If you upgraded from VMware Identity Manager 3.3.1 or 3.3.2 to 3.3.3, and you have a directory of type Active Directory over IWA or the Kerberos authentication adapter configured on the embedded connector, you must migrate from the embedded connector to the external VMware Identity Manager 3.3.3 Windows connector.
During the VMware Identity Manager service upgrade to 3.3.3, a script runs automatically and saves the embedded connector’s configuration information to a file named cluster-hostname-conn-timestamp.enc file in the /root directory. You use this file to migrate the embedded connector configuration to the new, external Windows connector.
To install the external connector, you require a Windows server that meets all requirements.
Prerequisites
- If you have configured any authentication methods on the embedded connector in addition to password authentication, make a note of the authentication adapter configurations. During connector migration, only the Password authentication adapter is migrated. After you migrate to the new, external Windows connector, you must reconfigure the other authentication adapters.
- Prepare a Windows server for the new external connector. See System Requirements for VMware Identity Manager Connector (Windows) in Installing and Configuring VMware Identity Manager Connector 2018.8.1.0 (Windows).
- Download the VMware Identity Manager Connector 3.3.3 (Windows) installer from the VMware Identity Manager 3.3.3 Download page on My VMware to the Windows server.