About This Guide - Novell IDENTITY MANAGER 3.6.1 - STAGING BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 2010 Manual

About This Guide

Welcome to Novell Identity Manager 3.6.1 Staging Best Practices Guide. This guide provides step-
by-step procedures to move your Identity Management solutions from one stage to the subsequent
stages.
This guide introduces the following:
Chapter 1, "Overview," on page 9
Chapter 2, "Preparing for Staging," on page 11
Chapter 3, "Staging a Project," on page 17
Chapter 4, "Best Practices in Moving Objects Across Stages," on page 25
Audience
The guide is intended for Identity Manager consultants and customers.
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Documentation Updates
For the most recent version of the Novell Identity Manager 3.6.1 Staging Best Practices Guide, visit
the Identity Manager Web site
Additional Documentation
Understanding Designer for Identity Manager (http://www.novell.com/documentation/
designer30/designer_intro/data/front.html)
Identity Manager 3.6.1 Installation Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/idm36/
idm_install/data/front.html)
Understanding Policies for Identity Manager 3.6 (http://www.novell.com/documentation/
idm36/policy/data/bookinfo.html)
Policies in Designer 3.5 (http://www.novell.com/documentation/idm36/policy_designer/data/
bookinfo.html)
Novell Credential Provisioning for Identity Manager 3.6 (http://www.novell.com/
documentation/idm36/policy_credprov/data/bookinfo.html)
Identity Manager 3.6 DTD Reference (http://www.novell.com/documentation/idm36/
policy_dtd/data/bookinfo.html)
Identity Manager 3.6 Driver Guides (http://www.novell.com/documentation/idm36drivers/
index.html)
(http://www.novell.com/identity/access/identity_integration).
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