Before you start configuring Oracle Identity Manager, keep the following points in mind:
It is assumed that you are installing Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, and Oracle Identity Navigator on the same machine.
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In this chapter, two IDM_Home directories are mentioned in descriptions and procedures. For example, the first one, Oracle_IDM1 can be the IDM_Home directory for Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Directory Services Manager, Oracle Directory Integration Platform, and Oracle Identity Federation. The second one, Oracle_IDM2 can be the IDM_Home directory for Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, Oracle Authorization Policy Manager, and Oracle Identity Navigator.However, note that Oracle_IDM1 and Oracle_IDM2 are used as examples in this document. You can specify any name for either of your IDM_Home directories. In addition, you can install the two Oracle Identity Management suites (one containing Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Directory Services Manager, Oracle Directory Integration Platform, and Oracle Identity Federation; another containing Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, Oracle Authorization Policy Manager, and Oracle Identity Navigator) in any order on your machine.
If you choose to use the default names, the first installation creates an Oracle_IDM1 directory, and the second installation creates an Oracle_IDM2 directory.
If you have not installed Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Directory Services Manager, Oracle Directory Integration Platform, or Oracle Identity Federation on the same machine where you are installing Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, Oracle Authorization Policy Manager, and Oracle Identity Navigator, then you will see a single IDM_Home directory, such as Oracle_IDM1, under your MW_HOME directory.
For more information, see Overview and Structure of Oracle Identity Management 11g Installation.
By performing the domain configuration procedures described in this chapter, you can create Managed Servers on a local machine (the machine on which the Administration Server is running). However, you can create and start Managed Servers for Oracle Identity Management components on a remote machine. For more information, see the "Creating and Starting a Managed Server on a Remote Machine" topic in the guide Oracle Fusion Middleware Creating Templates and Domains Using the Pack and Unpack Commands.
You must use the Oracle Identity Manager Configuration Wizard to configure only Oracle Identity Manager Server, Oracle Identity Manager Design Console (on Windows only), and Oracle Identity Manager Remote Manager.
You must complete this additional configuration for Oracle Identity Manager components after configuring Oracle Identity Manager in a new or existing WebLogic administration domain. For more information, see OIM Domain Configuration Scenarios.
If you are configuring Oracle Identity Manager Server, you must run the Oracle Identity Manager configuration wizard on the machine where the Administration Server is running. For configuring the Server, you can run the wizard only once during the initial setup of the Server. After the successful setup of Oracle Identity Manager Server, you cannot run the Oracle Identity Manager Configuration Wizard again to modify the configuration of Oracle Identity Manager Server. For such modifications, you must use Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control.
If you are configuring only Design Console or Remote Manager, you can run the Oracle Identity Manager Configuration Wizard on the machine where Design Console or Remote Manager is being configured. Note that you can run the Oracle Identity Manager Configuration Wizard to configure Design Console or Remote Manager as and when you need to configure them on new machines.
Note that Oracle Identity Manager requires Oracle SOA Suite 11g (11.1.1.3.0), which should be exclusive to Oracle Identity Management. You must install Oracle SOA Suite before configuring Oracle Identity Manager. If you are setting up integration between Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Access Manager, ensure that Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Access Manager, and Oracle SOA Suite are configured in the same domain.