Policy Agent 2.2 was released with Access Manager 7 and is designed to take advantage of functionality present in this release. However, J2EE agents in the Policy Agent 2.2 release can be configured to run with Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater.
Certain features that Policy Agent 2.2 takes advantage of in Access Manager 7 are not available in Access Manager 6.3, such as “composite advices,” “policy-based response attributes,” and others.
You can configure a J2EE agent in the Policy Agent 2.2 release to communicate with Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater as described in the following tasks, which are divided into pre-installation, installation, and post-installation steps.
Policy Agent 2.2 is only compatible with Access Manager 6.3 when Patch 1 or greater has been applied. Without the patch, the agent cannot connect to Access Manager.
Ensure that the instance of Access Manager 6.3 you are using has been updated with a patch of level 1, at a minimum.
Create an agent profile in Access Manager 6.3 Console that matches the agent profile information provided during J2EE agent installation.
For information about creating the agent profile in Access Manager 6.3, see information referring to the “agent object” in Sun Java System Access Manager 6 2005Q1 Administration Guide.
Install the J2EE agent, providing details for the Access Manager 6.3 Patch 1 or greater instance.
For instructions on how to install the agent, see Chapter 3, Installing Policy Agent 2.2 for BEA WebLogic Server/Portal 9.2.