Guidelines for Cloning a Connector Cloning a Connector

6-22 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Identity Manager Step 1: Create the connector XML file for the cloned connector To create the connector XML file for the cloned connector: 1. Log in to Oracle Identity Manager Administrative and User Console

2. Go to Advanced Administration and on the left pane expand System

Management , Deployment Manager, and then click Manage Connector. 3. The next step depends on the source XML that you want to use to create the clone: ■ If you want to use a connector XML file as the source, then:

a. Click Clone in the upper-right corner.

b. On the Step 1: XML Selection from File System page, use the Browse option to navigate to and select the connector XML file. Figure 6–14 shows the XML Selection from File System page of the Con- nector Management - Cloning wizard: Figure 6–14 The XML Selection from File System Page

c. Click Continue.

■ If you want to use the connector XML that was stored in the database when the connector was defined, then:

a. Use the Search feature to search for the connector.

Figure 6–15 shows the page to search for the connector: Managing Connector Lifecycle 6-23 Figure 6–15 Searching the Connector b. In the search results that are displayed, click the Clone icon in the row for the connector that you want to clone. 4. On the Step 2: Provide New Names for ROs page, enter new names for the resource objects of the clone. If the connector has multiple resource objects, then the new name that you specify for each resource object must be different from the names of all the existing resource objects of that connector. Click Continue after you specify new names for all the resource objects. Figure 6–16 shows the Provide New Names for Resource Objects page of the Connector Management - Cloning wizard: Figure 6–16 The Provide New Names for Resource Objects Page

5. On the Step 3: Provide New Names for Process Definitions page, enter new names

for the process definitions of the clone. If the connector has multiple process definitions, then the new name that you specify for each process definition must be different from the names of all the existing process definitions of that connector. Click Continue after you specify new names for all the process definitions. Figure 6–17 shows the Provide New Names for Process Definitions page of the Connector Management - Cloning wizard: