Validator for Identity Manager
Save Time, Improve Quality and Reduce Deployment Costs
What is Validator for Identity Manager?
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Tool created by NetIQ’s Consulting Custom Development
Team to improve the quality and efficiency of Identity
Manager deployments
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Tool designed to efficiently write tests to validate the
design and configuration of new drivers or modified drivers
prior to production deployment
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Unit testing
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Integration testing
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Tests all the components together as an integrated system – verifies that all the
parts are working together as intended
Regression testing
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Isolated testing of a single component of the system (a single driver) – verifies
that the single component is working as designed
Tests the system to verify that the newly added or updated components work
as designed in the existing system without introducing unintended problems
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What Does Validator for IDM Do?
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Manual testing can be tedious and time consuming
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Verifying individual actions performed by IDM drivers (create,
delete, modify, move, etc.)
Validator for Identity Manager can automate the
verification of the actions of a single IDM driver or
multiple drivers across your entire IDM system
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Tests can be run one at a time or in a batch
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Validator for Identity Manager makes it easy to create the
tests
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Tests can be saved and are reusable
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Tests can be easily modified and repurposed
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How Will Validator Help Me?
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Saves Time
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Automated testing using Validator for Identity Manager
eliminates time consuming manual testing steps
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Once test is defined, it can be run with a single click and you
can also run multiple automated tests
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Automation of the testing process will speed up the overall
deployment time of the Identity Manager project
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Building automated tests also eliminates human error in manual testing
Better time-to-value on new deployments and less disruption and quicker
time-to-value on updates and adding drivers
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How Will Validator Help Me?
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Improves Quality
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Validator for Identity Manager’s ease of use simplifies testing
making it easier to do better and more extensive testing
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Updating your Identity Management system by adding new
drivers or modifying existing drivers shouldn’t break things
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Manual testing can be tedious, and in an effort to get up and running
faster, lack of proper testing and validation may compromise a successful
outcome
Unit, integration, and regression testing allows you to verify that upgrades
and changes add the desired value without setbacks in your current
environment
IDM environments can be complex – proper testing will
eliminate operational risks
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How Will Validator Help Me?
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Reduce Deployment Cost
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Identity Manager deployments can be complex – any method
that can increase time-to-value will reduce the overall cost
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Automation of the testing processes requires less resources
than tedious manual processes
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In addition to getting your new IDM system or changes to your IDM system
up and running faster – it will be fully tested and more reliable
Frees up some of your IDM personnel to do other tasks
Successful, timely delivery of your Identity Manager project
allows you to meet ROI objectives and management
expectations
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How Can I Get Validator for IDM?
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Validator for Identity Manager is sold on an annual
subscription basis
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Up to 5 connectors
$10k / year
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6-10 connectors
$15k / year
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Unlimited connectors
$25k / year
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A subscription is required for each server running
Validator for Identity Manager
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A one to two week consulting engagement is
encouraged with each sale to provide IT staff with
training around creating and running tests and a
knowledge transfer of how Validator for Identity
Manager can improve their quality and efficiency
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Technical Specifications
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Validator for Identity Manager runs on Windows, Linux
or OSX
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Validator works with the following IDM drivers:
- AD
- eDir
- HTTP
- Scripting
- JDBC
- LDAP
- Oracle
- MS SQL, MySQL
- Delimited Text
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Partial automation for SAP driver, PS driver and JMS
driver (more functionality can be developed later)
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Validator Resources
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Product Demo
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Download Trial Software
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Validator for Identity Manager 1.0
Validator for Identity Manager Trial Software
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This document could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are
periodically made to the information herein. These changes may be incorporated in new
editions of this document. NetIQ Corporation may make improvements in or changes to the
software described in this document at any time.
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