Virtual member manager can be configured to support various repositories.
Virtual member manager supports the following configurations:
- File only
- The file repository is the
only main repository. All profile data is stored in the file.
- DB only
- Database repository only. The database repository is the only main repository.
All profile data is stored in the virtual member manager database.
- LDAP only
- LDAP repository only. The LDAP repository is the only main repository.
All profile data is stored on LDAP server.
- LDAP plus property extension repository
- The LDAP repository plus property extension repository. The LDAP Repository
is the main profile repository. It stores properties passed to it by the LDAP
repository adapter. The rest of the properties are stored in the property
extension repository.
- Entry level join
- Multiple main profile repositories are configured to be used simultaneously.
The main profile repositories could be one database repository and one or
more LDAP repositories, or could be multiple LDAP directories alone without
any database repository. Examples are:
- DB + LDAP
- DB + LDAP (SunOne) + LDAP (Active Directory)
- LDAP (Domino®)
+ LDAP (IDS)
- Entry level join plus property level join
- The multiple main profile repositories are configured to be used simultaneously.
A main profile repository could be one database repository and one or more
LDAP directories. In addition, the property extension repository can be used
to store additional properties which cannot be stored in the main profile
repositories. Examples are :
- DB + LDAP + PE
- DB + LDAP + LDAP + PE
- File plus any of the specified configurations
- The file repository
can be configured to be used in addition to any of the other specified repository
configurations.