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Record Service Names for OCI Namespace User Directories

At 5.x, Oracle policy and user stores could connect to the Policy Server using an ODBC or Oracle Call Interface (OCI) connection. In r6.0 SP6, OCI is no longer supported so these stores can only connect to the Policy Server using an ODBC data source with the Oracle wire protocol driver. However, the r6.0 SP6 Policy Server can use a 5.x OCI namespace user directory if the Policy Server is running in mixed mode, or if you upgrade an existing 5.x policy store.

The Policy Server communicates with a user directory defined in the 5.x policy store by transparently mapping the OCI namespace to ODBC. To establish this communication, create an ODBC data source on the r6.0 SP6 Policy Server’s machine.

To create this data source, locate the Oracle service name for the OCI namespace user directory, which is listed in the 5.x Policy Server User Interface. You can access this name by selecting the user directory’s properties.

More information:

Upgrade a 5.x Oracle Policy Store

Configure a Policy Server to Use a 5.x OCI NameSpace User Directory