psdi.security.ldap.ads

Class ActiveDirectorySynchronizer

java.lang.Object

psdi.security.ldap.LdapSynchronizer

psdi.security.ldap.AbstractLdapSynchronizer

psdi.security.ldap.ads.ActiveDirectorySynchronizer

public class ActiveDirectorySynchronizer
extends AbstractLdapSynchronizer

This class synchronizes the required data from Microsoft Active Directory LDAP server to MAXIMO Database tables. The Synchronization process is one way only i.e from Active Directory to MAXIMO. Any changes made to the MAXIMO tables in this process by external means will be overwritten when this synchronizer runs depending on the changes that are made to the same data in Active Directory. Any data that's not coming from Active Directory, i.e default data that's not available in Active Directory will not be overwritten when data is updated in MAXIMO tables. This Synchronizer uses a special Global Catalog provided by Active Directory to speed up the search operations. The Global Catalog is maintained by Active Directory and provides access to only a set of attributes that are most commonly used by external applications. Active Directory replicates all the changes made to the directory to the Global Catalog. The Global catalog contains data about all the domains and subdomains of a primary domain and would be the recommended choice for search operations, as the search does not have to go through various referrals. Always make sure that the attributes that are involved in the synchronization process are available in the Global Catalog. If the attribute you are looking for is not available in the Global Catalog, but you want to synchronize it to the MAXIMO tables, then you must add the attribute to the Global Catalog using Active Directory administrative tools.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	DNSHOSTNAME DNS host name that identifies the host name of the machine where Active Directory is present.
static java.lang.String	DSSERVICENAME A Service name maintained by Active Directory.
static java.lang.String	HIGHESTCOMMITTEDUSN Highest Committed USN, is an integer managed by Active Directory which is used to indicate the changes performed in the entire directory domain.
static java.lang.String	INVOCATIONID An invocation identifier maintained by Active Directory that indicates unique directory.

Fields inherited from class psdi.security.ldap.AbstractLdapSynchronizer

GROUP_SEARCH_PAGE_SIZE, USER_SEARCH_PAGE_SIZE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ActiveDirectorySynchronizer()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class psdi.security.ldap.AbstractLdapSynchronizer

getLDAPSyncListener, getSynchronizerSettings, getSyncParameters, init, isFullSyncNeeded, isSyncNeeded, performSync, setLDAPSyncListener, setOwner

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

HIGHESTCOMMITTEDUSN

public static final java.lang.String HIGHESTCOMMITTEDUSN

Highest Committed USN, is an integer managed by Active Directory which is used to indicate the changes performed in the entire directory domain. Active Directory maintains a number with every object in the directory, which gets incremented when changes are made to an object. This Highest Committed USN number indicates the highest number assigned to any object for the changes. This number is used in incremental synchronization to get the changed objects since the last synchronization operation.

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Constant Field Values

DNSHOSTNAME

public static final java.lang.String DNSHOSTNAME

DNS host name that identifies the host name of the machine where Active Directory is present.

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Constant Field Values

INVOCATIONID

public static final java.lang.String INVOCATIONID

An invocation identifier maintained by Active Directory that indicates unique directory. This identifier would change in certain situations and is used to detect whether a full synchronization is needed or not.

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Constant Field Values

DSSERVICENAME

public static final java.lang.String DSSERVICENAME

A Service name maintained by Active Directory.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ActiveDirectorySynchronizer

public ActiveDirectorySynchronizer()