Corporation Network Router User Manual

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Using the User Migration Utility
This chapter describes the User Migration Utility, which can be used to perform
bulk migrations of database users to an LDAP directory where they are stored and
managed as enterprise users. It contains the following topics:
■ Benefits of Migrating Local or External Users to Enterprise Users
■ Introduction to the User Migration Utility
■ Prerequisites for Performing Migration
■ User Migration Utility Command Line Syntax
■ Accessing Help for the User Migration Utility
■ User Migration Utility Parameters
■ User Migration Utility Usage Examples
■ Troubleshooting Using the User Migration Utility
Benefits of Migrating Local or External Users to Enterprise Users
Migrating from a database user model to an enterprise user model provides
solutions to administrative, security, and usability challenges in an enterprise
environment. In an enterprise user model, all user information is moved to an
LDAP directory service.
Enterprise user security provides the ability to easily and securely manage
enterprise-wide users by providing the following benefits:
■ Centralized storage of user credentials, roles, and privileges in an LDAP
version 3-compliant directory server