NetIQ Identity Manager Data Collection Service Driver 4.2 Service Pack 1 Patch 3 Release Notes

September 2022

NetIQ Identity Manager Data Collection Service Driver 4.2.1.0300 release resolves specific issues.

1.0 System Requirements

This patch requires NetIQ Identity Manager 4.8.6 at a minimum.

2.0 Installing This Patch

Perform the following steps to install this patch.

2.1 Installing this Patch on a Linux Server

(Conditional) If the driver is running locally, stop the Identity Vault.

ndsmanage stopall

(Conditional) If the driver is running with a Remote Loader instance, stop the Remote Loader instance and the driver instance.
Download and unzip the contents of the IDM_DCS_4.2.1_P3.zip file to a temporary location on your computer.
Navigate to the <extracted location>/linux directory.
Install the new RPM by running the following command:

rpm -Uvh novell-DXMLdcs.rpm

(Conditional) If the driver is running locally, start the eDirectory service by running the following command:

ndsmanage startall

(Conditional) If the driver is running with a Remote Loader instance, start the Remote Loader instance and the driver instance.

2.2 Installing this Patch on a Windows Server

Back up the current driver configuration.
(Conditional) If the driver is running locally, stop the Identity Vault.
(Conditional) If the driver is running with a Remote Loader instance, stop the Remote Loader instance and the driver instance.
Download and unzip the contents of the IDM_DCS_4.2.1_P3.zip file to a temporary location on your computer.
Navigate to the < extracted location>\windows folder.
Copy the dcsshim.jar file to C:\NetIQ\IDM\NDS\lib folder.
(Conditional) If the driver is running locally, start the eDirectory service.
(Conditional) If the driver is running with a Remote Loader instance, start the Remote Loader instance and the driver instance.

4.0 Technical Support Information

The following sections provide information on the issues fixed in the current and previous releases.

4.1 Issues Fixed in This Release

Bug 502222: Adding retry method for database transient errors.
Bug 305081: Identity Reporting fails to populate the idmrpt_container entry if a placeholder already exists.

4.2 Issues Fixed in 4.2.1 Patch 2 Release

Bug 266080: eDirectory services ndsd crashes a few times every week in the libzoomdb.so module.
Bug 487160: The DCS driver shim crashes after reporting the Immature Publisher error.
Bug 489125: The DCS driver is not processing events in the Publisher channel.

4.3 Issues Fixed in 4.2.1 Patch 1 Release

Bug 325011: Data Collection Service Driver displays an error while synchronizing with the DCS service using the DCS Public Key Certificate option.

4.4 Issues Fixed in 4.2.1.0 Release

Bug 312107: Identity Reporting server displays an error message when the DCS driver tries to send the same event containing a parsing error to the Reporting database.

5.0 Known Issues

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 4.8, see the Release Notes on the Identity Manager Documentation page.