Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Resources Reference

Preface

This publication provides reference and procedural information to help you connect to resources and manage accounts on these resources.

Who Should Use This Book

Oracle Identity Manager Resources Reference was designed for deployers and administrators who will configure and deploy Waveset to manage resources.

Deployers should have a background in programming and should be comfortable with XML, Java, Emacs and/or IDEs such as Eclipse or NetBeans.

Administrators may not have a programming background, but should be highly skilled in one or more resource domains such as LDAP, Active Directory, or SQL.

Before You Read This Book

Before reading this book, you should be familiar with the Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Overview.

How This Book Is Organized

Identity Manager Resources Reference is organized into these chapters:

Chapter 1, Overview of the Resources Reference. Identifies installation, configuration, and implementation information for Waveset resource adapter-based resources.
Individual chapters for each supported adapter-based resource. These chapters are presented in alphabetical order.
Chapter 50, Implementing the AttrParse Object. Provides information needed to customize the AttrParse facility, which mainframe-based resource adapters use to extract information from the resource.
Chapter 51, Adding Actions to Resources. Describes how to create and implement actions on various types of resources in Waveset.
Chapter 52, Synchronizing LDAP Passwords. Describes the Waveset product enhancements that support password synchronization from the Oracle Directory Server to the Waveset system.
Chapter 53, Active Directory Synchronization Failover. Describes how to limit the number of repeated events that occur when you switch to a new domain controller.
Chapter 54, Mainframe Connectivity. Describes how to connect to a mainframe resource using IBM’s Host on Demand or the Attachmate 3270 Mainframe Adapter for Sun Emulator Class Library.
Chapter 55, Enabling Secure Network Communications (SNC) Connections. Describes how to enable the Access Enforcer, SAP, and SAP HR resource adapters to communicate with SAP systems securely using Secure Network Communications (SNC).
Chapter 56, Deprecated Resource Adapters. Lists no longer supported resource adapters.
Chapter 57, Identity Connectors Overview. This chapter introduces identity connectors, a newly supported feature of Identity Manager. Connectors provide an alternative to resource adapters for managing identities and other object types in native resources.
Individual chapters for each supported connector-based resource. These chapters are presented in alphabetical order.

Related Books

The Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 documentation set includes the following books.

Primary Audience	Title	Description
All Audiences	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Overview	Provides an overview of Waveset features and functionality. Provides product architecture information and describes how Waveset integrates with other Sun products, such as Sun Open SSO Enterprise and Sun Role Manager.
All Audiences	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Release Notes	Describes known issues, fixed issues, and late-breaking information not already provided in the Waveset documentation set.
System Administrators	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Release Notes	Describes how to install Waveset and optional components such as the Oracle Waveset Gateway and PasswordSync.
	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Upgrade	Provides instructions on how to upgrade from an older version of Waveset to a newer version.
	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 System Administrator’s Guide	Contains information and instructions to help system administrators manage, tune, and troubleshoot their Waveset installation.
Business Administrators	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Business Administrator’s Guide	Describes how to use Waveset provisioning and auditing features. Contains information about the user interfaces, user and account management, reporting, and more.
System Integrators	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Deployment Guide	Describes how to deploy Waveset in complex IT environments. Topics covered include working with identity attributes, data loading and synchronization, configuring user actions, applying custom branding, and so on.
	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Deployment Reference	Contains information about workflows, forms, views, and rules, as well as the XPRESS language.
	Resources Reference	Provides information about installing, configuring, and using resource adapters.
	Oracle Waveset Service Provider 8.1.1 Deployment	Describes how to deploy Oracle Waveset Service Provider, and how views, forms, and resources differ from the standard Waveset product.
	Oracle Waveset 8.1.1 Web Services	Describes how to configure SPML support, which SPML features are supported (and why), and how to extend support in the field.

Documentation Updates

Corrections and updates to this and other Oracle Wavesetand Sun Identity Manager publications are posted to a documentation updates website:

http://blogs.sun.com/idmdocupdates/

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`aabbcc123`	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. Note: Some emphasized items appear bold online.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell	`$`
Bash shell, Korn shell, and Bourne shell for superuser	`#`
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell for superuser	`machine_name#`