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Acquire a CA ACF2 System Using the Provisioning Manager

You must acquire the CA ACF2 system before you can administer it with CA IdentityMinder. When acquiring a CA ACF2 system, perform the following steps from the Endpoint Type task view:

1. Register the server as an endpoint in CA IdentityMinder. This phase is performed by adding a new endpoint under the CA ACF2 Endpoint Type in CA IdentityMinder.

   Use the CA ACF2 Endpoint property sheet to view or customize a CA ACF2 system. During the registration process, CA IdentityMinder identifies the CA ACF2 system you want to administer and gathers information about it.

2. Explore the objects that exist on the endpoint.

   After registering the server in CA IdentityMinder, you can explore its contents. Use the Explore and Correlate Endpoint dialog. The Exploration process finds all CA ACF2 accounts and objects. You can correlate the accounts with global users at this time or you can correlate them later.

3. Correlate the explored accounts with global users.

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

   1. CA IdentityMinder attempts to match the logon ID with each existing global user name. If a match is found, CA IdentityMinder associates the CA ACF2 account with the global user. If a match is not found, CA IdentityMinder performs the next step.
   2. CA IdentityMinder attempts to match the logon ID name with each existing global user's full name. If a match is found, CA IdentityMinder associates the CA ACF2 account with the global user. If a match is not found, CA IdentityMinder performs the next step.
   3. If the Create Global Users as Needed button is selected, CA IdentityMinder creates a new global user and then associates the CA ACF2 account with the global user. If the Create Global Users as Needed button is cleared, CA IdentityMinder performs the next step.
   4. CA IdentityMinder associates the CA ACF2 account with the [default user] object.