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Preface
This guide describes how to use the Sun Identity Manager software to provide secure user access to your enterprise information systems and applications. It illustrates procedures and scenarios to help you perform regular and periodic administrative tasks with the Identity Manager system.
Who Should Use This BookThis Identity Manager Administration guide is intended for use by administrators, software developers, and IT service providers who implement an integrated identity management and web access platform using Sun servers and software.
An understanding of the following technologies will help you apply the information discussed in this book:
Before You Read This BookIdentity Manager is a component of Sun Java Enterprise System, a software infrastructure that supports enterprise applications distributed across a network or Internet environment. You should be familiar with the documentation provided with Sun Java Enterprise System, which can be accessed online at http://docs.sun.com/coll/entsys_04q4.
Because Sun Directory Server is used as the data store in an Identity Manager deployment, you should be familiar with the documentation provided with that product. Directory Server documentation can be accessed online at http://docs.sun.com/coll/DirectoryServer_04q2.
Conventions Used in This BookThe tables in this section describe the conventions used in this book.
Typographic Conventions
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Symbols
The following table describes the symbol conventions used in this book.
Related DocumentationThe http://docs.sun.comSM web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the archive or search for a specific book title or subject.
Books in This Documentation Set
Sun provides additional documentation and information to help you install, use, and configure Identity Manager.
- Identity Manager Installation — Step-by-step instructions and reference information to help you install and configure Identity Manager and associated software.
- Identity Manager Upgrade — Step-by-step instructions and reference information to help you upgrade and configure Identity Manager and associated software.
- Identity Manager Administration — Procedures, tutorials, and examples that describe how to use Identity Manager to provide secure user access to your enterprise information systems and manage user compliance.
- Identity Manager Technical Deployment Overview — Conceptual overview of the Identity Manager product (including object architectures) with an introduction to basic product components.
- Identity Manager Workflows, Forms, and Views — Reference and procedural information that describes how to use the Identity Manager workflows, forms, and views — including information about the tools you need to customize these objects.
- Identity Manager Deployment Tools — Reference and procedural information that describes how to use different Identity Manager deployment tools; including rules and rules libraries, common tasks and processes, and the SOAP-based Web service interface provided by the Identity Manager server.
- Identity Manager Resources Reference — Reference and procedural information that describes how to load and synchronize account information from a resource into Identity Manager.
- Identity Manager Tuning, Troubleshooting, and Error Messages — Reference and procedural information that describes Identity Manager error messages and exceptions, and provides instructions for tracing and troubleshooting problems you might encounter as you work.
- Identity Manager Service Provider Deployment — Reference and procedural information that describes how to plan and implement the Sun Identity Manager Service Provider feature.
- Identity Manager Help — Online guidance and information that offer complete procedural, reference, and terminology information about Identity Manager. You can access help by clicking the Help link from the Identity Manager menu bar. Guidance (field-specific information) is available on key fields.
Accessing Sun Resources OnlineFor product downloads, professional services, patches and support, and additional developer information, go to the following:
- Download Center
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/- Professional Services
http://www.sun.com/service/sunps/sunone/index.html- Sun Enterprise Services, Solaris Patches, and Support
http://sunsolve.sun.com/- Developer Information
http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/index.html
Contacting Sun Technical SupportIf you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in the product documentation, go to http://www.sun.com/service/contacting.
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