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IBM Tivoli and green IT: Datacenter efficiency
See how the integration of facility, asset, and IT resource data can improve green data center management by using IBM’s green service management solution. This demo shows how an energy-related issue can be detected and efficiently solved through intelligent relocation of infrastructure and workload distribution based on available cooling and power capacity.
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01 Oct 2009 |
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Ajax in a network: Security and topology challenges of aggregating content from multiple sites
in an Ajax architecture
There can be challenges when introducing Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
(Ajax) programming techniques into a network environment. This article looks
at security and topology scenarios that you might be trying to solve when
creating Ajax style architectures that aggregate content from multiple sites.
This article explores these scenarios using the IBM Tivoli Access Manager
WebSEAL product in conjunction with the IBM WebSphere Application Server
Feature Pack for Web 2.0 for developing Ajax style architectures for WebSphere
Application Server.
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30 Sep 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli Identity and Access Assurance
Learn about IBM Tivoli Identity and Access Assurance, IBM's industry leading software that helps you improve service, reduce costs and support your compliance efforts. IBM Tivoli Identity and Access Assurance can help ensure that the right users have access to the right resources at the right time, providing comprehensive identity management, access management, and user compliance auditing capabilities.
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28 Sep 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli Data and Application Security
Learn about IBM Tivoli Data and Application Security, a browser to disk
security solution that helps you protect the integrity and confidentiality of
organizational data and transactions. IBM Tivoli Data and Application Security protects sensitive data and applications via auditable
access controls, fine-grained entitlements and encryption key management. It provides end-to-end protection of sensitive data in enterprise storage and within
critical applications to support regulatory compliance initiatives, improve
business agility and reliability and reduce costs.
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28 Sep 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS
Learn about IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS, a comprehensive security solution that can help you automate
compliance reporting, enhance security posture to reduce risks, improve business agility and reliability, reduce costs,
increase productivity and develop operational efficiencies for your dynamic infrastructure. The Tivoli Security Management for z/OS
solution enhances and accelerates mainframe security management with simplified security administration, efficient user management,
security policy enforcement, and automated audit and compliance reporting for z/OS RACF.
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28 Sep 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli and Cloud: IBM CloudBurst technical demo, Part 2
This demonstration shows how easy it is to administer and provision your cloud environment with IBM
CloudBurst's self-service user interface. The IBM CloudBurst Family is a line of pre-integrated service delivery platforms including hardware,
storage, networking, virtualization, and service management software, which will enable you to create a private cloud environment.
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25 Sep 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli and Cloud: IBM Smart Business Test Cloud, Part 3
See how you can implement Smart Business Test Cloud, a private test cloud, using Tivoli Service Automation Manager (TSAM), Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM), IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM), and WebSphere cloud appliance. Additionally, IBM Smart Business Test Cloud services support IBM’s hardware, software, and services platform -- which is IBM CloudBurst. Smart Business Test Cloud also gives you the option to leverage your existing systems and storage for a complete cloud solution.
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25 Sep 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli and Cloud: IBM CloudBurst overview, Part 1
Get a brief overview on how IBM CloudBurst can get you started quickly on Cloud computing. IBM CloudBurst is a family of built-for-purpose, workload-specific Cloud computing packages that provide IT executives with the capabilities required for a dynamic infrastructure. It provides service management which enables simplified use of scalable computing resources to the end user and IT administrative community.
IBM CloudBurst is a quick-start to cloud computing. Simply roll it into your data center to quickly see the benefits of Cloud computing.
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24 Sep 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Got questions? Start here, where you will find answers to some common
questions related to IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1 Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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21 Sep 2009 |
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High scalability and availability of AIX secldapclntd using the Tivoli Directory
Server proxy
The secldapclntd daemon provides and manages connection between the AIX
security LDAP load module of the local host and an LDAP server, and handles
transactions from the LDAP load module to the LDAP server. Simple configuration
steps do not allow us to specify highly available and scalable LDAP servers at the
back end. This article lists the steps to configure a highly available and
scalable back-end LDAP for the secldapclntd daemon using the Tivoli Directory
Server proxy.
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01 Sep 2009 |
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Using ITCAM for SOA to monitor BPM Systems: Part 2: How ITCAM for SOA monitors service-oriented architectures
The metrics collected by ITCAM for SOA are gathered from SCA messages, in this
article, we will analyze the metrics, compare and map metrics to the WebSphere
Dynamic Process Edition (WDPE) and
runtime behaviors. We also explain how to read, understand and analysis the metrics, and how to aware the WDPE applications from the metrics.
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28 Aug 2009 |
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Using ITCAM for SOA to monitor BPM Systems: Part 1: Setup the environment with ITCAM for SOA and WDPE
WDPE (WebSphere Dynamic Process Edition) is a key IBM BPM Suite element, with
built-in support for adapting, responding dynamically to change. This offering provides the BPM enabled by SOA foundational capabilities for modeling, simulating, deploying, monitoring end-to-end dynamic business processes. ITCAM (IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager) for SOA is the proper product to monitor the BPM system for the service state, performance, health information, etc.
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25 Aug 2009 |
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dW Download, try, or buy
Evaluate key IBM software products in the way that is most convenient for you.
Consider downloading a trial version, registering for a 3-hour test drive, or
playing with a beta version -- the choice is yours. Product evaluations are
available for many products across all the major IBM software brands, including
Rational Application Developer, Lotus Domino, Lotus
Notes, DB2, and WebSphere Application Server. Got questions? Here are a few tips to get
you started.
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23 Jul 2009 |
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dW Download, try, or buy
Curious about which product trials have been most popular during recent years?
Check out the list of top ten downloads available from developerWorks.
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23 Jul 2009 |
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Tivoli Provisioning Manager Launchpad
This demo download includes videos, demos, and resource links for IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager solutions can help you
manage the complete life cycle of your data center and distributed resources from initial provisioning to patching and configuration maintenance to resource repurposing or end of life. These products automate the manual tasks of provisioning and configuring servers, operating systems, middleware, software applications, storage and network devices.
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16 Jun 2009 |
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The Support Authority: IBM Software Support Toolbar provides shortcuts to problem solving resources
Support resources for IBM software can literally be just a click (or two) away when
you have the IBM Software Support Toolbar installed on your Web browser. Here's how
to get and use this simple tool that makes accessing documentation, downloads,
education, and other technical information for all IBM
software brands more convenient than ever.
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20 May 2009 |
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IBM Global Security Kit, Version 7 - PKCS#11 Device Integration
This article describes the hardware cryptographic devices that support the PKCS#11 standard and have been tested for use with IBM Global Security Toolkit (GSKit), Version 7.
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01 May 2009 |
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Use Ruby on Rails to create an LDAP directory service in Tivoli Directory Server V6.0
In this article, learn
how to use the Net::LDAP library to create an LDAP directory service in the Tivoli
Directory Server V6.0 directory server. Walk through examples to add, modify, search,
and delete a directory entry with the Net::LDAP Ruby library. Create a Ruby on Rails application using Tivoli Directory Server V6.0 as a back-end database.
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28 Apr 2009 |
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Understand IBM InfoSphere MDM Server Security, Part 5: Integrating Master Data Management Server with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
This article builds on Part 4 of this series, “Using SAML in MDM Server
Security.”
It shows how the integration of IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management
(MDM) Server and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) can extend MDM
Server’s identity propagation capabilities and facilitate client application development.
Learn how to use and configure these components to solve real-world business problems.
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26 Feb 2009 |
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Single sign on to a IBM WebSphere Portal through IBM Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL
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your abstract enticing yet succinct. Aim for three to five sentences that express
why the reader would care about the content (motive) and what he or she can
gain from reading the content (benefits).
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18 Feb 2009 |
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Using Tivoli Access Manager for eBusiness WebSEAL without a user registry
Often customers require a web single sign-on and authorization solution but are unable or unwilling to replace or synchronize their existing user registry with another. This can pose a problem for customers wishing to leverage Tivoli Access Manager for eBusiness (TAMeB) where their existing user registry is not supported natively by TAMeB. This article will demonstrate how to utilize Tivoli Access Manager for eBusiness WebSEAL without requiring the enterprise users to be in the TAMeB directory. This article requires some prior knowledge of Tivoli Access Manager for eBusiness authentication, the TAMeB external authentication interface (EAI), and the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) Security Token Service (STS).
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03 Feb 2009 |
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Tivoli Access Manager and Rational AppScan
Managing security is a critical part of building and maintaining a modern IT infrastructure. IBM offers several complementary offerings in Security Governance, Risk Management and Compliance to help clients manage the security of their complex IT environments. IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business is a market leading software solution in IBM's Identity and Access Management portfolio for managing enterprise web based authentication, authorization and single sign-on. IBM now offers a market leading web application security scanner software offering called IBM Rational AppScan. This article will compare and contrast the two offerings as they relate to IBM's security operations strategy and examine what security benefits each brings to the enterprise environment. A number of scenarios will be presented to highlight the roles of each of the software solutions and how they complement each others capabilities.
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03 Feb 2009 |
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Using Tivoli Access Manager Enterprise Single Sign-on with IBM middleware
IBM Tivoli Access Manager Enterprise Enterprise Single Sign-on (TAM E-SSO) provides cross application (that is, Web, Java , mainframe or terminal services) single sign-on capabilities. The TAM E-SSO AccessAgent and IMS server are supported on Microsoft Windows operating system platforms, and typically leverage Active Directory for user management. However, many customers want to leverage their existing investment in IBM middleware products, and also extend the reach for TAM E-SSO beyond their intranet. This article shows how TAM E-SSO can be deployed into an environment consisting of IBM middleware, namely DB2 and IBM Tivoli Directory Server.
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28 Jan 2009 |
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Integrating Tivoli Directory Integrator and Lotus Connections
Reporting operational status of an IT system can be a difficult task. Collecting the required information is often time consuming, and finding a suitable delivery mechanism for multiple interested parties can be a challenge. This article discusses an effective mechanism for reporting operational status of an IT system using a Web 2.0 approach with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator and Lotus Connections.
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28 Jan 2009 |
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Wiki terms of use
The wiki terms of use page describes the terms and conditions applicable
to all Tivoli wikis.
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26 Jan 2009 |
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IBM Tivoli Directory Server - SMS to DMS migration
This article contains the results of performance tests on IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) running on SMS and DMS during DB2 online backup, recommendations based on the results as well as the steps required
for migrating ITDS from SMS to DMS.
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19 Jan 2009 |
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Using Tivoli Storage Manager for performing VSS operations
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Copy Services is a product that provides snapshot operations for Tivoli Storage Manager applications.
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12 Jan 2009 |
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How to integrate IBM Rational Asset Manager with your IBM Tivoli database
IBM Rational Asset Manager supports integration with the IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB). Developers can automatically create assets in Rational Asset Manager from existing configuration items (CIs) in CCMDB and use Rational Asset Manager as a Definitive Software Library (DSL) for storing software images.
This article explains how to install and configure the Rational Asset Manager Integration module in a CCMDB environment.
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23 Dec 2008 |
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IBM Tivoli Access Manager: WebSEAL Kerberos Junctions
To successfully enable a single-sign-on from WebSEAL to a Kerberos enabled Web Server, a number of interlocking components need to be configured correctly. The configuration of this environment is complex and requires careful planning and execution. This article highlights the steps necessary to configure a typical environment for WebSEAL Kerberos junctions, and provides tips for testing and debugging configuration components.
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18 Dec 2008 |
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IBM SOA Foundation product integration: A complete ESB Gateway solution featuring WebSphere DataPower, Tivoli Access
Manager, and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
Leveraging the concept of a service-oriented architecture usually brings
with it the ability to connect an increasing number of systems within an enterprise
-- but also across enterprises. While enabling a higher degree of automation and
reduced processing time, this also leads to growing concern about managing and
securing the underlying connections between heterogeneous IT systems. This article
describes how to address these concerns by implementing an ESB gateway using three
of the products within the IBM SOA Foundation platform, beginning with integrating
a IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance with IBM Tivoli Access Manager for security,
and then adding IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository for endpoint address
management.
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10 Dec 2008 |
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Tivoli Directory Proxy Server in Tivoli Identity Manager environment: Setup and Configure IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 Proxy Server in IBM Tivoli Identity Manager 5.0 environment for high availability
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager requires an LDAP directory server to store essential data such as users, accounts, and policies. As a result, it is an extremely critical component in Tivoli Identity Manager based Solution design. IBM Tivoli Identity Manager can use Tivoli Directory Server and Sun One as its LDAP Directory servers. In this Article we will focus on using Tivoli Directory Server as IBM Tivoli Identity Manager's LDAP. This article addresses aspects of a High Availability and Load Balancing solution design for Identity Manager Directory Server component using Tivoli Directory Server Proxy Server.
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24 Nov 2008 |
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Using IBM Tivoli Monitoring to trigger an IBM Support Assistant Collection
In this article, discover how to run an automated data collection based on problems detected by IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM). Learn how to setup your environment and create IBM Tivoli Monitoring situations to trigger a data collection during error scenarios. We'll run through an example on how to set up an ITM situation for when IBM WebSphere Application Server goes down unexpectedly.
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21 Nov 2008 |
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Automated system recovery in static IP environments using Tivoli Storage Manager
The current IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Automated System Recovery Process supports
Networks that are DHCP enabled. In networks that does not support DHCP and uses
Static IP's, the local backup sets are used to recover these systems in case of a crash or
total failure.
In very large environments, servers cannot be ported on DHCP network as the applications hosted
in the servers are IP conscious. A typical example of such an environment would be a
datacenter with multiple application servers that access multiple database servers. In
these environments, the servers are configured with static IP's. This article describes an
Automated System Recovery process which facilitates system recovery in Static IP
environments.
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21 Nov 2008 |
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Using IBM Tivoli Directory to deploy LDAP with Websphere Community Edition
Learn how to implement user authentication and authorization for WebSphere
Application Server Community Edition, using IBM Tivoli Directory Server to configure an LDAP realm.
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20 Nov 2008 |
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Approaches for solving problems with Tivoli Directory Server synchronization
An enterprise directory server is a critical piece of IT infrastructure.
It is important that the directory server infrastructure be highly available, scalable and
reliable. To achieve this, a directory server replication topology is often used to
replicate the directory data across several directory servers. This article will outline
the difficulties that can be encountered when managing a replicated directory
infrastructure. The article will also highlight some common replication scenarios, and problems that are
commonly encountered when troubleshooting and correcting these issues and some techniques
to help solve directory replication issues.
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12 Nov 2008 |
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Enhancing the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Mttrapd probe
This article will describe how to enhance the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Mttrapd probe to allow for processing of custom/new management information base (MIB) files for systems communicating status using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
The solution will make use of the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Knowledge Library and the IBM provided MIB2Rules (m2r) utility. An example MIB file
is supplied and used to illustrate key points.
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11 Nov 2008 |
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SSL configuration for IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0
Gain an overview of SSL configuration for IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0 on the AIX 5L operating
system. Learn about command line configuration steps for SSL key database creation,
certificate creation, certificate extraction, SSL authentication mechanisms, troubleshooting for SSL issues, and steps to perform LDAP client-server communication.
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06 Nov 2008 |
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J2EE application logging using CEI and Web 2.0
This article enables a J2EE architect to implement effective application logging and provides an approach to persist the log events in a standard format to a database with minimal effort. It also explains how an architect can asynchronously retrieve log events from a Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) repository using a simple Web application.
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06 Nov 2008 |
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Adding custom XML extensions to SAML 2.0 request messages
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 (TFIM) has extended existing support of the SAML 2.0 federated single sign-on protocol to include the ability to supply custom XML elements as part SAML requests or responses. This capability is exposed by way of an Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) plug-in extension to the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager runtime. This article will outline how to use this extension point including sample Java code and instructions for deployment and testing.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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Auditing Tivoli Identity Manager with Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) is a provisioning platform that centralizes and automates the lifecycle management of user's access rights on various end systems. TIM administrative users can provision identities to many different systems, such as operating systems, data stores and other applications. By auditing TIM, we can monitor activities performed by these administrative users and report any violations involved in the user management activities. The IBM Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager (TCIM) provides a unique and comprehensive view into the user management activities of TIM. Using TCIM we can collect all data from the TIM logs, store them, normalize the data using W7 process to comprehend what was collected and report all exceptions based on the TCIM policies.This article demonstrates the auditing of TIM with TCIM and provides an overview of the customizations and processes involved from the collection of the TIM audit logs to the preparation of reports based on these logs.
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28 Oct 2008 |
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Lotus Notes AdminP operations using Tivoli Identity Manager
IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) provides an adapter for IBM Lotus Notes system. The adapter provides a wide range of functions related to the lifecycle of Lotus Notes accounts. Most noticeable among these are Lotus Notes AdminP Operations. The Lotus Notes AdminP Operations are used to handle events such as department transfer, name change and certificate expiring. This article provides an overview of the customizations and the processes involved in these operations.
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21 Oct 2008 |
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Tape inventory script for Tivoli Storage Manager on open systems
The script gives a consolidated inventory report of the all the tapes used by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, which are present inside or outside of the IBM TotalStorage SCSI Library, including the tape's status, access mode, home slot number, storage pool to which it belongs, offsite readiness and status and the TSM server or instance that owns them.
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20 Oct 2008 |
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Automated System Recovery in Static IP environments using Tivoli Storage Manager
The current Tivoli Storage Manager Automated System Recovery Process supports Networks which supports DHCP. In networks that does not support DHCP and uses Static IP's,the local backup sets are used to recover these systems in case of a crash or total failure. In very large environments, servers cannot be ported on DHCP as the applications hosted in the servers are IP conscious. A typical example of such an environment would be a datacenter with multiple application servers that access the multiple database servers. In these environments, the servers are necessarily configured with static IP's. This article describes an Automated System Recovery process which facilitates system recovery in Static IP environments.
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16 Oct 2008 |
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User Centric Identity with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Part 2: Self registration and account recovery using information cards and OpenID
Attracting users to register at your retail Web site has always been a challenge. Not only do you need to have a fantastic service to offer, you also need to make the on-boarding process as simple and convenient as possible.
Traditional federation technologies like Liberty and SAML allowed companies to collaborate with tightly-coupled user bases by establishing 1:1 or many:few relationships; however, that model does not scale to the true retail space.
User Centric Identity management technologies like OpenID and Information Cards allow people to manage their own identity attributes at distributed "Identity Providers" (including self-issued Information Cards).
This article will demonstrate how to implement self-registration using an Information Card or OpenID (with the simple registration extension - SREG). Automated recovery of an account is also implemented, such as when
the user centric credential with which it was registered is lost. Sample code is provided to rapidly enable these capabilities with IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2.
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15 Oct 2008 |
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Managing OpenID trusted sites with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 (TFIM) introduces support for OpenID 1.1 and 2.0 authentication protocols. When configured in the role of an OpenID Provider (Identity Provider), TFIM allows end users to record choices about authenticating to trusted relying-party sites. For example a user may select "Allow authentication forever" to a particular relying-party, and may select which attributes they are willing to share with that site. By default TFIM stores these choices in persistent cookies on the user's browser. The cookie technique is effective, but not portable for users across different browsers. This article will demonstrate how to write your own plug-in for the storage and retrieval of user choices (for example to a database) via the TFIM TrustedSitesManager extension point.
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15 Oct 2008 |
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User-Centric Identity with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, Part 1: Replace Password Authentication on your Web site with an Information Card or OpenID
Most people passionately dislike having to remember and update passwords. A lot of corporate dollars are spent on customer service for password resets. In this article we describe a way for users to establish one or more alternate means of authentication to IBM WebSphere or Tivoli Access Manager environments using Information Cards and OpenID's. The flow is simple - the user first authenticates to the site using an existing authentication mechanism (which may be username/password or some other means), then "links" a user-centric credential (i.e., an information card or OpenID) to their account. Thereafter, the Information Card or OpenID can be used as the primary means of authentication.
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06 Oct 2008 |
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Integration of IBM Lotus Connection 1.0.1 with IBM Tivoli Access Manager V6.0
This article describes the step by step procedure for integrating IBM Lotus Connections with IBM Tivoli Access Manager V 6.0. It is intended to help administrators protect the features of IBM Lotus Connections via the Tivoli reverse proxy solution known as WebSEAL and provide the convenience of Single Sign On using LTPA cookie mechanism.
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06 Oct 2008 |
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Secure replication in IBM Tivoli Directory Server
The article describes how to easily configure different replication topologies in IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) using simple shell scripts. These scripts can be used to configure all known replication topologies (like Peer-peer, Master-Replica-Forwarder, Gateways etc) using simple bind, SSL with certificates or Kerberos authentication mechanism. The information in this article applies to TDS version 5.2 and later.
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30 Sep 2008 |
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Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 password policy : enhancements, configuration and troubleshooting
A password policy is a set of rules designed to enhance security by encouraging users to employ strong passwords and use them properly. A password policy is often part of an organization's official regulations which ensures that users change their passwords periodically, passwords meet construction requirements, the re-use of old password is restricted, and users are locked out after a certain number of failed attempts. This article is intended to highlight the new features introduced with IBM Tivoli Directory Server(TDS) 6.1 release and describe the ways of debugging trivial password policy problems in TDS.
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29 Sep 2008 |
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Single sign-on from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server to applications
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) provides a single sign-on capability for applications whose content is retrieved for rendering via MOSS. Microsoft provides an interface through which other credential providers can be integrated. In this article, an approach to integrate IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server for downstream single sign-on is introduced. Sample code is also provided to demonstrate the integration approach described in this article.
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29 Sep 2008 |
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Software as a service: Mediation between departmental SaaS consumers and multiple 3rd party service providers
This demo explores how organizations can apply a mediation proxy pattern to
mediate between SaaS consumers in different departments within the organization and
multiple third party or internal service providers. A scenario is shown where the
central IT department of an organization allows departments to search for third party services using a customized WebSphere services registry and repository. A mediation engine built using WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance is used to mediate between departmental applications and third party services. This scenario further explores how the central IT department can enforce regulatory compliance for outgoing services traffic and meter service usage by each department for charge back using Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager.
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22 Sep 2008 |
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Understanding the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Information Service 6.2
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2 (TFIM) provides a Web service
interface designed to obtain federation, federated user, and user alias
information from a TFIM environment. This Web service is known
as the TFIM Information Service. This article shows how to create a Web service
client from the interface using Rational Application Developer 7.0
and also contains a sample application which uses the newly created
Web service client to query federation, federated user and user alias information.
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18 Sep 2008 |
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Enabling Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server Client Integration through Tivoli Access Manager e-business WebSEAL using Forms Authentication
This article describes a IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business (TAMeb) WebSEAL integration for Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server that allows Office Client integration to be used with forms based authentication. The solution relied on a custom authentication mechanism
for WebSEAL and the use of a one time use persistent cookie.
This article provides the source code of a prototype implementation.
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16 Sep 2008 |
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Troubleshooting IBM Tivoli Directory Server Performance, Part 2: Resolving slow queries using DB2 snapshots
IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) is a key component of many corporate environments. Other IBM Tivoli products such as IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business and IBM Tivoli Identity Manager use IBM Tivoli Directory Server as a key middleware component. This document discusses ways to identify and correct performance issues in the underlying DB2 database.
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15 Sep 2008 |
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Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway and ASP.NET authentication
In this article we show you how to enable your ASP.NET applications for federated single sign-on utilizing the Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway (FIM-BG) and the plug-in it provides for Microsoft® Internet Information Server Version 6 (IIS). Your existing forms-based authentication mechanism can be expanded to include support for participating in a federated single sign-on using the SAML 1.0, 1.1 or 2.0 protocols. Here, we take a sample ASP.NET application through the process of federated single sign-on enablement using FIM-BG and the plug-in for IIS.
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12 Sep 2008 |
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Integrating Tivoli Federated Identity Manager and Tivoli Identity Manager
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) is IBM's solution for identity propagation in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). As well as providing support for a variety of security token types, identity processing in TFIM can transform identities from one administrative domain to another. In this article, the design and implementation of a customized mapping module for TFIM will be presented. Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) will be used as the source of identity metadata used to map the incoming identity to another identity.
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12 Sep 2008 |
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Developing a custom Java module
TFIM 6.2 provides an OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) extension point for custom plug-ins for STS modules.
In this tutorial, we will walk through the complete development process for creating a custom STS plug-in for Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.
Customers might develop their own STS plug-ins for a variety of reasons including advanced user mapping and attribute gathering capabilities, or to support validation or issuing of proprietary security token types.
This tutorial will use as a working example a simple mapping module which adds a configurable name/value parameter pair as an attribute to the TFIM Trust Service's STSUniversalUser.
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12 Sep 2008 |
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Action Manager in Tivoli Directory Integrator
Tivoli Directory Integrator (hereafter called TDI) provides a component, namely Action Manager, which can be used for configuring rules and executing actions on the different triggering conditions provided by TDI.
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10 Sep 2008 |
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Managing an SOA environment with WebSphere ESB and Tivoli Composite Application Manager for SOA
This article uses a stock quotation service example to describe a typical SOA management challenge and a solution based on WebSphere ESB and ITCAM for SOA.
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13 Aug 2008 |
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Role recertification in Tivoli Identity Manager
In IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM), organizational roles help to simplify and automate the process of provisioning and de-provisioning user privileges to IT and non-IT resources. In addition to the user and account lifecycle management that ITIM provides, workflows can also assist with the lifecycle management of user role memberships, such as role assignment and role approval. Another important process is validating the continued business need for a person to be a member of a role. This process is known as role recertification or attestation.
ITIM version 5.0, introduced a number of enhancements that allow users to request role assignments and have those requests approved by the role owner. Recertification of user role membership is another role management process that can be built in ITIM 5.0, and this process can be implemented in a number of ways. Although ITIM 5.0 does not provide this functionality in a ready-to-use interface, this article discusses a number of solutions for implementing role recertification in ITIM 5.0.
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08 Aug 2008 |
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Debugging and troubleshooting the IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Windows Password Synchronizer Plug-in
This article primarily focuses on IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Password Synchronizer Plug-in for synchronizing Microsoft Windows Active Directory with Tivoli Directory Server 6.0 using IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1.1. In this example, we use MQ Everyplace as a password store, and we also discuss LDAP password store.
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21 Jul 2008 |
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Request-based role assignment in Tivoli Identity Manager
In version 5.0, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) introduces several new features to enhance its request-based provisioning model. Request-based provisioning allows users to request access to enterprise resources via a self-service interface. To better abstract the user from the details of the IT systems, ITIM 5.0 allows a user to request a role assignment. This greatly increases the flexibility of the request-based provisioning model, because a role can be associated with multiple entitlements. This article discusses a number of use cases for the request-based role assignment and demonstrates how these use cases can be realized via ITIM.
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08 Jul 2008 |
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Web services security interoperability using Kerberos
XML Web services provide an open, standards-based mechanism for inter-process communication and are common in implementations of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). From a security perspective, complementary standards such as WS-Security exist to enable cross-platform, cross-domain interoperability for message level security. Implementations using these standards often reveal subtle challenges. In this article, security interoperability using Kerberos security tokens in a heterogeneous Microsoft .NET and IBM WebSphere J2EE environment is examined. A number of non-obvious implementation details are provided to assist readers in implementing their own solutions.
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07 Jul 2008 |
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Troubleshooting IBM Tivoli Directory Server performance, Part 1: Resolving slow queries using the TDS audit log
IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) is a key component of many corporate environments. Other IBM Tivoli products such as IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business and IBM Tivoli Identity Manager use IBM Tivoli Directory Server as a key middleware component. This document discusses ways to identify and correct performance issues for TDS using the audit log.
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07 Jul 2008 |
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Monitoring Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL server transactions using Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking
IBM Tivoli Monitoring software is used to monitor the availability and performance of your enterprise servers on a variety of platforms.
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Response time tracking is used for measuring the response time of transactions. This article shows how Tivoli Monitoring, in conjunction with Tivoli Composite Application Manager, can be used to monitor response time of the WebSEAL server.
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07 Jul 2008 |
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IBM SOA Foundation product integration: Managing your WebSphere-based SOA solution
As more companies are putting service oriented solutions -- including a portfolio of services -- into production, the role of managing of these solutions becomes increasingly important. This ranges from monitoring individual services with respect to their associated service level agreements and the discovery of ”rogue” services that do not follow established protocols, all the way to the active management of an entire environment of applications, servers, and the networks that connect them. This part of our series on integrating products of the IBM SOA Foundation looks at how to manage a WebSphere-based SOA solution with IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for SOA.
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18 Jun 2008 |
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Use ARM to monitor SCA invocations in IBM WebSphere Process Server
V6.1, Part 2: Understand SCA invocation patterns and debug asynchronous scenarios
In Part 1 of this series, you learned about Application Response Measurement
(ARM) and debugging synchronous scenarios using IBM Tivoli Composite Management for
Response Time Tracking. Now get an introduction to the multiple Service Component
Architecture (SCA) invocation patterns and the related ARM observation points to
better understand the relationship between the ARM transaction and SCA invocation.
This article, Part 2 of the series, also shows some examples of how to debug
asynchronous scenarios using Tivoli Composite Management for Response Time Tracking.
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05 Jun 2008 |
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Use ARM to monitor SCA invocations in IBM WebSphere Process Server
V6.1, Part 1: Debug SCA invocations using IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for
Response Time Tracking
This two-part series shows you how to monitor Service Component Architecture
(SCA) invocations using the Application Response Measurement (ARM) standard in IBM
WebSphere Process Server V6.1. You can use an ARM implementation, such as IBM Tivoli
Composite Application Manager for Response Time Tracking, to generate a graphic view
of SCA invocations. This article, Part 1 of the series, starts by describing ARM and
showing you how to debug synchronous scenarios using Tivoli Composite Application
Manager for Response Time Tracking. In Part 2, you get an introduction to SCA
invocation patterns and learn how to debug asynchronous scenarios.
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29 May 2008 |
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Software as a Service: Web service mediation patterns for dynamic routing of multiple tenant requests using WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
Explore one of three IBM middleware based mediation patterns for rapid
enablement of multi-tenancy for existing Web services implementations. This first
pattern demo uses WebSphere DataPower Appliances.
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In this demo, a scenario shows where multi-tenancy is enabled for a existing single tenant credit
check service by introducing a WebSphere DataPower Appliance based mediation pattern layer. This pattern layer uses a WebSphere DataPower Appliance Web service proxy and simple XSL routing policies to route service invocations from a tenant bank's user to endpoints dedicated to that tenant. The proxy also authenticates and authorizes users against policies configured in Tivoli Access Manager.
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16 May 2008 |
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Software as a Service: Simplified tenant provisioning using IBM entry level middleware
This demo focuses on the ease of provisioning new tenant banks in a sample
banking application through the use of Apache ANT scripts and a few portlets for the
administrator roles. A new WebSphere Application Server Community Edition virtual
host and security realm are provisioned through ANT scripts invoked from a new
service provider administrator portlet. A new openLDAP user database is created and
new LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) files imported through another ANT script. The portal for the new tenant bank is customized through a tenant administrator portlet by modifying style sheets, providing tenant specific images and uploading and deploying these to the running application. Custom fields are added to other portlets which use XML columns defined in DB2 Express-C V9 through simple configuration steps in a tenant administrator portlet.
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16 May 2008 |
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Integrating IT monitoring and business activity monitoring
Learn how you can monitor IT and business activities on a single dashboard
by converting ITCAM for SOA events for display and processing by WebSphere Business
Monitor. Three sample scenarios illustrate how to define monitor models to configure
WebSphere Business Monitor.
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16 May 2008 |
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Extending the Simplified Policy Language with custom expressions
SPL has a wide set of useful expressions designed to satisfy the need to express
a wide variety of conditional statements as well as a macro feature that helps reduce
the buildup of complex expressions. However, even this large collection of expressions
may not be sufficient to address the end user's requirements. The end user can easily
extend SPL by introducing custom expressions. In this article, learn how to extend SPL with custom expressions through a simple example.
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13 May 2008 |
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Authenticating a SAP login ticket in Tivoli Access Manager e-business WebSEAL
This article describes how to build an implementation of an authentication service using
the IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business (TAMeb) WebSEAL External Authentication C API.
The implementation of the authentication service extracts and validates the user name in an
SAP Login Ticket (an HTTP cookie), then passes the user name to WebSEAL in order to build a
credential. This article provides the source code and binary code of a prototype implementation.
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07 May 2008 |
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SOA and SAP - Let IBM extend your investment
This article presents a solution that allows for identity
propagation from SAP Web service clients to products from
other vendors. It allows organizations that are heavily
invested in SAP to reuse their infrastructure in Systems-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
projects. After reading this article, you will know
how to propagate the identity within a SAP Web service request
to other vendors' products. The solution uses the
IBMWebSphere DataPower XML Firewall in conjunction with the
IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Security Token Service to
map the proprietary SAP identity token to an open standards
token, such as SAML. This augments the SAP Web service client
functionality and allows for securing Web services sent to
third party products.
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07 May 2008 |
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Using SAML security tokens with Microsoft Web Services Enhancements
Microsoft Web Services Enhancements (WSE) is a framework for developing
secure, interoperable Web services for the Microsoft .NET platform. WSE supports standard
security token types such as Username, Kerberos and X.509 certificate tokens. One widely
used security token type not supported by WSE is the Security Assertion Markup Language
(SAML). This article will demonstrate an architecture and implementation capable of
integrating WSE and SAML using Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM).
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29 Apr 2008 |
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Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD), Part 1: An emerging standard for deployment artifacts
The Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) is an emerging standard for a set of
XML documents that define deployment metadata about deployment artifacts and the
aggregation of deployment artifacts. Externalizing deployment knowledge that has been
more commonly buried in code or documentation provides multiple benefits. Consumers of
SDDs, including humans and software, can use the knowledge provided about both the
requirements for and results of successful deployment to better plan for and execute
successful changes to their software environments. This article describes the SDD and
provides a high-level overview of the support provided.
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29 Apr 2008 |
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AJAX techniques within a Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL Environment
This article describes the challenges found when introducing Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) programming techniques into an IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) WebSEAL environment. It provides a brief review of WebSEAL technology and a brief introduction
to AJAX methods. The considerations are outlined for AJAX developers when working with WebSEAL. The potential solutions to issues
that can arise are supplied, along with listing best practices that will assists AJAX developers to succeed in a WebSEAL environment.
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29 Apr 2008 |
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Tivoli Directory Server
Practically everything a directory administrator needs to know about the archival logging method required to enable online backups. If you want to do online backups of your directory, you must configure archival logging of the database transaction logs. But archival logging is not practical unless you put a process in place to manage the log files, deleting inactive logs when they are no longer needed. This article describes the recommended approach to configuring the logging options and managing the logs.
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23 Apr 2008 |
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Autonomic computing in Canadian academia, Part 1
As IBM grows and develops autonomic technologies, the autonomic computing
initiative relies heavily on research and development to present innovative ideas,
improve existing technologies, and prototype in the most rapidly expanding development
areas. In this article, take a look at two autonomic computing academic projects that are bringing new
developments to IBM. The first project looks at converting legacy code to source code
that is autonomic-ready, while the second project focuses on new methods for identifying problems in large-scale applications. For each project, you will understand the current research direction and then explore the project in detail. Finally, you will see how each project contributes to the Monitoring-Analysis-Planning-Execution (MAPE) loop design model and what future research directions are planned.
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15 Apr 2008 |
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Configuring and troubleshooting ITDS 6.1 on AIX
This article is an introduction to the IBM Tivoli Directory Server and the use of
native LDAP commands to create, configure, and unconfigure an ITDS instance.
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25 Mar 2008 |
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Tivoli Directory Proxy Server in a Tivoli Access Manager environment: Manage and troubleshoot TDS 6.0 Proxy Server in a Tivoli Access Manager environment
If you work in the software industry, the chances are good that you've heard of LDAP directory server by now. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) defines a standard method for accessing and updating information in a directory where directories are accessed using the client-server model that is optimized for read access. IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) uses LDAP directory server as a user registry to store its user and group information. Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) Server is the default LDAP directory server shipped with TAM. TDS server can be configured as a back-end server or as a proxy server. This article will help you understand how TAM uses TDS proxy server. It also provides inputs to manage and troubleshoot the TDS proxy server in a TAM environment.
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24 Mar 2008 |
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Enablement series: Step-by-step guide on how to integrate and manage your old and new Retail devices in IBM Remote Management Agent and IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1
In this article, we explain how to integrate your application with IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1, IBM's health and performance monitoring tool. We also describe the business pain points that IBM Tivoli Monitoring tries to address, provide sample integration scenarios, and show how to get the maximum benefit from the integration with Tivoli, all from a retail industry point of view.
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21 Mar 2008 |
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The autonomic computing edge: Can you CHOP up autonomic computing?
The autonomic computing architecture provides a foundation on which self-managing information technology systems can be built. Self-managing autonomic systems exhibit the characteristics of self-configuring, self-healing, self-optimizing, and self-protecting; these characteristics are sometimes described with the acronym CHOP. This article discusses the self-CHOP attributes and, in particular, explains why they are not independent of each other and how self-managing autonomic systems can integrate the CHOP functions.
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19 Mar 2008 |
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Integrating Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-on with X Windows Applications
Tivoli Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-on (TAM E-SSO) provides a component that runs on a user's Microsoft Windows desktop to achieve single sign-on (SSO) with Windows, Web, JavaTM and host emulator applications. TAM E-SSO provides a range of flexible techniques to integrate with these different application types. In this article, integration with graphical, X-windows applications running on UNIX and Linux is demonstrated through the use of Xmanager, an X Windows server for the Microsoft Windows platform.
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17 Mar 2008 |
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Getting started with Simplified Policy Language (SPL)
Get an introduction and overview of policy systems. Using the Apache Imperius as
an example, this article describes the SPL language and evaluation engine and shows you
how to install the SPL environment, write an SPL policy, and execute that policy using
the SPL engine. See how SPL can simplify mundane administrative tasks.
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11 Mar 2008 |
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Bulk attestation within Tivoli Identity Manager
As part of compliance requirements, organizations are required to perform attestation of a user's entitlements for access to systems. This process usually requires a responsible party (for example, the user's manager) to assert that the user continues to require access to a particular system. IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) provides account attestation as part of its core functionality, and hence can implement complex attestation requirements. However, setting the attestation for a large number of target systems can be a chore. In addition, when a responsible party is asked to perform attestation for many users of a system as part of a continuous attestation cycle, the task becomes laborious. This tutorial gives the reader some methods for scaling attestation from a manageability perspective, using features available within ITIM 5.0.
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04 Mar 2008 |
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Using IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager to deploy composite virtual appliances
Deploying a real world distributed software solution can be complex and challenging. Typically, the software stack in each machine is composed of multiple software layers and the deployment is distributed over a cluster of machines, making software installation and configuration time consuming and potentially error-prone. Using IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager with virtual appliances can vastly simplify this deployment process. This article describes how, with an IBM WebSphere Application Server example that could have you create and capture a composite virtual appliance, customize, package, and deploy the solution in less than ten minutes.
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27 Feb 2008 |
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Integrating CAPTCHA authentication technologies with WebSEAL
CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a popular mechanism used in Web sites to ensure humans only are interacting with the security functions of the Web site. CAPTCHA does this by producing images that include embedded numbers and letters that are not easily interpreted by automation tools. This article provides a solution and reference implementation of how to integrate CAPTCHA with IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) WebSEAL.
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12 Feb 2008 |
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Utilizing IBM Directory Server proxy authorization (impersonation) within Web applications
Web applications providing gateway access to LDAP services, such as
an enterprise-wide phone and mail directory, are usually
designed to authenticate using an LDAP "superuser" account.
As a result, the user reads and updates the directory according
to the rights of that high-privileged account
instead of his/her own LDAP privileges.
IBM Tivoli Directory Server offers a powerful
feature, known as proxied authorization (RFC 4370),
which enables programmers to write applications
that authenticates themselves using a specific account but operates
on behalf of the real user, thus delegating all
privilege enforcements to the LDAP server.
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06 Feb 2008 |
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Application deployment using Tivoli Provisioning Manager and Rational ClearQuest
This demo begins with the role of a project manager approving a request for deployment of version 2 that resolved a defect in the Web banking application. The initiation to deploy the application is done using Rational ClearQuest. The deployment to distribute the application is done by Tivoli Provisioning Manager. After observing the deployment, the demo transitions to the role of the tester and confirms that the deployed application is functioning correctly. You'll observe how Rational ClearQuest is used to track deployments of applications that support governance/compliance processes that require approval. You'll also see how deployment work flows in Tivoli Provisioning Manager can be initiated remotely through a ClearQuest action.
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01 Feb 2008 |
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SOA authorization using Tivoli Federated Identity Manager and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
This article describes a service-based approach to authorization in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments using IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM). This approach extends existing IBM solutions for identity propagation in SOA by leveraging Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) as the authorization policy decision point. A software utility to discover services from the IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR) to enable the authorization solution will be provided to simplify and accelerate deployment of this authorization solution.
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09 Jan 2008 |
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SOA: Managing identity contexts across service requests
Businesses embrace Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to help their IT meet the needs of their business. The loose coupling of services and their distributed nature across organizations and trust boundaries presents a number of challenges. When it comes to the reuse of existing applications or service connectivity across organizational or technological boundaries, the identity systems can vary and so can the credential systems. Managing, mapping, and propagating identity across these environments is necessary. This article discusses the business challenges when managing identity contexts in Web services and SOA. It outlines the importance of creating solutions based on standards. The security token service (STS) capability in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) is a key building block that can be used in solutions to address these identity propagation requirements. This article explains the capabilities of the STS and outlines architectural approaches using TFIM to solve these needs.
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08 Jan 2008 |
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Using IBM Tivoli Directory Server for account management with IBM Rational software: Part 1. Setting up Tivoli Directory Server and Rational Build Forge
The first of this series, this article covers installation of IBM Tivoli Directory Server for use with the IBM Rational Build Forge management console and agent to provide a single point for authentication using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
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04 Dec 2007 |
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Managed Agent Explorer, Part 2: Advanced features
Explore how you can use the Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) standard and the Managed Agent Explorer (MAX) together to create an endpoint and monitor a system in the network using the created endpoint. This article demonstrates how to use a set of WSDM endpoints that helps monitor a computer and its major components to show the various advanced features of the MAX.
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04 Dec 2007 |
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Information roadmaps
This page contains a listing of Tivoli related information roadmaps.
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03 Dec 2007 |
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TAMeb and portals: Single sign-on concepts and considerations
The prevalence of portal products introduces interesting challenges to IT architects
requiring a single sign-on (SSO) solution that incorporates their enterprise portal and the enterprise
applications. One such challenge is determining the method of sign-on to both the portal and the
portal-managed content where access to enterprise applications is via an authenticating reverse proxy,
such as Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL. This article outlines the architecture and concepts involved in
performing single sign-on from the browser, through the portal to the enterprise applications
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03 Dec 2007 |
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Custom TAM TAI++ Interceptor to detect step-up authentication
It is a common practice to externalise the authentication from Web application servers like IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) to dedicated single sign on (SSO) servers like IBM Tivoli Access Manager for eBusiness (TAMeB). The SSO server, for example, TAMeB, offers enhanced security features like strong authentication and step-up authentication In order to externalise the authentication from WAS to TAMeB, a trust association interceptor (TAI) should be installed and configured on the WebSphere Application Server (WAS). However, the TAI shipped with the default WAS 6.x servers cannot detect the authentication level of the user, that is, whether the user used password or a security token. This additional information about the authentication level might be needed to the applications running on WAS to make authorization decisions. A custom TAM TAI++ interceptor should be developed and installed on the WebSphere Application Server to determine the authentication level of the user. This article explains the procedure to develop and install such a custom TAM TAI++ interceptor.
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21 Nov 2007 |
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Enable the WSDM Event Format using the Generic Log Adapter
Get the details of the mapping between Common Base Events and the Web Services
Distributed Management (WSDM) Event Format (WEF). This mapping helps when you already
have adopted the Common Base Event format, but want to transform native log events
further into WEF events. Then, learn how to turn a Common Base Event adapter into a WEF adapter.
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20 Nov 2007 |
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Consolidated views of IBM Tivoli Directory Server components using IBM Tivoli Monitoring
IBM Tivoli Monitoring monitors and manages system and network applications on a variety of platforms and keeps track of the availability and performance of all parts of your enterprise. This article shows how IBM Tivoli Monitoring can be used to do a consolidated monitoring of specific components of the IBM Tivoli Directory Server.
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01 Nov 2007 |
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Developing a portlet application on compliance reporting for IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager
This article provides an example of how to develop a portlet application on compliance reporting for IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager (SCM). As recent events indicate, security is a growing concern of enterprises.
Enterprises need to address security compliance with an increasing number of government and corporate security policies, standards and regulations.
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30 Oct 2007 |
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