Lab A: Creating and Configuring a Management Agent Objectives After completing this lab, you will be able to: ! Create a management agent. ! Operate a management agent. ! View the operator’s log. ! Import the organizing structure into the metadirectory. ! Modify the organizing structure. ! Import entries into the organizing structure. Lab Setup To complete this lab, you need the following: ! MMS Server installed and running. ! MMS Compass configured to connect to your MMS server. Estimated time to complete this lab: 15 minutes 2 Lab A: Creating and Configuring a Management Agent BETA MATERIALS FOR MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TRAINER PREPARATION PURPOSES ONLY Exercise 1 Creating an HR Management Agent In this exercise, you will use MMS Compass to create and configure the HR tutorial management agent. Scenario Your organization's human resources (HR) database system has been identified as the best data source candidate for the first connected directory. You need to import the information from the database into the metadirectory. Tasks Detailed Steps 1. Log on to Windows 2000, start MMS Compass, and then log on to your MMS server. a. Log on to Windows 2000 as Administrator with a password of password. b. Start MMS Compass, and then log on to your MMS server as mmsadmin@nwtraders.msft with a password of password. 2. Create an instance of the HR tutorial management agent called HR MA. a. In the control pane of MMS Compass, click Bookmarks, click Management Agents, and then click Create New Management Agent. b. In the Create Management Agent dialog box, in the Name of the Management Agent box, type HR MA c. In the Type of the Management Agent box, click Tutorial HR (LDIF) Management Agent, and then click Create. The Configure the Management Agent dialog box appears. 3. Configure HR MA to place metaverse namespace data under the following location: ou=metaverse,dc=domain,d c=nwtraders,dc=msft (where domain is your domain name) d. In the Configure the Management Agent dialog box, on the Connected Directory Specifics tab, on the Mode and Namespace Management tab, before the existing text, in the Metaverse location box, type ou=metaverse, (including the comma and no spaces) resulting in ou=metaverse,dc=domain,dc=nwtraders,dc=msft (where domain is your domain name), and then click OK. Note: Adding “ou=metaverse,” to the metaverse location makes it easier to differentiate between metaverse namespace and connector namespace changes. Lab A: Creating and Configuring a Management Agent 3 BETA MATERIALS FOR MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TRAINER PREPARATION PURPOSES ONLY Exercise 2 Operating the HR Management Agent In this exercise, you will operate the HR management agent to populate the metaverse with the organizational structure. You will change the name of the MoneyDept organizational unit to Accounting. After modifying the organizational structure, you will import the employee information from the HR database into the structure. Scenario Your organization's human resources database system has been identified as the best data source candidate to begin to build an integrated metadirectory. The HR management agent has already been created. The information from the database needs to be imported into the metadirectory. In addition, the organizing structure needs to be modified to accommodate all the accounting departments in your organization. Tasks Detailed Steps 1. Operate the HR MA and populate the metadirectory with the organizational structure from the HR database. Review the management agent logs during the process. a. In the directory pane of MMS Compass, click HR MA, and then in the control pane, click Operate MA. b. In the Operate the Management Agent dialog box, on the Operational Settings tab, on the When Running the Management Agent tab, under Types of Objects to Process, clear the Process Users checkbox, ensuring that only the Process Organizing Structure checkbox is checked. c. On the Management Agent Logs tab, display the Operator’s Log tab. d. Click Run the Management Agent. The Operator's Log displays the results of the discovery and of the update of the metadirectory. How many entries were processed? How many records were added to the metadirectory? Five entries were processed. Ten entries were added to the metadirectory—five to the connector namespace and five to the metaverse namespace. 1. (continued) e. Click OK to close the Operate the Management Agent dialog box. 2. Rename the MoneyDept entry in the metaverse namespace to Accounting. a. In the directory pane, expand HR MA. Note: The oval icon next to each entry indicates that it is a connector namespace entry with a corresponding metaverse namespace entry. 4 Lab A: Creating and Configuring a Management Agent BETA MATERIALS FOR MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TRAINER PREPARATION PURPOSES ONLY Tasks Detailed Steps 2. (continued) b. At the top of the directory pane, click The Known Universe, and then in the directory pane, navigate to the entry for metaverse. c. Expand metaverse, and then verify that the icons next to the entries are not the oval connector namespace icons. These are the metaverse namespace entries. d. Under metaverse, right-click MoneyDept, and then click Rename. e. Type Accounting and then press ENTER to rename the entry to Accounting. f. At the top of the directory pane, click server (where server is your computer name). g. In the directory pane, right-click HR MA, point to Refresh, and then click Current View. Has the MoneyDept entry in the connector namespace been renamed? Why or why not? No, the MoneyDept entry in the connector namespace has not been renamed because it has not been changed in the connected directory. 2. (continued) h. Click MoneyDept, and then in the control pane, click Properties. i. In the Connector dialog box, verify that this connector namespace entry is associated with the Accounting entry in the metaverse namespace, and then click OK. 3. Populate the Metadirectory with the HR employee information and then review the entries in the metadirectory a. In the directory pane, click HR MA, and then in the control pane, click Operate MA. b. In the Operate the Management Agent dialog box, on the Operational Settings tab, on the When Running the Management Agent tab, under Types of Objects to Process, select the Process Users checkbox, and then clear the Process Organizing Structure checkbox. c. On the Management Agent Logs tab, display the Operator’s Log tab. d. Click Run the Management Agent. The Operator's Log displays entries being added to both the connector namespace and the metaverse namespace. Note: As names are being added, the Accounting organizational unit is specified for the metaverse namespace entries and the MoneyDept organizational unit is specified for connector namespace entries. Lab A: Creating and Configuring a Management Agent 5 BETA MATERIALS FOR MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TRAINER PREPARATION PURPOSES ONLY Tasks Detailed Steps 3. (continued) e. After the Operator's Log indicates that the process is complete, click OK to close the Operate the Management Agent dialog box, and then review the entries that have been added to the metaverse namespace and the connector namespace. 4. Close MMS Compass, and then log off of Windows 2000. a. Close MMS Compass, and then close any open windows. b. Log off of Windows 2000. . Lab A: Creating and Configuring a Management Agent Objectives After completing this lab, you will be able to: ! Create a management agent. . location makes it easier to differentiate between metaverse namespace and connector namespace changes. Lab A: Creating and Configuring a Management Agent