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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Cognos Administration => Topic started by: Universe1418 on 18 Mar 2015 05:44:17 AM

Title: Cognos Access Manager migration (Sun One) to Active Directory LDS
Post by: Universe1418 on 18 Mar 2015 05:44:17 AM
Hi,

We are about to migrate from using Cognos Access Manager (Sun One) to Active Directory LDS, has anyone have experienced doing this migration in a automated way?

Appreciate any suggestions I can get from our Cognos Community!

Regards,
Universe
Title: Re: Cognos Access Manager migration to Active Directory LDS
Post by: MFGF on 18 Mar 2015 06:06:57 AM
Quote from: Universe1418 on 18 Mar 2015 05:44:17 AM
Hi,

We are about to migrate from using Cognos Access Manager to Active Directory LDS, has anyone have experienced doing this migration in a automated way?

Appreciate any suggestions I can get from our Cognos Community!

Regards,
Universe

Hi,

BSP have a tool that makes this process easy - SMSS http://www.bspsoftware.com/Products/MetaManager/SMSS

If you do this manually, you essentially need to redefine all your security again from scratch, since the CAMIDs in AD are completely different from the CAMIDs in Access Manager.

Cheers!

MF.
Title: Re: Cognos Access Manager migration (Sun One) to Active Directory LDS
Post by: Universe1418 on 18 Mar 2015 09:39:11 AM
Hi MF,

Would you know if there is a available tool which is free to use?

Regards,
Universe
Title: Re: Cognos Access Manager migration (Sun One) to Active Directory LDS
Post by: MFGF on 18 Mar 2015 09:44:01 AM
Quote from: Universe1418 on 18 Mar 2015 09:39:11 AM
Hi MF,

Would you know if there is a available tool which is free to use?

Regards,
Universe

Ha. Wouldn't that be nice! I suspect you might find such a tool in the mythical Ferrari showroom where Ferraris are free for all to drive away. :)

You have to evaluate the overall cost of the exercise - either in the time and effort it will take you and/or others to recreate your security, or in the money you will pay BSP for the work they have put into this tool to allow you to do the process quickly and easily.

Cheers!

MF.
Title: Re: Cognos Access Manager migration (Sun One) to Active Directory LDS
Post by: Universe1418 on 18 Mar 2015 11:00:54 PM
Haha, well you got a point! Will analyze first the situation on how we want to handle this migration. Thanks!