Sun[TM] Identity Manager 8.0 Release Notes

Sun™ Identity Manager Release Notes

Version 8.0 May 2008

Part Number 820-2958-10

These Release Notes contain important information available at the time of release of Sun Identity Manager 8.0. New features and enhancements, known issues and limitations, and other information are addressed here. Read this document before you begin using Identity Manager 8.0.

These Release Notes are organized into the following sections:

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Introduction

This section of the Identity Manager 8.0 Release Notes provides information about:

Supported Software and Environments

This section lists software and environments that are compatible with Identity product software:

Operating Systems

This release of Identity Manager supports the following operating systems:

Java Support

Identity Manager requires Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE) 5 or higher.

System Virtualization Support

System virtualization is a technology that enables multiple operating system (OS) instances to execute independently on shared hardware. Functionally, software deployed to an OS hosted in a virtualized environment is generally unaware that the underlying platform has been virtualized. Sun performs testing of its Sun Java System products on select system virtualization and OS combinations to help validate that the Sun Java System products continue to function on properly sized and configured virtualized environments as they do on non-virtualized systems. For information about Sun support for Sun Java System products in virtualized environments, see http://docs.sun.com/doc/820-4651.

Application Servers

The application server you use with Identity Manager must be Servlet 2.2-compliant and installed with the included Java platform (unless noted as follows). Identity Manager requires Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 5 or 6 on the following application servers, if the application server supports these versions.

Repository Database Servers

Identity Manager supports the following repository database servers:

Sun Identity Manager Gateway

If you plan to set up Windows Active Directory, Novell NetWare, Remedy, Lotus Notes (Domino) or RSA ACE/Server resources, you must install the Sun Identity Manager Gateway.

Supported Resources

Identity Manager software supports these resources:

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Databases

Directories

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Help Desk

Message Platforms

Miscellaneous

Operating Systems

Role Management System

Security Managers

Web Access Control

Browsers

Identity Manager supports the following browsers:

Deprecated Identity Manager Features

The following Identity Manager features are deprecated. Support for these features will continue until the next major release of Identity Manager. Please contact your Customer Care representative or Customer Support if you have questions.

Identity Manager Business Process Editor (BPE)

Meta View

Discontinued Software

Identity Manager operating systems, application servers, database repositories and managed resources included in the following tables are deprecated.

Next Major Identity Manager Release

Identity Manager will continue support of deprecated software in the following table until the next major Identity Manager release. Please contact your Customer Care representative or Customer Support if you have questions about moving to newer versions of these software packages.

Software Category

Software Package

Operating Systems

  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1, 3.0
  • Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server
  • Solaris 8
  • Windows 2000 SP3, 2000 SP4

Application Servers

  • JBoss Application Server 4.0.x
  • Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.0

Repository Database Servers

  • Oracle 9i

Resources

  • BridgeStream SmartRoles
  • HP OpenVMS 7.2
  • IBM AIX 4.3.3
  • IBM Tivoli Access Manager 4.x
  • INISafe Nexess
  • Microsoft Active Directory 2000
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2000
  • MySQL 4.x
  • Lotus Notes 6.5
  • Oracle 9i
  • Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server
  • SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance Access Enforcer 5.1
  • SecurID 5.0, 5.1
  • Siebel 7.0.4
  • Solaris 8
  • Sun Access Manager 6 (2005Q1)
  • Sun Java system Identity Server 2004Q2
  • Sun ONE Identity Server 6.1, 6.2
  • Sun ONE Directory Server 4.x
  • Windows 2000 SP3, 2000 SP4

Browsers

  • Firefox 1.0.x
  • Mozilla

Identity Manager 8.0

Identity Manager 8.0 does not support the following discontinued software packages:

Software Category

Software Package

Operating Systems

  • IBM AIX 4.3.3
  • Solaris 7

Application Servers

  • Apache Tomcat 4.1.x, 5.0.x
  • BEA Weblogic Express 7, 8.1
  • BEA Weblogic Server 7, 8.1
  • IBM Websphere Application Server - Express Version 5.1.1
  • IBM Websphere 4, 4.5, 5, 6.0
  • iPlanet 6.5
  • Sun ONE Application Server 7

Repository Database Servers

  • IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 7.x
  • Microsoft SQL 2000
  • MySQL 4.1
  • Oracle 8i
  • SQL Server 2000

Resources

  • ActivCard 5.0
  • Blackberry RIM Enterprise Server 4+ (uses generic Windows script adapter) and Blackberry Enterprise Server scripts
  • IBM DB2 7.x
  • Lotus Notes (Domino) 5.0, 6.0.x
  • Microsoft Exchange 5.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
  • MySQL 4.1
  • Natural
  • Novell� GroupWise 5.x, 6.0, 6.5
  • Novell� eDirectory on Novell NetWare 5.1, 6.0
  • Oracle 8i (through the Oracle resource adapter)
  • Red Hat Linux 8.0
  • Remedy� Help Desk 4.5, 5.0.
  • SAP R/3 v4.5, v4.6
  • Siebel 6.2
  • Sun Identity Manager Gateway running on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
  • Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0

Browsers

  • Internet Explorer 5.x
  • Safari 1.2.1+

API Support

The Identity Manager 8.0 Application Programming Interface (API) includes any public class (and any public or protected method or field of a public class) listed in the following table.

Note

The com.waveset.object.RepositoryProxy is intended for internal use only.

API Type

Class Names

Session

com.waveset.msgcat.*

com.waveset.util.*

com.waveset.object.*

com.waveset.exception.*

com.waveset.expression.*

com.waveset.config.*

com.waveset.session.SessionUtil

com.waveset.session.ScriptSession

com.waveset.session.SessionFactory

com.waveset.session.Session

com.waveset.session.UserViewConstants

Adapter

com.waveset.adapter.*

com.waveset.util.Trace

Policy

com.waveset.policy.PolicyImplementation

com.waveset.policy.StringQualityPolicy

Report

com.waveset.report.BaseReportTask

Task

com.waveset.task.Executor

com.waveset.task.TaskContext

UI

com.waveset.ui.FormUtil

com.waveset.ui.util.RequestState

com.waveset.ui.util.html.*

Workflow

com.waveset.provision.WorkflowServices

com.waveset.session.WorkflowServices

com.waveset.workflow.WorkflowApplication

com.waveset.workflow.WorkflowContext

Identity Manager SPE additionally includes the public classes listed in the following table.

API Type

Class Names

SPE

com.sun.idm.idmx.api.*

com.sun.idm.idmx.txn.TransactionPersistentStore

com.sun.idm.idmx.txn.TransactionQuery

com.sun.idm.idmx.txn.TransactionSummary

These classes are the only classes that are officially supported. If you are using classes that do not appear in these tables, contact Customer Support to determine whether you will be required to migrate to a supported class.

Deprecated APIs

The Deprecated APIs section in these Release Notes lists all Identity Manager Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) deprecated in this release and their replacements (if available).

Upgrade Paths and Support Policies

This section provides information about the upgrade paths you should follow when upgrading Identity Manager, and describes Identity Manager’s End of Service Life (EOSL) policy for the products software support.

Identity Manager Upgrade Paths

Use the following to determine the upgrade path you must follow when upgrading to a newer version of Identity Manager.

Note

Upgrading to Identity Manager 8.0 is recommended. When you upgrade to the latest software release, you get the latest new features, bug fixes, and supported resource versions.

Current Identity Manager Version

Target Identity Manager Version

2005Q3M1

2005Q4M3

7.0

7.1

7.1 Update 1

8.0

Identity Manager 5.0 SPx

2005Q3M1

2005Q4M3

2005Q4M3 > 7.0

2005Q4M3 > 7.1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
7.1 Update 1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
8.0

Identity Manager 2005Q1M3

Identity Auditor 1.0

2005Q3M1

2005Q4M3

2005Q4M3 > 7.0

2005Q4M3 > 7.1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
7.1 Update 1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
8.0

Identity Manager 2005Q3M1

Identity Manager 5.5

 

2005Q4M3

2005Q4M3 > 7.0

2005Q4M3 > 7.1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
7.1 Update 1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
8.0

Identity Manager 2005Q3M3

Identity Manager SPE 1.0

 

2005Q4M3

2005Q4M3 > 7.0

2005Q4M3 > 7.1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
7.1 Update 1

2005Q4M3 >
7.1 >
8.0

2005Q4M3 (6.0)

 

 

7.0

7.1

7.1 >
7.1 Update 1

7.1 > 8.0

Identity Manager 7.0

 

 

 

7.1

7.1 >
7.1 Update 1

8.0

Identity Manager 7.1

 

 

 

 

7.1 Update 1

8.0

Note

  • When upgrading Identity Manager, you do not have to install Updates (formerly called Service Packs or SPs) within a major release to upgrade to the next major release. For example, when upgrading from Identity Manager 5.0 to 6.0, you do not have to install any of the 5.0 Service Packs.
  • Updates for a major release are cumulative. After upgrading to the major release, you can install the latest Update without having to install all of the Updates (or Service Packs) for that release. For example, if you upgraded to Identity Manager 5.0, installing SP6 gives you all of the functionality provided in SP1 through SP5.
  • Identity Manager Installation Pack 2005Q4M3 (version 6.0) was a major release. If you are upgrading from a pre-6.0 version of Identity Manager, Identity Auditor, or Identity Manager Service Provider, you must upgrade to Identity Manager Installation Pack 2005Q4M3 before advancing to later releases.

Updates to the Identity Manager documentation are provided as follows:

End of Service Life for Software Support

During the End of Service Life (EOSL) period, Identity Manager software support is offered in two phases:

Full Support Phase

During the Full Support Phase, Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides software support in accordance with the customer's support contract with Sun (including the applicable Service Listing) as set forth at:

http://www.sun.com/service/servicelist/

However, when a software product’s EOL date is announced, customers will no longer have access to software updates and upgrades for that software product.

Limited Support Phase

During the Limited Support Phase, Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides software support in accordance with the customer's support contract with Sun (including the applicable Service Listing) as set forth at:

http://www.sun.com/service/servicelist/

However, customers are not entitled to submit bugs or to receive new patches from Sun Microsystems, Inc. As with Full Support Phase, after the software product’s announced EOL date, customers will no longer have access to software updates and upgrades for that software product.

The following table provides information about the EOSL and EOL dates for older versions of Identity Manager.

Product Name

Product Status

Last
Ship Date

Phase 1
End Date

Phase 2
End Date (EOSL)

EOL Announcement

Sun Java System Identity Manager 7.0

Post-RR

 

 

 

 

Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 2005Q4

Post-RR

05/25/2007

05/25/2008

05/2012

11/20/06

Sun Java System
Identity Auditor 1.0 2005Q1

Post-RR

02/02/2007

02/2008

02/2012

08/01/06

Sun Java System
Identity Manager Service Provider Edition 1.0 2005Q3

Post-RR

02/02/2007

02/2008

02/2012

08/01/06

Sun Java System
Identity Manager 5.0 2004Q3

EOL

08/11/2006

08/2007

08/2011

02/07/06

Sun Java System Identity Manager 5.0 SPx 2004Q3

EOL

08/11/2006

08/2007

08/2011

02/07/06

Sun Java System
Identity Manager 5.5

EOL

08/11/2006

08/2007

08/2011

02/07/06

Waveset Lighthouse 4.1

 

 

03/2006

03/2010

 

Identity Manager’s Deprecation Policy

See Identity Manager Upgrade for a complete description of Identity Manager’s deprecation policy for removing interfaces or changing behaviors.

Redistributable Files

Sun Java System Identity Manager 8.0 does not contain any files that you can redistribute.

How to Report Problems and Provide Feedback

If you have problems with Sun Java System Identity Manager, contact Sun customer support using one of the following mechanisms:

So that we can best assist you in resolving problems, please have the following information available when you contact support:

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