2.1 Checklist for Installing and Configuring the Driver

Before beginning the installation and configuration process, NetIQ recommends that you review the following steps:

Checklist Items

  1. Review the considerations for installing and configuring the Entity Data Model driver. For more information, see Information Needed for Installation and Configuration.

  1. Ensure that your environment meets the requirements for installing and configuring the Entity Data Model driver. For more information, see Planning to Install and Configure the Driver.

  1. Install the Remote Loader and the driver files on the Entity Data Model server. For more information, see Installing the Remote Loader and Driver Files.

  1. Ensure that the Entity Data Model driver can perform provisioning tasks in the identity applications. For more information, see Creating an Identity Manager Provisioning Service Account for the Driver.

  1. Ensure that you have the appropriate packages installed and imported for the Entity Data Model driver, User Application driver, and notifications object in Designer. For more information, see Updating the Base Package for the Entity Data Model Driver.

  1. Configure the basic settings for the Entity Data Model driver. For more information, see Configuring the Entity Data Model Driver.

  1. Apply the system account that you created in the identity application for the driver. For more information, see Adding the Driver Account to the Entity Data Model Driver.

  1. Deploy the updated Entity Data Model driver, User Application driver, and notifications object. For more information, see Deploying the Entity Data Model Driver and Supporting Objects.

  1. Ensure that Entity Data Model can integrate collected permissions and permission assignment tasks with the role and resource catalog in Identity Manager. For more information, see Configuring Entity Data Model.