7. Import/Deploy: New Features

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1. Compare/Reconcile

The compare functionality has been improved to allow reconcilation of objects and attributes contained in the Designer project or eDirectory. The compare feature is available in Live Operations submenu of any Driver Set, Driver, Channel or Policy object context menu. A new section in the upper right corner of the compare dialog allows the user to view the status of the selected object or attribute as well as to define how the selected item should be reconciled.

The compare status specifies whether or not the Designer and eDirectory object or attribute is equal. The following table describes the different compare status states as well as the meaning of overlay images used in the object and attribute list.

Compare Status Description
Equal The selected attribute value or all attributes of the selected object are the same in eDirectory and Designer
Unequal The value of the selected attribute or one or more attributes of the selected object are different in eDirectory and Designer
Not Deployed The selected object or the object containing the selected attribute is not deployed to eDirectory
Not Imported The selected object or object containing the selected attribute does not exist in Designer
An overlay image displayed in the object and attribute tree used to identify objects or attributes that will be reconciled


To update Designer with the eDirectory value select the "Update Designer" radio button in the upper right section of the dialog. Likewise to update eDirectory with the Designer Value select the "Update eDirectory" button.

Reconciling an object will reconcile all attributes of the object as well as all its child objects and their attributes. The "Reconciled by parent" radio button will be selected and all other reconcile buttons will be disabled if a parent object is already being reconciled.
Selecting the "Reconcile" button will perform the reconcilation actions for each object in the tree, to exit without reconciling select "Cancel". A dialog will be displayed after the reconcile to inform the user of the results.

2. Import/Deploy Configuration Attributes

This release of Designer allows you to import or deploy configuration attributes of a Driver Set or Driver without importing or deploying any child objects. For example if you wanted to change the start option of a driver but did not want to deploy changes to policies contained by the driver you would deploy only the driver configuration.

The new feature is available from the context menu of a Driver Set or Driver within the Live Operations submenu.

The following tables specify the attributes of a Driver Set and Driver that are imported or deployed with this feature.

Driver Set Attributes
Java Trace File DSTrace Level Java Debug Port
Log Limit Trace Size Limit XSL Trace Level
Log Events Configuration Values

Driver Attributes
Driver Filter Manifest Java Module
Native Module Driver Image Driver Password
Trace Name Trace File Trace Size Limit
DSTrace Level Driver Log Level Log Events
Log Limit Cache Limit Start Option
Shim Auth ID Shim Auth Server Shim Auth Password
Configuration Values Shim Config Info Named Passwords

3. Import From Identity Vault

A new option available from the context menu of a Probject or Domain allows the user to import a Driver Set and create the Identity Vault at the same time.

4. Import Email Templates with an Identity Vault

Email templates are now imported when importing an Identity Vault from a Project or Domain as well as when creating a new project by importing from an Identity Vault.

5. Import/Deploy Summary Dialog

A new preference on the Import/Deploy preference page allows the summary dialog to be turned off for either an import or deploy. The import preference is labeled "Show the summary dialog prior to performing an import". The deploy preference is labeled "Show the summary dialog prior to performing a deployment".


Other Enhancements & Bug Fixes
  1. Cannot compare Named Passwords - Click here for details...
  2. Duplicate named passwords are shown after importing driver more than once - Click here for details...
  3. Hook up help and help button - Click here for details...
  4. No way to de-select all drivers in the Import Driver Sets dialog - Click here for details...
  5. No error message shown when attempting to deploy to vault without engine installed - Click here for details...
  6. Deploy Filter Comparison Summary shows for edir side even if filter exists on both sides - Click here for details...
  7. Deploy Driver and Subobjects missing - Click here for details...
  8. Need to import templates from Default Notification Collection - Click here for details...
  9. Deploy of Loopback driver fails in Designer - Click here for details...
  10. Deploying filter does a comparison and always shows the eDirectory filters as empty - Click here for details...
  11. DirXML-NextTransformation not set for certain policies - Click here for details...
  12. Export to Configuration File does not do anything - Click here for details...
  13. Unable to execute Template Action - Click here for details...
  14. Can't deploy a loopback driver - Click here for details...
  15. Error during deploy driver attributes - Click here for details...
  16. NullPointerException trying to import a a project from the Identity Vault - Click here for details...
  17. Stack overflow in DeployUtil - Click here for details...
  18. Null Pointer Exceptions in error log when importing driver set, but no drivers - Click here for details...
  19. import of email template fails with a stack overflow - Click here for details...
  20. Java error after deleting then importing an Identity Vault, and exiting Eclipse - Click here for details...
  21. Unable to redeploy driver set after deleting the existing one from eDirectory - Click here for details...
  22. ClassCastException during reconcile of entitlement - Click here for details...
  23. PublisherPlacementRule always shown as unequal in Compare dialog - Click here for details...
  24. Default Server object created during eDir to eDir import - Click here for details...