This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the Microsoft Windows connector in release 9.0.4.12.
The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:
This section describes updates made to the connector software. This section also points out the sections of this guide that have been changed in response to each software update.
Documentation-Specific Updates
This section describes major changes made to this guide. These changes are not related to software updates.
The following sections discuss software updates:
In release 9.0.4.1, changes have been made in the names and directory structure of the connector installation files.
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 "Running the Connector Installer" for details.
The following are issues resolved in release 9.0.4.2:
| Bug Number | Issue | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
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5180725 and 5180704 |
The share name set for a user's directory on the target system could not be updated through the Update User provisioning operation. |
This issue has been resolved. You can update the share name through the Update User provisioning operation. |
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5573882 |
On the Administrative and User Console, the Provisioned status was displayed for a user even when the user's directory could not be created through the Create User provisioning operation. |
This issue has been resolved. The Provisioning status is displayed for a user if the directory cannot be created during the Create User provisioning operation. |
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7597465 |
The Microsoft Windows connector could not be used with the Microsoft Active Directory connector release 9.0.4.10 or later. |
This issue has been resolved. The Microsoft Windows connector can now be used with any release of the Microsoft Active Directory connector. |
The following are software updates in release 9.0.4.3:
From this release onward, Microsoft Active Directory User Management connector release 9.1.1 is the minimum supported Microsoft Active Directory User Management connector release. To install the Microsoft Active Directory User Management connector release 9.1.1, you require Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.1 or later. Therefore, the minimum Oracle Identity Manager requirement for the current release of the Microsoft Windows connector is Oracle Identity Manager release 9.1.0.1.
This requirement is mentioned in "Certified Components" section.
From this release onward, the connector enables you to:
Create hidden shares on a folder
Stop sharing a folder
The Create hidden folder for a user and Delete share attribute functions have been listed in the "Provisioning Functions" section.
The Invert Display Name and isLookupDN parameters have been added to the Windows AD Server IT Resource to enable this connector to successfully connect to Microsoft Active Directory. See the "Configuring the IT Resource" section for more information about these parameters.
From this release onward, the connector adds support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 as the target system.
This target system is mentioned in "Certified Components" section of the connector guide.
The following are issues resolved in release 9.0.4.3:
| Bug Number | Issue | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
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5180972 |
All error and exception messages that occurred during the course of provisioning operations were displayed on a console on the Oracle Identity Manager host computer. These messages were not written to a log file. |
This issue has been resolved. All error and exception messages are displayed on the console and written to the log file of the application server. |
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8558641 |
When a provisioning operation was performed several times, the JVM stopped functioning. This caused Oracle Identity Manager to stop responding and the following error message was displayed on the application server console: An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION |
This issue has been resolved. The |
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8569946 |
The |
This issue has been resolved. You can perform add users to folders through provisioning. |
The following are software updates in release 9.0.4.11:
The earlier release of the connector required you to install release 9.1.1 of the Microsoft Active Directory connector. From this release onward, you can use any release of the Microsoft Active Directory connector that provides the GUID user attribute. The Lookup.Windows.Configuration lookup definition has been introduced to store details of the Microsoft Active Directory User Management connector used by the Microsoft Windows connector.
See the "Setting Up the Lookup.Windows.Configuration Lookup Definition" section for more information.
The following are issues resolved in release 9.0.4.11:
| Bug Number | Issue | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
|
9172138 |
NoSuchMethodException was encountered on the target system when you performed the Remove User from Folder provisioning operation from Oracle Identity Manager. |
This issue has been resolved. You can now perform the Remove User from Folder provisioning operation. |
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9303613 |
The Revoke Share provisioning operation did not work. |
This issue has been resolved. The Revoke Share provisioning operation now works as expected. |
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 3.2.2, "Request-Based Provisioning" for more information.
The following sections discuss documentation-specific updates:
The following documentation-specific updates have been made in release 9.0.4.3:
In "Certified Components" section, the Oracle Identity Manager host platform names have been added.
The following documentation-specific updates have been made in release 9.0.4.2:
In "Provisioning Functions" section, the Add New Share Path provisioning function has been added to the list of supported functions.
In the "Known Issues" chapter:
The following point has been removed:
The locale of the server on which Oracle Identity Manager is installed must be set to the language that is used to enable folders to be created on the target system. For example, if Japanese is in use on the target system, then Oracle Identity Manager must be installed on a server running the Japanese language locale.
The following points have been added:
Bug 5691610: The connector does not support deployment scenarios in which Oracle Identity Manager is installed on an operating system other than Microsoft Windows.
Bug 7490324: For a provisioning operation, the file server, Oracle Identity Manager, and the target system account used by Oracle Identity Manager to perform provisioning operations must be on the same domain.
Microsoft Windows 2000 is no longer a supported host for the target system. All occurrences of "Microsoft Windows 2000" have been removed from this guide.
In "Certified Components" section, changes have been made in the "Target systems" and "Target system host platform" rows.
The following documentation-specific updates have been made in release 9.0.4.3:
In "Provisioning Module" section, the Hidden field has been added to the list of fields that are provisioned.
In "Provisioning Functions" section, the descriptions of the functions have been modified.
The "Installing the Connector on Oracle Identity Manager Release 8.5.3.1 Through 9.0.3.1" section has been removed from the "Deploying the Connector" chapter.
In the "Postinstallation on the Target System" section, the following point has been added:
"Ensure that a value for the TEMP or TMP system environment variable has been set."
In "Certified Components" section, minor changes have been made.
The following is a documentation-specific update in release 9.0.4.11:
In "Certified Components" section, the minimum JDK requirement of release 1.4.2 has been added.
In "Provisioning Functions" section, a Note has been added for the Create folder for a user function.
The following are the documentation-specific updates in this release:
The following sections have been added:
Information regarding Usage Recommendation is in section "Post-Installation in OIM 11.1.2"
Instructions specific to Oracle Identity Manager release 11.1.2.x have been added as required throughout the guide