Release notes IBM Security Verify Adapter v10.0.7 for SQL Server

IBM Security Adapter v10.0.7 for SQL Server is available. Compatibility, installation and other getting-started issues are addressed.

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Contents

·        Preface

·        Adapter Features and Purpose

·        License Agreement

·        Contents of this Release

·        Installation and Configuration Notes

·        Customizing or Extending Adapter Features

·        Supported Configurations

·        Notices

 

 

Preface

 

These Release Notes contain information for the following products that was not available when the IBM Security Verify Server manuals were printed:

 

·        SQL Server Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide

 

 

Adapter Features and Purpose

The SQL Server Adapter is designed to create and manage accounts on Microsoft SQL Server. The adapter runs in agentless mode and communicates using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Microsoft SQL Server APIs to the systems being managed.

 

IBM recommends the installation of this adapter in agentless mode. A single copy of the adapter can handle multiple IBM Security Verify Server Services. The deployment configuration is based, in part, on the topology of your network domain, but the primary factor is the planned structure of your IBM Security Verify Server Provisioning Policies and Approval Workflow process. Please refer to the IBM Knowledge Centre for a discussion of these topics.

 

The IBM Security Verify Server adapters are powerful tools that require Administrator Level authority. Adapters operate much like a human system administrator, creating accounts, permissions and home directories. Operations requested from the IBM Security Verify Server will fail if the adapter is not given sufficient authority to perform the requested task. IBM recommends that this adapter run with administrative (root) permissions.

 

Service Groups Management

The ability to manage service groups was a feature introduced prior to IBM Security Verify Server. By service groups, IBM Security Verify Server is referring to any logical entity that can group accounts together on the managed resource.

 

Managing service groups implies the following:

 

      Create service groups on the managed resource.

      Modify attribute of a service group.

      Delete a service group.

 

Note:  Service group name change is not supported in the IBM Security Verify Server release.

 

The SQL Server adapter does not support management of service groups.

 

License Agreement

         Review and agree to the terms of the IBM Security Verify Adapter 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

Build Date

2024-06-20 07:21:23 PDT

Adapter Version

10.0.7

Component Versions

Adapter 10.0.7

Profile 10.0.7

ADK 8.0.7

Documentation

Check the IBM Knowledge Centre

 for the following guide(s):

SQL Server Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide

 

New Features

  Internal#

Enhancement # (RFE)

Description

 

 

Items included in current release (10.0.7)

  Internal

This release includes ADK 8.0.7 with openSSL 3.1.6

 

 

Items included in current release (10.0.6)

  Internal

This release includes ADK 8.0.6 with openSSL 3.1.4

 

 

Items included in release (10.0.5)

  Internal

This release includes ADK 8.0.5 with openSSL 3.1.4

 

 

Items included in 10.0.4

  Internal

This release includes ADK 8.0.4 with openSSL 3.1.0

 

 

Items included in 10.0.3

  Internal

This release includes ADK 8.0.3 with openSSL 3.1.0

  Internal

Fixed issue with installer putting files in incorrect folder

 

 

Items included in 10.0.1

  Internal

This release includes ADK 7.0.9 will have openSSL 1.1.1k

 

 

Items included in release (7.1.18)

  RTC-186968

RFE 143184 (62143)

Enhance the SQL adapter for multi-thread functionality

 

RFE 118170 (53582)

ISIM SQL Adapter Recon Performance Issue

  RTC-187491

 

SQL Server adapter support for SQL Server 2019

 

 

Items included in release (7.1.17)

  RTC-183239

 

SQL Server ��� PSIRT: OpenSSL update to Windows ADK

 

 

Items included in release (7.1.16)

  RTC-181495

 

Attribute Values lookup Support -SQL Server Adapter

 

 

Items included in 7.1.15 version

  RTC-177539

 

As a developer of the SQL Server adapter, I need to use a newer OpenSSL version that addresses PSIRT advisories.

OpenSSL is upgraded from version 1.0.2n to 1.0.2p

 

 

Items included in 7.1.14 version

 

 

None

 

 

Items included in 7.1.13 version

  RTC-170891

 

US - As an SQL Server adapter developer, I need to address PSIRT advisories

 

 

Items included in 7.1.12 version

  RTC-154488

 

Support for FIPS compliant mode.

  RTC-163312

 

Add support for SSL enable/disable prompt.

 

 

Items included in 7.1.11 version

  RTC-154249

 

Add support for SQL server 2016.

 

 

Items included in 7.1.10 version

 

  RTC-151772

 

Add Support for Identity Governance and Intelligence (IGI) v5.2.2

This adapter is now designed for use with IBM Security Identity Manager,

Privileged Identity Manager, and Identity Governance and Intelligence.

 

 

Items included in 7.0.9 release

 

 

 

None

 

 

 

Items included in 7.0.8 release

 

 

79732 (39955)

 

 

Request for inclusion of user defined SQL server roles

-Reconciliation of user defined server roles and assigning user defined server roles to users

 

 

 

Items included in 7.0.7 release

 

 

 

Initial Release

Closed Issues

Internal#

APAR#

Case# / Description

 

 

Items closed in current release (10.0.4)

Bugz 4150

 

Installer fails to register agent as a service.

Default install path has a typo

 

 

Items closed in current release (10.0.1)

RTC 188091

Bug 3351

TS004254145

 IJ29410

Tables or columns in SQL Server to verify db role and db user info from recon

RTC 189277

Bug 3529

TS005548326

 

Question about ersql2000authmethod field on driver configuration setup on IGI/SVG

 

 

Items closed in release (7.1.18)

  Bug 3120

  RTC-185779

TS003143791

IJ22166

Question on MSSQL Connection string when selecting 'SQL Server Authentication'

 

 

Items closed in release (7.1.17)

 

 

None

 

 

Items closed in release (7.1.16)

 

 

None

 

 

Items closed in 7.1.15 version

 

 

None

 

 

Items closed in 7.1.14 version

RTC 176657

Bug 2571

 

US - As a SQL Server adapter developer I must ensure that the adapter supports SSL TLS v1.2 protocol between adapter and the SQL Server. (for SSL issues between IGI and adapter, refer to Known Issues)

 

 

Items closed in 7.1.13 version

 

 

None

 

 

 

Items closed in 7.1.12 version

 

 

None

 

 

 

Items closed in 7.1.11 version

RTC 158751

Bug 2305

 

 

 

PMR 34398,082,000/ SQL Adapter version incorrect.

 

 

Items closed in 7.1.10 version

 

 

 

None

 

 

Items closed in 7.0.9 version

 

RTC 147660

Bug 2108

 

PMR 01644,69G,760 / SQL Server adapter fails to change password if password contains single quote.

 

 

Items closed in 7.0.8 version

 

RTC 134196

Bug 1915

 

Unable to list all Server roles in the attribute ersql2000serverrole

 

 

 

Items closed in 7.0.7 version

 

 

 

 

Initial Version

 

 

 

Known Issues

Internal#

APAR#

Case# / Description

N/A

N/A

During installation of the adapter, the upgrade option has known issues and should not be used. use the full installation

N/A

N/A

Class 3 Certificates

Class 3 secure server CA-G2 certs are not written properly to DamlCACerts.pem file through CertTool.exe Utility. The certificate data is written twice between BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE.

 

Work around: To correct this issue, please follow the below steps and edit DamlCACerts.pem file present in <Adapter installation path>\data folder.

 

Step 1. Start the CertTool utility

 

Step 2. Import the class 3 CA certificate by using “F��� option from the main menu of CertTool Utility.

 

Step 3. Once the class 3 CA certificate is successfully installed, open DamlCACerts.pem file stored in the <Adapter installed path>\data folder using text editor.

 

Step 4. Delete the class 3 CA certificate data (i.e. content between BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE) from DamlCACerts.pem.

 

Step 5. Open class 3 CA certificate file using text editor and copy the certificate data (between the BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE)

 

Step 6. Paste the certificate data to DamlCACerts.pem file between the BEGIN CERTIFICATE and END CERTIFICATE lines of same class 3 CA Certificate. If more than one class 3 certificates are installed then you can identify the certificate using issuer and subject data.

 

Step 7. Save DamlCACerts.pem file.

 

Step 8. To verify the DamlCACerts.pem file is edited properly, display certificate information by using option from the main menu of CertTool Utility.

 

Please note that this issue is seen after installing class 3 CA certificate. If you correct the DamlCACerts.pem and then install another class 3 CA certificate, the newly installed class 3 CA certificate will show same issue.

 

This issue is also seen when you delete any certificate using option "G" from the main menu of CertTool utility. The delete option will affect all remaining class 3 CA certificate and you have to follow step 1 to 8 to correct the DamlCACerts.pem file.

N/A

N/A

Installation on the Microsoft Windows 2012 Server platform
Installation on the Microsoft Windows 2012 Server operating system platform is made possible through running the installation executable (setupwin32.exe) in Compatibility Mode, and with Administrator privileges only.

N/A

N/A

SSL between IGI and Adapter does not support TLSv1.2, as the DAML context property is not exposed through IGI VA link.

 

 

Installation and Configuration Notes

See the IBM Security Verify Server SQL Server Adapter Installation and Configuration Guide for detailed instructions.

 

Corrections to Installation Guide

The following is the correction to the Installation Guide apply to this release:

 

None

Configuration Notes

The following configuration notes apply to this release:

 

None. 

Customizing or Extending Adapter Features

The IBM Security Verify adapters can be customized and/or extended. The type and method of this customization may vary from adapter to adapter.

 

Getting Started

Customizing and extending adapters requires a number of additional skills. The developer must be familiar with the following concepts and skills prior to beginning the modifications:

 

·        LDAP schema management

·        Working knowledge of scripting language appropriate for the installation platform

·        Working knowledge of LDAP object classes and attributes

·        Working knowledge of XML document structure

 

Note:  This adapter supports customization only through the use of pre-Exec and post-Exec scripting.

 

IBM Security Identity Server Resources:

            Check the "Training" section of the IBM Knowledge Centre for links to training, publications, and demos.

IBM Security Directory Integrator Resources:

            Check the "Training" section of the  IBM Security Directory Integrator Support web site for links to training, publications, and demos.

 

Support for Customized Adapters

The integration to the IBM Security Verify Server the adapter framework is supported. However, IBM does not support the customizations, scripts, or other modifications. If you experience a problem with a customized adapter, IBM Support may require the problem to be demonstrated on the GA version of the adapter before a PMR is opened.

 

Supported Configurations

Installation Platform

The IBM Security Verify Adapter was built and tested on the following product versions.

 

Adapter Installation Platform:

Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 11

             Microsoft Windows 2019

Microsoft Windows 2022

 

 

Managed Resource:

Microsoft SQL Server 2016

Microsoft SQL Server 2019

 

 -- with -- respective Microsoft SQL Server Client software versions 2016 and 2019

 

           

 

Clients:

IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager  v10.0

IBM Security Verify Governance  v10.0

IBM Security Identity Manager  v7.0.x

IBM Security Identity Manager  v6.0.x

IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence v5.2.x

 

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