Making the Directory Service Schema Ready for Policy Management

Policy Server automatically generates LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) schema configuration files for the Active Directory (AD) directory services configured on the Core Server. They are customized for each AD directory service and can be used to update the directory schema to allow for HPCA policy management.

If you have schema update rights, you can import LDIF data from the configuration file into an AD directory service by executing the ldifde command which is available at the command prompt on the machine where AD is installed. The LDIF schema configuration files, which are input to this command, are stored in the <InstallDir>\PolicyServer\etc\ldif directory on the Core Server and on full-service Satellites Servers. You must copy the ldif file for the AD directory service whose schema you want to update to the machine where that AD directory service is installed. If you copy the file to the C:\Temp directory on the AD machine, and the file name is companyABC.ldif, the command line would be the following:

ldifde -i -f C:\Temp\companyABC.ldif

This command updates the AD schema with the schema changes present in the ldif file making the directory service ready for HPCA policy management.

If your external directory service is not AD, you must manually configure the necessary attributes and objects classes in the directory service schema to enable HPCA Policy Management. See the HP Client Automation Enterprise Policy Server Reference Guide for detailed information.


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