Staging Use Cases - Novell IDENTITY MANAGER 3.6.1 - STAGING BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 2010 Manual

configuration on another Identity Manager deployment. You must make certain other changes that
are discussed in this guide. Designer can also export Identity Manager environments into a single
configuration file and use the file later in a different environment. You can also use any version
control system to distribute projects.
Before you begin to use this guide, you should be familiar with Identity Manager and Designer. As
you create projects, you should have a uniform Identity Vault design across all the states so that
common objects are available. Some objects are moved automatically by Designer, but others
should be moved explicitly to make them available in the next stage. See
Staging," on page 11
Moving authorizations across stages is a key issue for an Identity Vault security model. eDirectory
authorizations are assigned to individual objects or to a collection of objects. These authorizations
play an important role in the object security because they determine the permission to access the
object to which they have been assigned. eDirectory authorizations can be performed through
Access Control Lists (ACLs) or Security Equivalances/Exclude Roles. Drivers, jobs, RBEs, and so
on should have enough permissions to successfully perform the desired operations. See
"Preparing for Staging," on page 11

1.2 Staging Use Cases

The staging discussion is centered on these scenarios:
New Deployment: New drivers and applications are developed during the development stage,
then they are tested and moved to the test setup. These applications are put together and moved
to the production setup.
Existing Deployment: You already have a development, test, and production setup ready and
you want to move a new policy from the development setup in the production setup.
Existing Deployment discussion is not scoped for the current version of this document.
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