ISAM 8 Migration Best Practices

Question & Answer

Question

When migrating to the IBM Security Access Manager for Web 8.0.x, what are the best practices?

Answer

TechNotes Useful for Migration

Determining the signature algorithm of the internal certificates: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21673971

Refresh TAM PDCA

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSPREK_6.1.1/com.ibm.itame.doc_6.1.1/am611_admin281.htm%23chcert?lang=en

Best-Practice Guides, Cookbooks, Examples, etc.

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20Security%20Federated%20Identity%20Manager/page/Best%20Practices

Common Questions

Q1: Does ISAM 8 support the older Standard LDAP model?
A1: Yes, but only when a Policy Server using Standard model has been migrated to ISAM 8.

Q2: Is isam_migrate.pl supported on Windows?
A2: Yes, this has been tested using Strawberry PERL.

Q3: Can a 6.0.0 Policy Server be migrated to ISAM 8 using isam_migrate.pl?
A3: Yes, it has been confirmed that the migration from TAM 6.0 to ISAM 8 directly is possible using the available scripts on the appliance.

Q4: What is the Compatibility with earlier versions of the product?
A4: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSPREK_8.0.0.4/com.ibm.isamw.doc_8.0.0.4/releaseinfo/concept/web_backwards_compat.html

*NOTE* - This page is a living document, when new technotes or articles are created, this page will be updated.

Last Update: 02 April 2015

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Product Synonym

ISAM ITAM TAM

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