When you first try to import from an LDAP using this XMA, you may get duplicated objects. This is due to the way the XMA builds the LDAP queries that creates to perform object discovery: it will find the same object several times due to matching several object classes. You can fix it by tweaking the...

Along with the parameters available in the Configuration Guide, there are a few that are not documented but can be kind of useful: excludedTypes . Object types separated by comma. Provides a way to filter out certain object types in LDAP searches. This typically helps solving duplicated objects...

OpenLDAP XMA can run delta imports using a timestamp attribute you define or the changelog. The MA uses the attribute specified in “deltaAttribute” custom parameter in order to implement watermarks and detect object changes. You may experience a couple of issues using a delta attribute: If the attribute...

There is a great tool in MIIS 2003 Resource Kit 2.0 called FileViewer.exe. This tool provides a way to display or dump an entry or a range of entries from a file-based MA. This is specially useful when a particular object is generating some import/sync problems and you want to inspect the input file...

I was not able to find much guidance out there about the issues I found when attempting to use this great XMA, so I decided to write this post in case others find it useful. After installing OpenLDAP XMA ( http://openldap-xma.sourceforge.net ) MSI package, you will find a new MA available in ILM list...