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Table 6‑1. Conflict Types
Conflict
Properties used to
compare Category
Objects Conflict Types
Conflicting
Properties Conflict Resolution Options
Role conflict
n
name: Name of the
category.
n
privilegeId: List of
privileges for the role.
RoleName conflict
occurs while
importing roles and a
role with the same
name exists in the
target
Platform Services
Controller but with
different privileges.
Properties that
can be conflicting
for RoleName
conflict type can
be Privileges.
n
COPY. A copy of the conflicting
role is created in the target
Platform Services Controller,
with –-copy appended to the
role name. The new role is
created with a new role ID with
the same set of privilege IDs.
The new role ID is updated in
the VPX_ACCESS table. The
new role ID is applicable for
both role name conflict and
role ID conflict.
Note
The default resolution option to
resolve Role conflicts is COPY.
n
MERGE.The MERGE option is
resolved in the following
sequence:
a If the source
Platform Services
Controller has a role with
the same name and
privilege list as a role in the
target
Platform Services
Controller, but the role IDs
are different, the role ID
from the target
Platform Services
Controller is used and
updated in the
VPX_ACCESS table.
b If the source
Platform Services
Controller has a role with
the same name as a role in
the target
Platform Services
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