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Policy Server Tools Overview

SOA Security Manager provides a number of administrative tools to help manage your SOA Security Manager environment. The list following describes the function of each tool.

• smobjexport

  Contains arguments that let you export an entire policy store; a specified policy domain; the specified policy domain and all system objects used by the policy domain, such as administrators, Agents, authentication schemes and user directories; Agent keys stored in the policy store along with the rest of the policy store data. By default, keys are not included in the export; only the Agent keys stored in the policy store; variables only.

• smobjimport

  Imports policy data into the SOA Security Manager policy store.

• smkeyexport

  Exports keys from the key store.

• smkeyimport

  Imports keys into the key store.

• smldapsetup

  Manages the SOA Security Manager policy store in an LDAP directory.

• ODBC database SQL scripts

  Removes SOA Security Manager policy store, token data, and log schema from ODBC databases.

• smpatchcheck

  Checks to make sure all of the required/recommended patches are installed on your Solaris machine.

• smreadclog

  Reads RADIUS log files generated by the Policy Server.

• SiteMinder Token Tool

  Preloads information about hardware tokens.

• smreg

  Lets you change the SOA Security Manager Super User password.

In addition, SOA Security Manager provides tools for working with policy data. The following list provides an overview of the XPS-family of tools. XPS tools are platform-independent command-line utilities that XPS administrators can use to manage policy store data. To learn about the options for a particular tool, enter the tool name followed by the -? parameter at the command line.

• XPSConfig

  Manages configuration data including vendors, products, and product parameters.

  Note: To use XPSConfig, you must be an administrator with XPSConfig rights.

• XPSEvaluate

  Evaluates expressions and allows you to test performance.

  Note: To use XPSEvaluate, you must be an administrator with XPSEvaluate rights.

• XPSExplorer

  Manages policy data including vendors, products, and applications.

  Note: To use XPSExplorer, you must be an administrator with XPSExplorer rights.

• XPSExport

  Exports data from an XPS data store.

• XPSImport

  Imports data to an XPS data store.

• XPSSecurity

  Allows interactive creation and editing of XPS Administrators and their rights. To use this tool, copy it from either \win32\tools or /solaris/tools from the SOA Security Manager installation file (that you downloaded from CA) to the policy_server_home\bin directory.

  • policy_server_home

    Specifies the Policy Server installation path.

  Important! After you use XPSSecurity, delete it from policy_server_home\bin to prevent unauthorized use.

  Note: To use XPSSecurity, you must be an administrator with XPSSecurity rights.

• XPSSweeper

  Synchronizes XPS and SiteMinder policy stores.

  Note: To use XPSSweeper, you must be an administrator. No additional rights are required.