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Acquire the Windows NT Machine Using the Provisioning Manager

You must acquire the Windows NT machine before you can administer it with CA Identity Manager. Perform the following procedure to acquire a Windows NT machine.

From the Endpoint Type task view

  1. Register the machine as an endpoint in CA Identity Manager.

    Use the Windows NT Endpoint property sheet to register a Windows NT machine. During the registration process, CA Identity Manager identifies the Windows NT machine you want to administer and gathers information about it.

  2. Explore the objects that exist on the endpoint.

    After registering the machine in CA Identity Manager, you must explore its contents by means of the Explore and Correlate Endpoint dialog. The Exploration process finds all the Windows NT objects.

  3. Correlate the explored accounts with global users.

    When you correlate accounts, CA Identity Manager creates or links the accounts on an endpoint with global users, as follows:

    1. CA Identity Manager attempts to match the username with each existing global user name. If a match is found, CA Identity Manager associates the Windows NT account with the global user. If a match is not found, CA Identity Manager performs the next step.
    2. CA Identity Manager attempts to match the full name with each existing global user's full name. If a match is found, CA Identity Manager associates the Windows account with the global user. If a match is not found, CA Identity Manager performs the next step.
    3. If the Create Global Users as Needed button is checked, CA Identity Manager creates a new global user and associates the Windows account with the global user. If the Create Global Users as Needed button is unchecked, then CA Identity Manager associates the Windows account with the [default user] object.

    Note: You can correlate the accounts with global users at this time, or you can do it later.