Oracle Home Requirement Prerequisites for Oracle Identity Management High Availability Configuration

8-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide

8.2 Prerequisites for Oracle Identity Management High Availability Configuration

This section describes the prerequisite steps that you must complete before setting up an Oracle Identity Management high availability configuration.

8.2.1 Oracle Home Requirement

The Oracle home for the Identity Management components must be the same across all the nodes. For example, if you choose u01apporacleproductfmwidm as the Oracle home on Node1, then you must choose u01apporacleproductfmwidm as the Oracle home on all subsequent nodes. Oracle Identity Manager Oracle Identity Manager is a user provisioning and administration solution that automates the process of adding, updating, and deleting user accounts from applications and directories. It also improves regulatory compliance by providing granular reports that attest to who has access to what. Oracle Identity Manager is available as a stand-alone product or as part of Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite. Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite Authorization Policy Manager Authorization Policy Manager is a graphical interface tool for administering application policies. The intended users of Authorization Policy Manager are security administrators. With this tool, an administrator can view and manage policies across enterprise applications. Administrators can be specified to manage all applications running in the domain or just a subset of them. Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite Oracle Identity Navigator Oracle Identity Navigator is an administrative portal designed to act as a launch pad for Oracle Identity Management products. It does not replace the individual product consoles. Rather, it allows you to access the Oracle Identity Management consoles from one site. Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite Oracle Adaptive Access Manager Oracle Adaptive Access Manager OAAM is Oracle Identity Managements solution for web access real-time fraud detection and multifactor online authentication security for the enterprise. OAAM enables real-time blocking of fraudulent access requests, delivers advanced alerting mechanisms, and protects businesses and their customers from attacks such as phishing, Trojans, viruses, fraudulent transactions, and Man-in-the-Middle attacks. Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite Oracle Identity Federation Oracle Identity Federation enables companies to provide services and share identities across their respective security domains, while providing protection from unauthorized access. Oracle Identity Management Platform and Directory Services Suite Table 8–1 Cont. The 11g Identity Management Components and Product Suites Product Description Product Suite Configuring High Availability for Identity Management Components 8-7

8.2.2 Database Prerequisites