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Wiki Page: How To: Password Synchronization with PCNS using a one way external/forest trust with Selective Authentication

Jssting

How To This article will show how passwords synchronization can be setup between two forests utilizing a one way trust with selective authentication. I have been receiving a lot of requests from clients who want to use PCNS to synchronize passwords between two forests using selective authentication...

on21 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: FIM 2010 R2: How to Manage Group Membership from the User UI

Naomi N

Table of Contents Introduction Prerequisites Create Attributes and Bindings Modify the Resource Control Display Configuration XML file Create the sets Create the workflows Create the MPR’s Modify default Sets Testing Notes and modifications Introduction As everybody knows FIM has great capabilities...

on18 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: FIM Troubleshooting: CM Upgrade Fails exception executing SQL statement

Steve Light - MSFT

Table of Contents ISSUE: Findings Resolution Details ISSUE: Installing a FIM CM R2 patch fails with the following dialog. --------------------------- FIM Certificate Management --------------------------- FIM CM Database upgrade failed with the following exception...

on17 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: How-to Install FIM 2010 R2 SP1 on Windows Server 2012, SCSM 2012, SQL 2012 and SharePoint 2013.

Richard Mueller

In the article I’m testing installing FIM 2010 R2 SP1 on Windows 2012 SCSM 2012 and SharePoint 2013. I’ve got three servers see below of what roles I’ve installed on each server. I’m just going through the installation to see if there is any gotchas. I’m not going in detail of configuration for...

on13 Sep 2013
Wiki Page: FIM 2010 R2: How to Bulk Import Attributes Flow Rules into a Synchronization Rule in the Portal

Ed Price - MSFT

Table of Contents Overview Pre-requisites Create Synchronization Rules in the Portal Create Powershell scripts Configure attribute flows in Excel Using the powershell scripts Items to Note Overview I had to create 6 Sync rules each one with 100+ attribute flows. It would take me at least 2...

on30 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: [REFERENCE] FIM Reporting Resource Wiki

Maheshkumar S Tiwari

Table of Contents TEST LAB INSTALLATION TECHNICAL LIBRARY TROUBLESHOOTING BLOGS TEST LAB Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2 Reporting INSTALLATION Installing FIM 2010 R2 Reporting Post Installation and Configuration Deployment Guide for FIM 2010 R2 –Reporting...

on30 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: [Reference:] Refreshing the Interfaces of an ECMA 2.0-based Version of the Lotus Domino Connector

Tim Macaulay

Consider the Following: You have exported the server configuration of your FIM Synchronization server in order to install a new one. Upon importing the old server configuration you are notified that you must refresh the interface of your Lotus Domino Connector. In the event that you have true...

on13 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: Troubleshooting FIM Sync EventID 6313: Unable to Load Performance Counters for Management Agent

Peter Geelen - MSFT

Symptoms Errors in the application event log stating that the performance counters for a given management agent were unable to load. Event ID: 6313 Task Category: Server Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: FIMSync Description: The server encountered an unexpected...

on13 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: FIM Portal - unable to process your request error

Steve Light - MSFT

ISSUE Non-administrators fail to access the FIM portal. Adding the user to the Administrators set allows access. The typical error message displayed is “ unable to process your request. ” Configuring detailed error messages in the portal garnered an “ Index was out of range. Must be non-negative...

on5 Aug 2013
Wiki Page: FIM 2010 (and R2) and FIM 2010 Certificate Management Test Labs

Peter Geelen - MSFT

Table of Contents Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Test Lab Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Test Lab Managing User Identities with Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management Test Lab Share Your Experiences See Also Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 Test...

on29 Jul 2013
Wiki Page: [Reference] FIM Portal, FIM Password Registration Portal, and FIM Password Reset Portal Software Requirements

Tim Macaulay

We have seen quite a few Self-Service Password Reset, and Self-Service Password Registration Portal for FIM 2010 R2 cases recently. In troubleshooting them, we have found that there are some configuration settings missed. Here are the Software and Hardware requirements for the Self-Service Password...

on4 Jul 2013
Wiki Page: [Troubleshooting] "Unable to Retrieve Configuration Parameters" When Configuring a Web Service Management Agent in FIM 2010

J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT]

When trying to configure a Web services connector management agent in Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM 2010) you receive the following error message: Synchronization Service Manager Unable to retrieve configuration parameters from the extension: The extension could not be loaded In this...

on4 Jun 2013
Wiki Page: FIM Troubleshooting: Synchronization Console Hangs When Modifying a Lotus Notes Management Agent

Peter Geelen - MSFT

Issue: While modifying an existing Lotus Notes MA, it does not appear that the Notes MA is communicating with the Notes client. Creation of the MA is not a problem, just modifying it after creation. Work around A work around for this unusual behavior is below: Create and configure...

on17 May 2013
Wiki Page: Pre-Import Filtering of AD objects in FIM 2010 R2

Yagmoth555

Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 (as well as 2010 hotfix 4.0.3594.2 - see kb2520954 ) has a new feature available for the Active Directory Domain Service (ADDS) MA that allows you to pre-filter objects imported from AD. Currently, when you configure a Connector Filter in the ADDS MA properties...

on9 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: Unable to Load Performance Counters for a Given MA

Richard Mueller

My name is Walt Whitman and I am a Sr. Support Escalation Engineer on the FIM Team. Many times when looking at customer's servers, I have noticed that errors in the application event log stating that the performance counters for a given management agent were unable to load. Until today...

on7 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: FIM: Full Import on a SAP Web Services Management Agent Fails

Richard Mueller

I worked a case recently that was a very easy fix if I knew what I were looking for. The customer was using the Web Services Connector Application to connect to an SAP server. We determined over a period of time that while the imports were running, they were not completing. Further troubleshooting...

on4 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: Unable to Create an Oracle MA Utilizing the 11g Client

Richard Mueller

Recently one of the Forefront Identity Manager Engineers, Michael Smith ran across an issue with an Oracle MA. It was determined that the root cause of the issue was an issue with the 11g client itself. More information on the Oracle side of the issue can be found here . After creating the...

on2 Apr 2013
Wiki Page: Troubleshooting FIM: Synchronization Service setup is having trouble contacting SQL server

Peter Geelen - MSFT

Table of Contents Case description Error Message Troubleshooting Steps Verify SQL Connectivity Verify SQL security SQL Server configuration FIM Server side Configuration Setup SQL Client Background info Downloads See also Case description When you install the FIM Synchronization service (FIM R2...

on28 Mar 2013
Wiki Page: FIM 2010 R2

Peter Geelen - MSFT

Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 R2 includes new and updated features: Historical reporting using integration to the System Center Service Manager data warehouse Web-based Self-Service Password Reset Scale and performance improvements Outlook® 2010 support for the FIM add-ins...

on19 Mar 2013
Wiki Page: FIM Troubleshooting: FIM Service Start-up Timeout

Tim Macaulay

In some cases the FIM service fails to start. The error presented to the user may state the need to " verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services ." The actual cause of the start up failure is a timeout. The service fails to start within the default timeout threshold...

on14 Jan 2013
Wiki Page: Troubleshooting FIM R2: "Stopped-Server" Error on the FIM Service Management Agent

Markus Vilcinskas

Table of Contents Symptoms Cause Resolution See Also Symptoms On a computer running the FIM 2010 R2 synchronization service, an import or export run profile run of the FIM service management agent completes with a " stopped-server " error: Cause There are various reasons...

on5 Nov 2012
Wiki Page: FIM Troubleshooting: Service 'Forefront Identity Manager Service' (FIMService) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services

Steve Light - MSFT

Upgrading from FIM 2010 to FIM 2010 R2 may encounter a problem upgrading the FIM Service. The FIM Service upgrade fails with a " Service 'Forefront Identity Manager Service' (FIMService) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services " error. ...

on10 Oct 2012
Wiki Page: Automate FIM Synchronization Service Server Backup

ArifMustafa

I have a requirement for automation of FIM synchronization Service Back-up. I need to back-up the FIM synchronization server configuration, Back-up Management Agents and FIM Database Synchronization, which is stored locally. Please suggest! Thanks Steve

on26 Sep 2012
Wiki Page: FIM 2010 R2: Kerberos Authentication Setup

Richard Mueller

One of the new features in FIM 2010 R2 (currently BETA) is the addition of the extranet scenario for the SSPR (Self Service Password Reset). This feature comes with additional IIS websites and thus authentication configuration to perform. The goal of this article is to explain which SPN’s (Service...

on16 Aug 2012