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Policy Server Tools Overview

SiteMinder provides a number of administrative tools to help manage your SiteMinder 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 SiteMinder policy store.

• smkeyexport

  Exports keys from the key store.

• smkeyimport

  Imports keys into the key store.

• smldapsetup

  Manages the SiteMinder policy store in an LDAP directory.

• ODBC database SQL scripts

  Removes SiteMinder 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 SiteMinder Super User password.

In addition, SiteMinder 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 SiteMinder 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.