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Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Documentation Updates
Conventions
What's New in Oracle Identity Manager Connector for Novell eDirectory?
Software Updates
Documentation-Specific Updates
1
About the Connector
1.1
Certified Components
1.2
Certified Languages
1.3
Connector Architecture
1.4
Features of the Connector
1.4.1
Support for Both Target Resource and Trusted Source Reconciliation
1.4.2
Support for Limited Reconciliation
1.4.3
Support for Batched Reconciliation
1.4.4
Support for Paged Reconciliation
1.4.5
Support for Reconciliation of Deleted User Records
1.4.6
Support for Both Full and Incremental Reconciliation
1.4.7
Support for Adding New Single-Valued and Multivalued Attributes for Reconciliation and Provisioning
1.4.8
Support for Transformation of Data During Reconciliation
1.4.9
Support for Reconciliation and Provisioning of Home Directories
1.4.10
Support for High-Availability Configuration of the Target System
1.5
Lookup Definitions Used During Reconciliation and Provisioning
1.5.1
Lookup Definitions Synchronized with the Target System
1.5.2
Other Lookup Definitions
1.6
Connector Objects Used During Target Resource Reconciliation and Provisioning
1.6.1
User Attributes for Target Resource Reconciliation and Provisioning
1.6.2
Group Attributes for Target Resource Reconciliation and Provisioning
1.6.3
Role Attributes for Target Resource Reconciliation and Provisioning
1.6.4
Reconciliation Rule for Target Resource Reconciliation
1.6.5
Reconciliation Action Rules for Target Resource Reconciliation
1.6.6
Provisioning Functions
1.7
Connector Objects Used During Trusted Source Reconciliation
1.7.1
User Attributes for Trusted Source Reconciliation
1.7.2
Reconciliation Rule for Trusted Source Reconciliation
1.7.3
Reconciliation Action Rules for Trusted Source Reconciliation
1.8
Roadmap for Deploying and Using the Connector
2
Deploying the Connector
2.1
Preinstallation
2.1.1
Preinstallation on Oracle Identity Manager
2.1.1.1
Files and Directories On the Installation Media
2.1.1.2
Determining the Release Number of the Connector
2.1.1.3
Using External Code Files
2.1.2
Preinstallation on the Target System
2.1.2.1
Installing Role Based Services
2.2
Installation
2.2.1
Installing the Connector on Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.1.0.
x
and Release 11.1.x
2.2.1.1
Running the Connector Installer
2.2.1.2
Configuring the IT Resource
2.2.2
Installing the Connector on Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.0.1 Through 9.0.3.2
2.2.2.1
Copying the Connector Files
2.2.2.2
Importing the Connector XML File
2.2.2.3
Compiling Adapters
2.3
Postinstallation
2.3.1
Configuring Oracle Identity Manager 11.1.2 or Later
2.3.1.1
Tagging Form Fields
2.3.1.2
Creating and Activating a Sandbox
2.3.1.3
Creating a New UI Form
2.3.1.4
Creating an Application Instance
2.3.1.5
Publishing a Sandbox
2.3.1.6
Harvesting Entitlements and Sync Catalog
2.3.1.7
Updating an Existing Application Instance with a New Form
2.3.2
Localizing Field Labels in UI Forms
2.3.3
Copying Files to the Oracle Identity Manager Host Computer
2.3.4
Changing to the Required Input Locale
2.3.5
Clearing Content Related to Connector Resource Bundles from the Server Cache
2.3.6
Enabling Logging
2.3.6.1
Enabling Logging on Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.0.1 through 9.0.3.2 or Release 9.1.0.x
2.3.6.2
Enabling Logging on Oracle Identity Manager Release 11.1.
x
2.3.7
Setting Up Lookup Definitions in Oracle Identity Manager
2.3.7.1
Setting Up the Lookup.EDIR.Configuration Lookup Definition
2.3.7.2
Setting Up Other Lookup Definitions
2.3.8
Installing and Configuring the Remote Manager
2.3.8.1
Installing the Remote Manager
2.3.8.2
Enabling Logging in the Remote Manager
2.3.8.3
Configuring the IT Resource for the Remote Manager
2.3.8.4
Configuring Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.0.1 through 9.0.3.2 or Release 9.1.0.
x
to Trust the Remote Manager
2.3.8.5
Configuring Oracle Identity Manager Release 11.1.x to Trust the Remote Manager
2.3.8.6
Verifying That the Remote Manager Is Running
2.3.9
Configuring High Availability of the Target System
2.3.10
Configuring Trusted Source Reconciliation
2.3.11
Enabling Provisioning of Users in Organizations and Organizational Units
2.3.12
Configuring Oracle Identity Manager for Request-Based Provisioning
2.3.12.1
Copying Predefined Request Datasets
2.3.12.2
Importing Request Datasets into MDS
2.3.12.3
Enabling the Auto Save Form Feature
2.3.12.4
Running the PurgeCache Utility
2.3.13
Configuring SSL
3
Using the Connector
3.1
Performing First-Time Reconciliation
3.2
Lookup Field Synchronization
3.3
Configuring Reconciliation
3.3.1
Full Reconciliation vs. Incremental Reconciliation
3.3.2
Limited Reconciliation
3.3.3
Batched Reconciliation
3.3.4
Reconciliation Scheduled Tasks
3.3.4.1
User Reconciliation Scheduled Tasks
3.3.4.2
Group and Role Reconciliation Scheduled Task
3.4
Configuring Scheduled Tasks
3.4.1
Configuring Scheduled Tasks on Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.0.1 through 9.0.3.2
3.4.2
Configuring Scheduled Tasks on Oracle Identity Manager Release 9.1.0.x or Release 11.1.x
3.5
Guidelines on Performing Provisioning
3.6
Performing Provisioning Operations
3.6.1
Provisioning Users
3.6.1.1
Direct Provisioning
3.6.1.2
Request-Based Provisioning
3.6.2
Provisioning Organizational Units, Groups, and Roles
3.6.3
Switching Between Request-Based Provisioning and Direct Provisioning on Oracle Identity Manager Release 11.1.1
3.7
Configuring Provisioning in Oracle Identity Manager Release 11.1.2
4
Extending the Functionality of the Connector
4.1
Adding New Attributes for Target Resource Reconciliation
4.2
Adding New Multivalued Attributes for Target Resource Reconciliation
4.3
Adding New Attributes for Trusted Source Reconciliation
4.4
Adding New Attributes for Provisioning Users
4.5
Adding New Attributes for Provisioning Groups and Roles
4.6
Adding New Multivalued Attributes for Provisioning
4.7
Adding Custom Object Classes for Provisioning
4.8
Adding New Object Classes for Provisioning and Reconciliation
4.8.1
Adding the Attributes of the Object Class to the Process Form
4.8.2
Adding the Object Class and its Attributes to the Lookup Definition for Provisioning
4.8.3
Adding the Attributes of the Object Class to the Resource Object
4.8.4
Adding Attributes of the Object Class to the Provisioning Process
4.8.5
Adding Custom Object Classes for Provisioning Organization, Groups, and Roles
4.9
Linking the Home Directory Provisioning Operation with the Create User Provisioning Operation
4.10
Configuring Transformation of Data During Reconciliation
5
Testing and Troubleshooting
5.1
Running Test Cases
5.2
Troubleshooting
5.2.1
Connection Errors
5.2.2
Create User Errors
5.2.3
Modify User Errors
5.2.4
Delete User Errors
6
Known Issues
Index
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