Oracle tend to be create, mature, then certify connectors to be used in future releases in OIM. The connectors can be downloaded from THIS following link. You need to locate the latest version the OID connection, as highlighted within the screenshot.

You will need to download, extract and place the connector into the ConnectorDefaultDirectory directory

[oracle@localhost ConnectorDefaultDirectory]$ pwd
/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_IDM1/server/ConnectorDefaultDirectory
[oracle@localhost ConnectorDefaultDirectory]$ cp -R /home/oracle/Desktop/OID-11.1.1.5.0/ ./
[oracle@localhost ConnectorDefaultDirectory]$ ls
ConnectorConfigTemplate.xml ConnectorSchema.xsd OID-11.1.1.5.0 readme.txt targetsystems-lib

Now log into OIM via the 'sysadm' URL (http://localhost.localdomain:14000/sysadmin) and click on the 'Managed Connector'. A new windows will pop up. You will then click Install

A new screen will appear. From the drop down, select the OID connector then click load

It will take about 1 minute, though you will receive a 'connection deployment successful' if you're successful.

You now have an option to Create IT Resource.
The Steps are as follows:
Step 1: Add the IT Resource Name and Type
Step 2: Specify the IT Resource Parameter values with the following settings:

• Configuration Lookup = Lookup.OID.Configuration
• Connection Server Name = Leave Blank
• baseContexts = DC-localdomain
• credentials = ****** Password of the orcladmin
• failover = Leave Blank
• host = localhost.localdomain
• port = 3061
• principal = cn=orcladmin
• ssl = false

Close the window. Next thing to do if click on Manage IT resource A new window will appear. Once is does, click search

You will notice that 'OID Server' is available. Click on the name where you can define the parameters to connect to the OID environment.

The next task is to import the number of groups and OU's from OID to OIM. You can test this by creating a new group in OID with the intention on importing this into OIM.

To start the scheduling, you need to go to the sysadmin URL as mentioned before and click on the Schedule icon to open up a new window.

To start the scheduling, click on teh System Management tab at the top then click the search button next to the textfield.

There will be a load of jobs available though for this purpose, you will need to find the OID Connector Group Lookup Reconciliation Click Run now to start the schedule in a ad-hoc fashion.

The best way to see the success within OIM is through the Design Console. To do this, Login into the console and on the right-hand side, click Lookup Definition
Note: This can be located in the Administration folder

When you search this, you will be able to see the newly created group from within the list. This completely reconcile all the groups, even if you remove these from OID and run the schedule again, the group will be removed.

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