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Management Agents in FIM 2010

Updated: April 5, 2010

Applies To: Forefront Identity Manager 2010

Management agents link specific connected data sources to Microsoft® Forefront® Identity Manager (FIM) 2010. A management agent is responsible for moving data from a connected data source to FIM. When data in FIM is modified, the management agent can also export the data out to the connected data source to keep the connected data source synchronized with the data in FIM. Generally, there is at least one management agent for each connected directory.

Management Agent Terminology

Call-based management agent: Any management agent that uses an API function call to a data source to import or export data.

File-based management agent: Any management agent that uses a text file to import data from and export data to a connected data source.

Management Agents in FIM 2010

For detailed information on each management agent, see the Synchronization Service online help.

Management Agent Name

Connected Data Source Versions Supported

Type

Management Agent for Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory 2000, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2

Note
2008 R2 requires FIM 2010 Update 1

Call-based

Management Agent for Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS)

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS)

Call-based

Management Agent for Active Directory Global Address List (GAL)

Active Directory Global Address List (GAL) – Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010

Call-based

Management Agent for Attribute-Value Pair text file

Attribute-value pair text files

File-based

Management Agent for FIM Certificate Management

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management

Call-based

Management Agent for Delimited text file

Delimited text files

File-based

Management Agent for Directory Services Mark-up Language (DSML)

Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) 2.0

File-based

Management Agent for Extensible Connectivity

Any call-based or file-based data source

Important
This management agent is depreciated. You should deploy the new Management Agent for Extensible Connectivity 2.0 instead.

File-based, Call-based

Management Agent for Extensible Connectivity 2.0

Any call-based or file-based data source

Developing an Extensible Connectivity Management Agent for FIM 2010

Developing an Extensible Connectivity Management Agent for FIM 2010 R2

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating a File-based Extensible Connectivity 2.0 Management Agent

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating a Call-based Extensible Connectivity 2.0 Management Agent

File-based, Call-based

Management Agent for Fixed-Width text file

Fixed-width text files

File-based

Management Agent for FIM Service

Forefront Identity Manager 2010

Call-based

Management Agent for IBM DB2 Universal Database

IBM DB2 version 9.1 or 9.5

Support Client versions:

IBM DB2 OLEDB v9.5 FP5
IBM DB2 OLEDB v9.7 FP1

Call-based

Management Agent for IBM Directory Server

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2

Call-based

Management Agent for LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)

LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)

File-based

Management Agent for Lotus Notes

Lotus Notes Release v6.5.x or v7.0.x

Important

IBM does not support the Lotus Notes versions supported by this Management Agent anymore:

Lotus Notes 6.5.x reached end of support in April 2010
Lotus Notes 7.0.x reached end of support in April 2011

For more information see: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/support/lifecycle/

This Management Agent is no longer supported. You should migrate to the Lotus Domino Connector.

Call-based

Management Agent for Novell eDirectory

Novell eDirectory version 8.7.3 or 8.8.5

Call-based

Management Agent for Oracle Database

Oracle Database 10g, 11g

Note
The Oracle 64-bit client is required. FIM does not support the Oracle 32-bit client.

Call-based

Management Agent for SAP R/3

R/3 Enterprise (4.7)
mySAP 2004 (ECC 5.0)

Note
Password reset is only supported on R/3 Enterprise 4.7.

Tip
SAP has announced the end of extended maintenance for R/3 and mySAP 2004 to be March 2013. At this time this management agent will go out of support. You should migrate to the new Connector for SAP HCM.