NetIQ Identity Manager Analyzer 4.8.5 Release Notes

February 2022

NetIQ Identity Manager Analyzer 4.8.5 provides several enhancements and resolves specific previous issues.

Many of these improvements were made in direct response to suggestions from our customers. We thank you for your time and valuable input. We hope you continue to help us ensure that our products meet all your needs. You can post feedback in the Identity Manager Community Forums, our community Web site that also includes product notifications, blogs, and product user groups.

For information about what’s new in previous releases, see the “Previous Releases” section at the Identity Manager Documentation Web site.

The documentation for this product and the latest release notes are available on the NetIQ Web site on a page that does not require you to log in. If you have suggestions for documentation improvements, click comment on this topic at the bottom of any page in the HTML version of the documentation posted at the Identity Manager Documentation Web site.

To download this product, see the Identity Manager Product Web site.

1.0 What’s New?

1.1 Platform Support

In addition to the existing operating systems (OS), this service pack provides support for the following OS:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP5

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP2 and SP3

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5

  • Windows 2022

1.2 Third-Party Component Versions

This release adds support for Java 1.8.0 Update 312.

2.0 System Requirements

For information about hardware requirements and supported operating systems, see the System Requirements for Identity Manager 4.8 document.

3.0 Installing Analyzer 4.8.5

After you purchased Identity Manager 4.8.5, log in to the Identity Manager Product Web site and follow the link that allows you to download the software. The following files are available:

Table 1 Identity Manager ISO Images

ISO

Description

Identity_Manager_4.8.5_Analyzer_Linux.tar.gz

Contains Analyzer for Linux.

Identity_Manager_4.8.5_Analyzer_Windows.zip

Contains Analyzer for Windows.

To download the installation kits, see the NetIQ Downloads Web site.

3.1 Installing Identity Analyzer on Linux

This section describes how to install Identity Analyzer on Linux:

  1. Download the Identity_Manager_4.8.5_Analyzer_Linux.tar.gz file from the download site.

  2. Untar the downloaded file as follows:

    tar -zxvf Identity_Manager_4.8.5_Analyzer_Linux.tar.gz

  3. Navigate to the analyzer_install folder and run the following command:

    ./install

  4. Select the language that you want to update from the list and click OK.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Select the License Agreement option and click Next.

  7. Click OK in Analyzer for Identity Manager is Runningwindow.

  8. Check the install location path in the Install Folder page and click Next. In case, you want to modify the location, click the Choose button and select the desired path.

  9. Click Next in the Create Shortcutspage.

  10. Click Install in the Pre-Installation Summarypage.

  11. Click Done in the Install Complete page.

3.2 Installing Identity Analyzer on Windows

This section describes how to install Identity Analyzer on windows:

  1. Download and extract the Identity_Manager_4.8.5_Analyzer_Windows.zip file from the download site.

  2. Navigate to the <extracted zip file location>\analyzer_install directory.

  3. Run install.exe file.

  4. Select the language that you want to update from the list and click OK.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Select the License Agreement option and click Next.

  7. Click OK in Analyzer for Identity Manager is Runningwindow.

  8. Check the install location path in the Install Folder page and click Next. In case, you want to modify the location, click the Choose button and select the desired path.

  9. Click Next in the Create Shortcutspage.

  10. Click Install in the Pre-Installation Summarypage.

  11. Click Done in the Install Complete page.

4.0 Upgrading to Analyzer 4.8.5

You must be on Analyzer 4.8 at a minimum to apply this update. For information about the supported upgrade paths, see Updating Analyzer in the NetIQ Identity Manager 4.8.5: Installation and Upgrade Guide.

5.0 Known Issues

NetIQ Corporation 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.

5.1 Launching Analyzer in Certain Operating Systems Take a While

Issue: Analyzer 4.8.5 takes around 6 minutes of time to launch in SLES 15, SLES 15 SP3, and SLES 12 SP3 operating systems. (Bug 486014)

Workaround: There is no workaround at this time.

6.0 Contact Information

Our goal is to provide documentation that meets your needs. If you have suggestions for improvements, please email Documentation-Feedback@netiq.com. We value your input and look forward to hearing from you.

For detailed contact information, see the Support Contact Information website.

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