Preface

This Sun™ Identity Manager Resource Reference publication provides reference and procedural information to help you connect to resources and manage accounts on these resources..

Who Should Use This Book

Sun™ Identity Manager Resource Reference was designed for deployers and administrators who will configure and deploy Identity Manager 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.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, "Resources Reference" — Identifies installation, configuration, and implementation information for Identity Manager resources.

Chapter 2, "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 3, "Adding Actions to Resources" — Describes how to create and implement actions on various types of resources in Identity Manager.

Chapter 4, "Synchronizing LDAP Passwords" — Describes the Identity Manager product enhancements that support password synchronization from the Sun Java™ System Directory Server to the Identity Manager system.

Chapter 5, "Active Directory Synchronization Failover" — Describes how to limit the number of repeated events that occur when you switch to a new domain controller.

Chapter 6, "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 7, "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).

Conventions Used in This Book

Typographic Conventions

Table 1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface	Meaning	Examples
AaBbCc123 (Monospace)	API and language elements, HTML tags, web site URLs, command names, file names, directory path names, onscreen computer output, sample code.	Edit your.login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.
AaBbCc123 (Monospace bold)	What you type, when contrasted with onscreen computer output.	% su Password:
AaBbCc123 (Italic)	Book titles, new terms, words to be emphasized. A placeholder in a command or path name to be replaced with a real name or value.	Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide. These are called class options. Do not save the file. The file is located in the install-dir/bin directory.

Symbols

Table 2 Symbol Conventions
Symbol	Description	Example	Meaning
[ ]	Contains optional command options.	ls [-l]	The -l option is not required.
{ \| }	Contains a set of choices for a required command option.	-d {y\|n}	The -d option requires that you use either the y argument or the n argument.
-	Joins simultaneous multiple keystrokes.	Control-A	Press the Control key while you press the A key.
+	Joins consecutive multiple keystrokes.	Ctrl+A+N	Press the Control key, release it, and then press the subsequent keys.
>	Indicates menu item selection in a graphical user interface.	File > New > Templates	From the File menu, choose New. From the New submenu, choose Templates.

Related Documentation and Help

Sun Microsystems 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.

Identity Manager Technical Deployment Overview: Conceptual overview of the Identity Manager product (including object architectures) with an introduction to basic product components.

Identity Manager Deployment Tools: Reference and procedural information that describes how to use different Identity Manager deployment tool. This information addresses rules and rules libraries, common tasks and processes, dictionary support, and the SOAP-based Web service interface provided by the Identity Manager server.

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 Tuning, Troubleshooting, and Error Messages: Reference and procedural information that provides guidance for tuning Identity Manager, provide instructions for tracing and troubleshooting problems, and describe the error messages and exceptions you might encounter as you work with the product.

Identity Manager Service Provider Deployment: Reference and procedural information that describes how to plan and implement Identity Manager Service Provider.

Identity Manager Help

Accessing Sun Resources Online

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