this connector are given in the "Enabling Logging" section.

• Some of the sections that were in Chapter 2 in earlier releases of this guide have been moved to Chapter 3, "Configuring the Connector".