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Initialize Endpoint Accounts

Initialize Endpoint Accounts populates the user store endpoint account attribute, such as %ActiveDirectory%, for all users. No business logic will be applied, but new values will be audited by the Option Pack.

Note: This task can be time consuming, depending on the number of accounts and users.

Use this task in the following situations:

• You have acquired a new endpoint type using the Acquire Endpoint Types task.
• You have added or removed an attribute from the managed endpoint using the Acquire Endpoint Types task. For example, you need to manage the UNIX description for all accounts.
• You have added a new endpoint to the endpoint type. For example, a new domain in Active Directory.

To initialize an endpoint

1. Go to Option Pack, Account Management, Initialize Endpoint Accounts.
2. Provide the following parameters:
   • Initial Load Type

     Defines the mode to improve performance, as follows:

     Users—the endpoint initialization needs User/Account relationship information. In Users mode, it scans the provisioning global users list and detects the associated accounts for each user.

     Accounts—scans endpoint accounts and finds the associated user for each account.

     If you know that you have many users and almost all are being associated with accounts, select Users. If you have many users, but only few users own accounts on the selected endpoint type, select Accounts. If you are unsure, select Users as the default.

   • Clean

     Specifies whether the Option Pack data is deleted and then recreated from scratch. This option only deletes data on the selected endpoint and does not affect other endpoints or endpoint types.

     Note: Use this check box only when you want to delete the endpoint data in the user store. For example, if you have already loaded data into an endpoint and then decide to delete the endpoint, use the Clean check box to delete the original data and start again. This will not affect the endpoint data.

   • Recovery From a Previous Run

     Specifies whether data is recovered from a previous initialization. If the initialization process was prematurely stopped, you can start a new initialization and recover from the previous run. The new initialization starts from the last point of your previous run. Select the desired run from the drop-down box.

     Note: If you recover from a previous run, you are not able to select a different endpoint and endpoint type.

   • Identity Manager Domain Name

     Defines the Provisioning Server domain.

   • Administrator Name and Password

     Specifies the Provisioning Server administrator name (such as etaadmin) and password.

   • Endpoint Type

     Specifies the endpoint type, such as Active Directory or CA-ACF2.

   • Endpoint

     Specifies the system name where you want to get accounts from.

3. Click Submit.