How to Determine version of Directory Server hosting Siteminder Store

Products

• SITEMINDER

Issue/Introduction

Siteminder r12.8.x supports Symantec Directory 14.0 & 4.1.x for the following data stores:

• Policy Store
• Session Store
• User Store
• Basic Password Services
• AdminUI External Administrator Store

At times it may be necessary to verify the version of Symantec Directory hosting one of these stores.

Environment

[Siteminder]

Policy Server: r12.8.x and 12.9 release (Applicable to all the supported releases)
Policy Server OS: Any

[Symantec Directory Server]

DxServer: 14.x
Directory Server OS: Any

Cause

Sometimes It is required to make sure that a feature is compatible with the version that the end user is using and may be required to make sure that the version is not End of Support (EOS) or needs to be updated.

Resolution

There are a few ways to verify the version of Symantec Directory that a store is hosted on.

- OPTION #1:  DxServer

This option needs to be run locally or through a remote terminal or RDP session.

WINDOWS

1) Logon to the server where Symantec Directory is installed

2) open 'cmd.exe' with elevated privileges (run as administrator)

3) run the following command:

dxserver version

- Output example for reference:

dxserver 14.1.03 (build 16992) Windows_NT 64-Bit

LINUX

1) Logon to the server where Symantec Directory is installed

2) Run the following command:

dxserver version

- Output example for reference:

# dxserver version
dxserver 14.1.01 (build 16107) Linux 64-Bit

 

- OPTION #2:  LdapSearch

This option can be run remotely, such as from the Siteminder Policy Server.

Execute the following LDAP Search:

ldapsearch -h <hostname> -p <portnumber> -s base -b "" objectclass="*" dxServerVersion

Additional Information

ldapsearch

dxserver version