Release Notes

IBM® Security Verify Governance SAP ARCS Agent

Released March 30, 2023

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Contents

Preface

Adapter Features and Purpose

License Agreement

Contents of this Release

Adapter Version

New Features

Closed Issues

Known Limitations

Installation and Configuration Notes

Corrections and/or additions to the online documentation

Upgrading to the current release

Starting and stopping the adapter

Customizing or Extending the ARCS agent

Resources

Supported Configurations

Installation Platform

Trademarks

Preface

Welcome to the IBM Security Verify Governance SAP ARCS Agent.


These Release Notes contain information for the SAP ARCS Agent version 5.2 release for IBM Security Verify Governance version 10.0.1 Fix Pack 4.

Adapter Features and Purpose

The SAP ARCS adapter agent is a specialized module of the IBM® Security Verify Governance platform, integrated with the Access Risk Compliance Control for SAP (ARCS) module.

The SAP ARCS adapter agent must be installed on the SAP side and is interrogated by the ARCS module to download specific data sets from the SAP server.

License Agreement

Review and agree to the terms of the IBM Security Verify Governance product license prior to using this product. The license can be viewed from the "license" folder included in the product package.

Contents of this Release

Adapter Version

Component

Version

Release Date

March 30, 2023

Adapter Version

5.2

Component Versions

NA

Documentation

Please check out the latest documentation here:

· Introduction to SAP ARCS Agent

· ISVG-SAP: Technical Overview

New Features

Internal #

IDEA/CASE#

Description

   

Items included in current release

IT-8605

IGI-218

Deliver the SAP ARCS Agent as part of the Application Adapter eAssembly for IBM Security Verify Governance version 10.0.1 Fix Pack 4

Closed Issues

NOTE: Being the initial release of the SAP ARCS Agent, there are no open issues to be closed.

Internal #

Issue/CASE#

Description

   

Items closed in current release

   

Not Applicable

     

Known Limitations

NOTE: There are no known issues or limitations in this release of SAP ARCS Agent.

Internal #

Issue/CASE#

PMR # / Description

   

Not Applicable

     
     
     

Installation and Configuration Notes

For detailed information about the SAP ARCS Agent installation and configuration, see the Installation procedure section in the IBM online documentation.

Corrections and/or additions to the online documentation

Chapter 1: Overview

No updates for the current release

Chapter 2: Planning

Perform the following steps:

  1. Go to the following IBM Support page to see the part number for the SAP ARCS Agent:
    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-security-verify-governance-adapters-v10x
  2. Note down the Part Number for IBM Security Verify Governance ARCS Agent Adapter.
  3. Next, go to the IBM Passport Advantage site:
    https://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/pacustomers.html
  4. Use the Part Number that you had noted down and download the SAP ARCS Agent package.

Chapter 3: Installing

No updates for the current release

Chapter 4: Upgrading

No updates for the current release

Chapter 5: Configuring

No updates for the current release

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting

No updates for the current release

Chapter 7: Reference

No updates for the current release

Upgrading to the current release

Upgrading to the current release of adapter requires a full install of the SAP ARCS Agent.

Starting and stopping the adapter

Before you start the agent, ensure that TCP/IP is active.

Customizing or Extending the ARCS agent

No updates for the current release

Resources

Please check out the latest details on the IBM Security Verify Governance online documentation.

Select the latest server release to navigate to the latest version of the documentation.

Supported Configurations

Installation Platform

As part of this release, the SAP ARCS Agent has been tested using the following platform:

Managed Resource: SAP S/4HANA

IBM Security Verify Governance: IBM Security Verify Governance v10.0.1 Fix Pack 4

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