This section provides information about upgrading the latest Identity Manager driver for ACF2 from the Identity Manager Fan-Out Driver for ACF2.
NOTE:At the time of this document’s initial release, the Fan-Out Driver was commonly leveraged to provide an identity solution for ACF2.
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The Fan-Out driver provides one-way synchronization to a heterogeneous mix of systems including Linux and UNIX systems, and IBM i5/OS* (OS/400* operating system) and z/OS systems. The Fan-Out driver also provides authentication redirection from those systems.
Moving to the Identity Manager 4.8 driver for ACF2 provides a few advantages:
Bidirectional Synchronization: The new driver architecture allows you to synchronize every field from the Logonid record of the connected ACF2 system.
Identity Manager Policies and Packages: The Fan-Out driver makes minimal use of the Identity Manager policies.
Password Phrases: The new driver supports ACF2 password phrases.
Consider the following before migrating from the Fan-Out driver:
Heterogeneity: The Fan-Out driver supports operating system environments besides ACF2. You can continue to use the Fan-Out driver for those systems while using the Identity Manager 4.8 driver for ACF2 on your ACF2 systems.
Authentication Redirection: The Fan-Out driver provides authentication redirection using the password exit. The Identity Manager 4.8 driver for ACF2 provides bidirectional password synchronization.