What's New in Oracle Identity Manager Connector for Microsoft Windows?

This chapter provides an overview of the updates made to the software and documentation for the Microsoft Windows connector in release 9.0.4.2.

See Also:

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

The updates discussed in this chapter are divided into the following categories:

• Software Updates

  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.

Software Updates

The following sections discuss updates made from release 9.0.4 to the current release of the connector:

• Software Updates in Release 9.0.4.1

• Software Updates in Release 9.0.4.2

Software Updates in Release 9.0.4.1

In release 9.0.4.1, changes have been made in the names and directory structure of the connector installation files.

Software Updates in Release 9.0.4.2

The following are software updates in release 9.0.4.2:

• Using the Connector Installer

• Resolved Issues in Release 9.0.4.2

Using the Connector Installer

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 or Later" for details.

Resolved Issues in Release 9.0.4.2

The following are issues resolved in release 9.0.4.2:

Bug Number	Issue	Resolution
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.
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.
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.

Documentation-Specific Updates

The following sections discuss documentation-specific updates made from release 9.0.4 to the current release of the connector:

• Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.0.4.1

• Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.0.4.2

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.0.4.1

The following documentation-specific updates have been made in release 9.0.4.3:

• In "Verifying Deployment Requirements", the Oracle Identity Manager host platform names have been added.

Documentation-Specific Updates in Release 9.0.4.2

The following documentation-specific updates have been made in release 9.0.4.2:

• In "Supported Functionality", 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 the "Verifying Deployment Requirements" section, changes have been made in the "Target systems" and "Target system host platform" rows.