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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.

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, your administrator account requires XPSConfig privileges.

XPSEvaluate

Evaluates expressions and lets you test performance.

Note: To use XPSEvaluate, your administrator account requires XPSEvaluate privileges.

XPSExplorer

Manages policy data including vendors, products, and applications.

Note: To use XPSExplorer, your administrator account requires XPSExplorer privileges.

XPSExport

Exports data from a policy store.

XPSImport

Imports data to a policy 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 Support to siteminder_home\bin.

siteminder_home

Specifies the Policy Server installation path.

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

Note: To use XPSSecurity, your administrator account requires XPSSecurity privileges.

XPSSweeper

Synchronizes XPS and SiteMinder policy stores.

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

Windows 2008 Policy Server Tools Requirement

If you are running a SiteMinder utility or executable on Windows Server 2008, be sure to open the command–line window with Administrator permissions, even if you are logged into the system as an Administrator. For more information, see the release notes for your SiteMinder component.