4.3 Accessing the Administration Tab

When you are a User Application Administrator (or other permitted user), you can use any supported Web browser to access the Administration tab of the Identity Manager user interface to manage the Identity Manager User Application.

For a list of supported Web browsers, see the System Requirements for the Identity Applications in the NetIQ Identity Manager Setup Guide.

NOTE:To use the Identity Manager user interface, make sure your Web browser has JavaScript* and cookies enabled.

To access the Administration functionality using the Identity Manager Home page:

  1. Log in to the Identity Manager Home page using the OSP login as a User Application Administrator.

    After you log in, the Identity Manager Home page displays. This page provides default links to the basic tasks an administrators can perform in Identity Manager. For more information, see Accessing Identity Manager Home in the NetIQ Identity Manager Home and Provisioning Dashboard User Guide .

  2. Under the Administration section, click the appropriate link.

To access the Administration functionality directly with a URL:

  1. In your Web browser, go to the URL for the Identity Manager user interface as configured in your environment, with the context you used when you installed the User Application.

    For example:

    http://myappserver:8080/IDMProv

  2. Specify the username and password of a User Application Administrator (or a user with some Administration permissions), then click Login.

  3. Click the Administration tab.

    For more general information about accessing and working in the Identity Manager user interface, see the Identity Manager User Application: User Guide.