Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 SP1: Administration and Maintenance

Course Overview

Students who can benefit from this course are identity management engineers or systems administrators and other technical personnel responsible for the administration and maintenance of an identity management solution using Sun Java System Identity Manager.

Skills Gained

Upon Completion Of This Course, Students Should Be Able To:

• Analyze an existing Identity Manager deployment solution
• Perform day-to-day user account management
• Perform the administrative-level tasks necessary to successfully upgrade an Identity Manager 5.5 deployment to Identity Manager 6.0
• Configure the different policies within Identity Manager
• Manage administrators and set up delegated administration
• Manage the resource adapter configurations
• Manage simple changes to existing workflow
• Diagnose common Identity Manager problems

Prerequisites

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a basic knowledge of networking
• Be familiar with terminology such as Internet, browser, Intranet, central processing unit (CPU), storage, protocol, internet protocol (IP) address, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Domain Name Server (DNS), and proxy
• Describe how system components are interconnected in a networked environment
• Describe functional differences between systems on the Internet, Extranet, and Intranet
• Describe functional uses of terms such as routers, firewalls, DMZ, load balancers, and other networking hardware
• Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the operating system environment
• Work as a user in a operating system environment where product is being deployed
• Perform basic operating system administration tasks
• Be familiar with the Sun Java Identity Management Suite and the integrated solutions provided by the Identity Management Suite products

Course Outline

Module 1 - Analyzing an Existing Identity Management Deployment

• Define identity management and describe how Identity Manager solves common identity management issues
• Describe the features of Identity Manager
• Describe the Identity Manager architecture
• Describe a typical Identity Manager implementation
• Describe a sample case study and deployment solution

Lab 1

• Install Identity Manager
• Examine a Clean Installation of Identity Manager
• Examine a Deployed Identity Manager installation

Module 2 - Performing User Account Management, Organizational Changes, and Reporting

• Describe Identity Manager objects used to manage user accounts
• Define a virtual identity
• Configure reports for achieving regulatory compliance

Lab 2

• Modify an existing user
• Create users
• Move and delete users
• Modify the organizational structure
• Run user-specific reports

Module 3 - Upgrading Identity Manager

• Describe the new features in Identity Manager 6.0 and Identity Manager 6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• List supported operating systems, application servers, and databases
• Describe the process and procedure for upgrading Identity Manager
• Use Identity Manager assessment tools to prepare for an upgrade

Lab 3

• Prepare for the Identity Manager upgrade
• Upgrade the MySQL database
• Upgrade Identity Manager
• Install a service pack
• Verify the upgrade

Module 4 - Examining and Managing Password Policies and Pass-through Authentication

• Describe password management within Identity Manager
• Describe Identity Manager account and password policies
• Use pass-through authentication

Lab 4

• Examine the current authentication model
• Configure an Account policy for Identity Manager
• Configure a resource-specific password policy
• Run password related reports

Module 5 - Examining and Modifying a Delegated Administration Environment

• Describe the Identity Manager delegated administration model
• Describe the use of organizations to control administration scope
• Use administrative capabilities to assign rights to users
• Use forms to control administrator visibility to attributes
• Describe how to use Admin Roles to provide granularity of administration
• Describe the use of approvals within delegated administration

Lab 5

• Examine the current delegated administration model
• Modify the current delegated administration model

Module 6 - Managing Identity Manager Resources

• Describe how to configure an Identity Manager resource
• Describe the identity seeding process
• Describe tools for loading resource accounts into Identity Manager
• Describe reconciliation situations and responses
• Define an ActiveSync resource adapter
• Describe the steps to configure an ActiveSync resource adapter

Lab 6

• Connect to and modify an Identity Manager Resource
• Migrate users to an actual (not simulated) Solaris Operating System resource
• Add another LDAP resource
• Run reconciliation
• Examine ActiveSync

Module 7 - Describing and Analyzing Workflow in Identity Manager

• Describe workflow in Identity Manager
• Analyze workflow processing

Lab 7

• Use the Business Process Editor
• Analyze workflow processing

Module 8 - Diagnosing Problems in Identity Manager

• Describe a methodology for troubleshooting Identity Manager
• Describe the basic troubleshooting tools used to diagnose an Identity Manager problem
• Describe Identity Manager debugging

Lab 8

• Turn on Workflow Tracing
• Trace Identity Manager Java code
• Debug common failures with an Identity Manager Installation

Follow Up Courses

Before:

• Sun Java Identity Management Suite: Integrated Solutions (SEM-IDM-1482)

After:

• Sun Java System Identity Manager: Deployment Fundamentals (IDM-345)
• Sun Java System Identity Manager 5.5: Advanced Deployment (IDM-4484)

Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 SP1: Administration and Maintenance / IDM-2455