This is Novell’s recommended driver configuration upgrade procedure. Make sure you do the procedure in a lab environment. The procedure can be performed in Designer or iManager.
The upgrade procedure has three different tasks that need to be completed:
Creating an export of the driver makes a backup of your current configuration. Make sure you have a backup before upgrading.
Verify that your project in Designer has the most current version of your driver. For instructions, see
Importing a Driver Set or Driver from the Identity Vault
in
Designer 2.1 for Identity Manager 3.5.1
.
In the Modeler, right-click the driver line of the driver you are upgrading.
Select .
Browse to a location to save the configuration file, then click .
Click on the results page.
In the Modeler, right-click the driver line of the driver you are upgrading.
Select .
Click on the warning page.
The warning is informing you that all of the driver setting and policies are reset.
IMPORTANT:Make sure that your customized policies have different names, from the default policies, so you do not lose any data.
Browse to and select the driver configuration for the driver are upgrading, then click .
Specify the information for the driver, then click .
There might be more than one page of information to specify.
Click on the results page.
You can add policies into the policy set in two different ways:
In the view, select the upgraded driver to display the view.
Right-click the policy set where you need to restore the customized policy to the driver, then select .
Browse to and select the customized policy, then click .
Specify the name of the customized policy, then click .
Click in the file conflict message to save your project.
After the Policy Builder opens the policy, verify that the information is correct in the copied policy.
Repeat Step 2 through Step 6 for each customized policy you need to restore to the driver.
Start the driver and test the driver.
After you verify that the policies work, move the driver to the production environment.
In the view, select the upgraded driver, then click the icon.
Right-click the policy set where you need to restore the customized policy to the driver, then select .
Browse to and select the customized policy, then click .
Specify the name of the customized policy, then click .
Click in the file conflict message to save your project.
After the Policy Builder opens the policy, verify that the information is correct in the copied policy.
Repeat Step 2 through Step 6 for each customized policy you need to restore to the driver.
Start the driver and test the driver.
After you verify that the policies work, move the driver to the production environment.
The upgrade procedure has three different tasks that need to be completed:
Creating an export of the driver makes a backup of your current configuration. Make sure you have a backup before upgrading.
In iManager, select .
Click to find the Driver Set object that holds the driver you want to upgrade.
Click the driver you want to upgrade, then click .
Click , then select .
Click , then click .
Select , then click .
Click .
In iManager, select .
Click , then click on the New Driver Wizard page.
Select the driver configuration you want to overlay, then click .
In the field, browse to and select the driver you want to upgrade.
Specify the information for the driver, the click .
On the summary page, select .
IMPORTANT:Make sure that any customized policies have a different name from the default, so you do not lose any data.
Click , then click on the Summary page.
In iManager, select .
Click to find the Driver Set object, then click the upgraded driver.
Select the policy set where you need to restore the customized policy to the driver, then click .
Select , then browse to and select the custom policy.
Click , then click .
Repeat Step 3 through Step 5 for each custom policy you need to restore to the driver.
Start the driver and test the driver.
After you verify that the policies work, move the driver to the production environment.