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Connecting Windows 2008 AD with eDirectory 8.8 SP7

I have been given the following assignment for one of the courses I'm taking. It is a mock project plan of the following:

Enviroment consist of Windows 2008 R2 AD domain and another domain running Novell eDirectory 8.8 Sp7. You company needs to implement a identity management soltuio nto sync user account information and passwords using NETIQ Identity Manager 4.0.1

Ok now I have to write a technicial document on how to do this..

1) Since I have never used eDirectory can is run on a Windows 2008 R2 OS platform?
2) I'm guess if I were to do this for real I would need a trust between AD and eDirectory would this be a forest root trust?

Guess I'm looking for guidenace on the technicial aspects of doing such a project

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Bradley Fox

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compdigit44

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Thank you for your reply I greatly appreciate the help.

So eDirectory from what you are saying can run on a Windows or Linux platform correct? IDM needs to be installed on the eDirectory server? iIt doesn’t need a server of its own server to run on?

Thank you again for all of your help!!!

compdigit44

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Why does the NETIQ documentation for IDM 4 refer to it as Novell IDM? Did NETIQ buy this from Novell?

Bradley Fox

To be honest I have no idea; I do remember Novell having their own IDM but I've been out of the Novell/eDirectory business for 5 years or more. I had to re-taste it when I started my last job while I migrated them away from their existing Novell infrastructure.

compdigit44

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Thanks...

I have been reading the install notes for IDM 4.0.1. Why does it need to be installed on the same server the eDirectory is on?