What's New in the Oracle Identity Manager Connector for UNIX SSH?

This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the UNIX SSH 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.

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.

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 schduled 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.

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.

Testing Utility

The testing utility has been added in this release of the connector. You will find information about the files that constitute this utility and the procedure to use it in the following sections of this guide:

• Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector

• Step 3: Copying the Connector Files

• Chapter 4, "Testing and Troubleshooting"

Changes in the Connector Files

The "Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector" section reflects the changes made to the connector files and directories.

Changes in the Supported Target Systems List

In the "Step 1: Verifying Deployment Requirements" section, the list of supported target systems has been modified. This release of the connector also supports.

Adding Custom Attributes

This release of the connector supports the adding of custom attributes for reconciliation and provisioning. This feature is described in the "Adding Custom Attributes for Reconciliation" section and the "Adding Custom Attributes for Provisioning" section.

Documentation-Specific Updates

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

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

• Some of the content from the Chapter 2 in the earlier release of this guide has been moved to Chapter 3.