As you work with the Null Service driver and the Loopback Service driver, there are a variety of management tasks you might need to perform, including the following:
Starting and stopping the driver
Viewing driver version information
Using Named Passwords to securely store passwords associated with the driver
Monitoring the driver’s health status
Backing up the driver
Inspecting the driver’s cache files
Viewing the driver’s statistics
Using the DirXML Command Line utility to perform management tasks through scripts
Securing the driver and its information
Because these tasks, as well as several others, are common to all Identity Manager drivers, they are included in one reference, in the NetIQ Identity Manager 4.0.2 Common Driver Administration Guide