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Enable Access Roles for Use with SiteMinder

To use access roles with CA CA SiteMinder, CA Identity Manager mirrors all objects in the CA Identity Manager object store that are related to those access roles in the CA SiteMinder policy store. To enable access roles for use with CA SiteMinder, configure a property in the CA Identity Manager Management Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Select Environment, Your Environment, Advanced Settings, Miscellaneous.
3. Add a property by providing the following information:
   • In the Property field, enter the following text:

     EnableSMRBAC

   • In the Value field, enter the following text:

     true

4. Click Add. Then, click Save.

   A message appears indicating that the environment to restart.

5. Click Restart Environment.

   CA Identity Manager now supports access roles and tasks for use with CA CA SiteMinder.

Once you enable access roles for use with CA CA SiteMinder, note the following points:

• If you used access roles in CA Identity Manager r8x, perform an additional migration step to manage those access roles in the current version of CA Identity Manager. For more information, see the Upgrade Guide.
• To disable support for access roles in CA SiteMinder, delete the CA Identity Manager access role and task objects from the CA SiteMinder policy store. Then, remove the “EnableSMRBAC” Property from the Miscellaneous Properties list and restart the Environment.