You might need to start or stop the Identity Manager drivers to ensure that an upgrade or installation process can modify or replace the correct files. This section explains the following activities:
Before you modify any files for a driver, it is important to stop the drivers.
In Designer, select the Identity Vault object in the Outline tab.
In the Modeler toolbar, click the Stop All Drivers icon .
This stops all drivers that are part of the project.
Set the drivers to manual start to ensure that the drivers do not start until the upgrade process is complete:
In iManager, select Identity Manager > Identity Manager Overview.
Browse to and select the location in the tree to search for Driver Set objects, then click the search icon .
Click the Driver Set object.
Click Drivers > Stop all drivers.
Set the drivers to manual start to ensure that the drivers do not start until the upgrade process is complete:
In iManager, select Identity Manager > Identity Manager Overview.
Browse to and select the location in the tree to search for Driver Set objects, then click the search icon .
Click the Driver Set object.
In the upper right corner of the driver icon, click Edit properties.
On the Driver Configuration page under Startup Options, select Manual, then click OK.
Repeat Step 6.a through Step 6.e for each driver in your tree.
After all of the Identity Manager components are updated, restart the drivers. NetIQ recommends that you test the drivers after they are running to verify that all of the policies still work.
In Designer, select the Identity Vault object in the Outline tab.
Click the Start All Drivers icon in the Modeler toolbar. This starts all of the drivers in the project.
Set the driver startup options:
Test the drivers to verify the policies are working as designed. For information on how to test your policies, see Testing Policies with the Policy Simulator
in NetIQ Identity Manager - Using Designer to Create Policies.
In iManager, select Identity Manager > Identity Manager Overview.
Browse to and select the location in the tree to search for Driver Set objects, then click the search icon .
Click the Driver Set object.
Click Drivers > Start all drivers to start all of the drivers at the same time.
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In the upper right corner of the driver icon, click Start driver to start each driver individually.
Set the driver startup options:
In iManager, select Identity Manager > Identity Manager Overview.
Browse to and select the location in the tree to search for Driver Set objects, then click the search icon .
Click the Driver Set object.
In the upper right corner of the driver icon, click Edit properties.
On the Driver Configuration page, under Startup Options, select Auto start or select your preferred method of starting the driver, then click OK.
Test the drivers to verify the policies are working as designed.
There is no policy simulator in iManager. To test the policies, cause events to happen that make the policies execute. For example, create a user, modify a user, or delete a user.