Re: Replication of EIM in a High Availability Environment

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark's last comment is a gold mine:   Also ask your "HA" vendor support
about this topic.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM Mark Waterbury via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Joseph,
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> Try these IBM web pages:
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> https://www.ibm.com/docs/sk/i/7.4.0?topic=i-backup-recovery-considerations-eim
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> https://community.ibm.com/community/user/discussion/backing-up-and-recovering-of-eim-data
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>     https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ldap-replication-emphasis-eim-data
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> Also ask your "HA" vendor support about this topic.
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> All the best,
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> Mark S. Waterbury
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> On Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:13:39 AM EST, Sizer, Joseph via
> MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> We have recently implemented a high availability software solution.  On
> the current production system, we have implemented single sign-on by using
> IBM i  Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) solution.  The HA software
> solution does not address EIM data.  Other than manually entering source
> and target information into both systems, is anyone aware of a process that
> would replicate EIM data between a source and target IBM i system?  In a
> role-swap scenario, end users should be able to access the target system as
> they would the source system by not having to enter a password.
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> Understanding that there may be some issues with EIM under User Registries
> and LDAP, I am just attempting to determine if this is feasible or should
> be managed manually through IBM Navigator for i.
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> Joe Sizer
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