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Guidelines for SiteMinder Customers

This section contains information for existing SiteMinder customers adding SOA Security Manager to their environments.

You can upgrade an existing SiteMinder Policy Server to a SOA Security Manager Policy Server. A SOA Security Manager Policy Servers can perform the functions of both Policy Server types.

You can upgrade an existing SiteMinder Web Agent to a SOA Agent for Web Servers. The SOA Agent can perform the functions of both agent types, handling authenticating and authorizing for both web access and web service requests.

Note: After SiteMinder Policy Server and Web Agents are converted for SOA Security Manager use, you can apply SOA Security Manager and supported SiteMinder software updates. Before applying a SiteMinder software update to a SOA Security Manager Policy Server or SOA Agent, check the SOA Security Manager r12.1 Platform Support Matrix to confirm that it has been tested for compatibility with SOA Security Manager.