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Enable Access Roles for Use with SiteMinder

To use access roles with CA SiteMinder, CA IdentityMinder mirrors all objects in the CA IdentityMinder object store that are related to those access roles in the SiteMinder policy store. To enable access roles for use with SiteMinder, configure a property in the CA IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder now supports access roles and tasks for use with CA SiteMinder.

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

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