The following Identity Manager functionality is important to the driver:
The driver supports the following events on the Publisher and Subscriber channels.
| Functionality | Event |
|---|---|
Publisher |
Add |
Subscriber |
Add |
The driver also supports a defined query capability so that Identity Manager can query the synchronized application or directory.
Policies are used to control the synchronization of the driver with eDirectory and the application, database, or directory. Policies help Identity Manager transform an event on a channel input into a set of commands on the channel output.
You can configure policies by using the iManager plug-ins for Identity Manager. The sample driver configuration includes the following set of policies:
For more information about creating your own policies, see the Novell Nsure Identity Manager 2 Administration Guide.
The driver uses the Exchange DN for associations. A unique ID or unique user name is created for records relating to Exchange objects. However, Identity Manager does not need to share these same unique IDs.
The association attribute received from Exchange is unique to the Exchange application, based on each driver for Exchange that you install and enable. If other drivers are installed, they use an association specific to that application. The association attribute is multivalued. Therefore, if Identity Manager is being used to connect multiple applications, all of their associations can be stored on this attribute.
The unique ID association links an object in Exchange to its associated object in eDirectory. This association allows the driver to perform subsequent tasks on the appropriate object.
The Association field is stored on the eDirectory object on the DirXML property page.