NetIQ Documentation: Identity Manager 3.6.1 Staging Best Practices Guide - Prerequisites

3.1 Prerequisites

Ensure that the following general prerequisites are met before attempting the staging:

All the stages have the same version of eDirectory, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager drivers.
Designer 3.5 or later is present.
Same workspace is used for all the stages.
All the applications and drivers are fully developed and tested in one stage before moving them to the next stage.

From your project, gather information about the objects that are not modeled by Designer. For more information, see Section 2.4, Objects That Designer Does Not Model.
Create an LDIF file for all the objects that are not modeled by Designer. Use Designer to import the additional objects.

3.1.1 Importing Objects

In Designer, right-click Identity Vault and select Live > Import Additional Objects.
Browse to and select the objects you want to add to the LDIF file.

Or

If you want to select all the objects in a container, select Import sub-containers also in the Browse Identity Vault dialog box.
Click Continue on the Import Dialog to import all the objects into Designer.
Repeat Step 1 through Step 3 for all the Identity Vaults in your projects.

You can edit the LDIF objects from the LDIF container. Go to the Outline View, expand the Identity Vault, then double-click the LDIF container.

IMPORTANT:You should back up your project by using a version control system or export it to a file.