March 2020

Role and Resource Service Driver 4.7.4.0 for NetIQ Identity Manager 4.7 resolves previous issues.

This hotfix requires NetIQ Identity Manager 4.7.3 or later

For more information, see the documentation for Identity Manager.

Install this hotfix on the Identity Vault server(s).

1. Log in to the Identity Vault server as a root user.

2. Stop the User Application and Role and Resource Service drivers.

3. Stop the eDirectory service by running the following command:

ndsmanage stopall

4. Download and unzip the contents of the IDM47_RRSD_4740.zip file to a temporary location on your computer.

5. Install the new RPMs by running the following command:

rpm -U <Driver Patch Directory>/linux/netiq-DXMLrrsd.rpm

6. Start the eDirectory service by running the following command:

ndsmanage startall

7. Start the User Application and Role and Resource Service drivers if not already started.

1. Stop the User Application and Role and Resource Service drivers.

2. Stop the eDirectory service.

3. Download and unzip the contents of the IDM47_RRSD_4740.zip file to a temporary location on your computer.

4. Navigate to the extracted folder and copy the nrfdriver.jar file to <Identity Vault installation path>\eDirectory\lib directory.

5. Start the eDirectory service.

6. Start the User Application and Role and Resource Service drivers if not already started.

3.0 Updating the Driver Packages

1. Open the project containing the Role and Resource Service driver.


2. Right-click the Roles and Resource Service driver, then click Driver > Properties.


3. Click Packages.

A check mark indicates a newer version of a package in the Upgrades column.

4. Click Select operation against the required package.


5. From the drop-down list, click Upgrade.


6. Select the version that you want to upgrade to, then click OK.

NOTE: Designer lists all versions available for upgrade.

7. Click Apply.


8. (Conditional) Fill in the fields with appropriate information to upgrade the package, then click Next.

Depending on which package you selected for upgrade, you must fill in the required information appropriately to upgrade the package.

9. Read the summary of the packages that will be installed, then click Finish.


10. Review the upgraded package, then click OK to close the Package Management page.


11. Deploy the changes and restart the driver.

Issues Fixed in This Release

• Bug 1141336: Ability to manually set the expiry check interval for increasing the system performance.

• Bug 1156142: The <cause> element in nrfGroupRoles attribute correctly updates when overlapping Role Assignments are present.

• Bug 1156671: Ability to correctly resynchronize users after roles, resources, or entitlements are recalculated.

• Bug 1158919: When you delete a role that has the nrfexpirationdate set, the nrfnextexpiration attribute is updated automatically.

• Bug 1127433: Add operations are properly handled for group memberships.

• Bug 1131524: Ability to correctly remove a role when the role association is performed through Dynamic Groups.

• Bug 1132491: Resource are no longer removed for users with overlapping child roles when the dynamic group membership of the user is changed.

• Bug 1130301: When a group assigned to a role is deleted, the corresponding assignments are correctly removed from the members of that group.

NetIQ strives to ensure our products provide quality solutions for your enterprise software needs. The following issues are currently being researched. If you need further assistance with any issue, please contact Technical Support.

For the list of the known issues in Identity Manager 4.7 Advanced Edition and Standard Edition, see the Release Notes on the Identity Manager Documentation page.