Two directory servers can be configured for the deployment.
You can configure the Virtual Member Manager to use two separate directory servers to authenticate users that log in to Maximo® Asset Management. You might choose this approach if you already have more than one directory server in your environment, or if you do not want to include systems users such as wasadmin in your enterprise directory server. You can use any combination of supported directory servers: two instances of IBM® Tivoli® Directory Server, two instances of Microsoft Active Directory, or one of each.
The two directory servers must be defined in the same realm. There must not be any user name that appears in both directory servers. If, after performing this configuration, you create users using the WebSphere® interface, they will be defined in the first directory server that you configure the Virtual Member Manager to use.
The following procedure assumes that both directory servers have been installed. If you choose to have Maximo Asset Management configure a directory server during the installation process, then you can consider it your first directory server and configure the Virtual Member Manager to add a second directory server. If you are reusing existing directory servers, or if you have installed a new directory server but did not configure it using Maximo Asset Management installation program, then you must complete all the steps to configure both servers.
To use two separate directory servers to authenticate Maximo Asset Management users, you must configure the Virtual Member Manager to federate both directory servers, and you must configure cron tasks to synchronize the Maximo user directory with both directory servers. To accomplish these tasks, follow these steps: