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Configure Synchronization in the Provisioning Manager

Inbound synchronization keeps Identity Manager up to date with changes that occur in the provisioning directory. Changes include those made using Provisioning Manager and changes in endpoints for which the Provisioning Server has a connector. Each Provisioning Server supports a single environment. However, you can configure backup environments on different systems in a cluster in case the current environment is unavailable.

To configure synchronization for an environment

1. Choose Start, CA, Identity Manager, Provisioning Manager.
2. Click System, Identity Manager Setup.
3. Complete the Host Name field with the name of the system where the Identity Manager Server is installed.
4. Complete the Port field with the application server port number.
5. Complete the Environment name field with the alias for the environment.
6. Select Secured Connection if you want the HTTPS protocol to communicate with the Identity Manager server instead of using HTTP and encrypting the individual notifications.
7. Click Add.
8. Repeat steps 3-6 for each a backup version of the environment.

   CA Identity Manager fails over to a backup environment if the application server for the current environment is unavailable. You can reorder the current and backup environments to set the failover order.

9. If this is the first environment, fill in the Shared Secret fields using the password entered during CA Identity Manager installation for the user for embedded components.

   Note: These fields do not apply if FIPS is enabled in this installation.

10. Set the Log Level as follows:
    • No Log--No information is written to the log file.
    • Error--Only error messages are logged.
    • Info--Error and information messages are logged (default).
    • Warning--Error, warning, and information messages are logged.
    • Debug--All information is logged.
11. Restart the application server before you log in to the environment.

Note: For a log of inbound synchronization operations and any problems encountered during synchronization, see the following file:

PSHOME\logs\etanotify<date>.log