This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the IBM RACF Standard connector in release 9.0.4.12.
Note:
Release 9.0.4.12 of the connector comes after release 9.0.4.3. Release numbers from 9.0.4.4 through 9.0.4.11 have not been used.The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:
This section describes 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.
The following sections discuss software updates:
The following are software updates in release 9.0.4.1:
In the "Postinstallation on the Target System" section, the procedure has been revised.
In the "Importing the Connector XML Files" section, the IsDebug parameter has been removed from the list of IT resource parameters.
In the "Performing Provisioning Operations" section, the names of the adapters have been modified.
The IsDebug attribute has been removed from the scheduled tasks described in the following sections:
In the "GetData User Reconciliation Scheduled Task" section, the isTrusted attribute has been added to the list of scheduled task attributes.
The following are software updates in release 9.0.4.2:
From Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0 onward, the Administrative and User Console provides the Connector Installer feature. This feature can be used to automate the connector installation procedure.
See "Installing the Connector on Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.1.0.x, Release 11.1.1, or Release 11.1.2" for details.
Arabic has been added to the list of supported languages.
See "Certified Languages" in the connector guide for more information.
The following are issues resolved in release 9.0.4.2:
| Bug Number | Issue | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 6610577 | Group details were not reconciled during group lookup synchronization. | This issue has been resolved. The LookupType attribute has been added to the scheduled task for lookup field reconciliation. See "Lookup Field Synchronization" for more information. |
| 6724858 | During a provisioning operation, special characters and spaces could not be entered in the Department field on the process form. |
This issue has been resolved. The Department field can now accept special characters and spaces during provisioning operations. |
| 6614438 | During a Create User provisioning operation, the RXPRNTDT script was executed multiple times. |
This issue has been resolved. The RXPRNTDT script is executed only once during a Create User provisioning operation. |
| 6766603 | The RACFNonTrusted.xml file was not correctly imported when you configured target resource reconciliation. |
This issue has been resolved. The RACFNonTrusted.xml file is now correctly imported. |
The following are software updates in release 9.0.4.3:
The following issue is resolved in release 9.0.4.3:
| Bug Number | Issue | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 7341339 | While performing an Update User provisioning operation to modify the TSO parameter, the size, unit, and maximum size fields were not prepopulated. |
This issue has been resolved. Error handlers have been added to check for null values for TSO parameters. |
The following are the software updates in release 9.0.4.12:
From this release onward, the connector can be installed and used on Oracle Identity Manager 11g release 1 (11.1.1). Where applicable, instructions specific to this Oracle Identity Manager release have been added in the guide.
See Section 1.1, "Certified Components" for the full list of certified Oracle Identity Manager releases.
From this release onward, the connector provides support for request-based provisioning on Oracle Identity Manager 11g release 1 (11.1.1).
See Section 3.5.2, "Request-Based Provisioning" for more information.
The following sections provide documentation-specific updates:
The following are the documentation-specific updates in release 9.0.4.2:
Instructions in the "Configuring SSL" section have been revised.
In the "Verifying Deployment Requirements" section, changes have been made in the "Target System" row.
The following is a documentation-specific update in release 9.0.4.3:
There are no known issues in this release. In the "Known Issues" chapter, the following bug has been removed:
Bug 7341339
When you perform an Update User provisioning operation to modify the TSO parameter, the size, unit, and maximum size fields are not prepopulated. You must manually specify values for these fields.
From this release onward:
The minimum certified release of Oracle Identity Manager is release 9.1.0.1.
The minimum certified release of JDK is release 1.4.2.
See "Verifying Deployment Requirements" section for the complete listing of certified components.
The following documentation-specific updates have been made in revision "8" of release 9.0.4.12:
The "Oracle Identity Manager" row of Table 1-1, "Certified Components" has been updated to include support for Oracle Identity Manager 11g R2, Oracle Identity Manager 11g R2 PS1, and Oracle Identity Manager 11g R2 PS2.
The "Target system" row of Table 1-1, "Certified Components" has been updated to include support for IBM RACF v1.13.
The "External code" row of Table 1-1, "Certified Components" has been updated to include support for IBM HOD version 11.0.
In Section 5.2, "Troubleshooting", user id rules in the RACF target system have been added.
In Section 5.2, "Troubleshooting", the default behavior of the RACF target system has been added.
The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "7" of release 9.0.4.12:
In step 3 of Section 2.3.1.4, "Configuring Trusted Source Reconciliation," the path to locate and open the xml files have been updated.
The following documentation-specific update has been made in revision "6" of release 9.0.4.12:
Major changes have been made to the structure of the guide. The objective of these changes is to synchronize the guide with the changes made to the connector and to improve the usability of the information provided by the guide.