Deactivate the Federation partnership using XPSExplorer .

Products

• CA Single Sign On Secure Proxy Server (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign On SOA Security Manager (SiteMinder)
• CA Single Sign-On

Issue/Introduction

How to deactivate the federation partnership using XPSExplorer?

Environment

SiteMinder 12.5, 12.51, 12.52.
All supported OS 

Resolution

For SAML 2.0 Partnerships, go to command prompt and run XPSExplorer.
1. PartnershipBase (It should be 56, but check to confirm)
2. s - Search objects (It lists all Partnership)
3. Identify the partnership that need to be deactivated and enter its corresponding number.
4. Enter W (Get writable copy)
5. Locate Status attribute (It should be 58, but check to confirm) and enter the selection
6. Enter ? to view the options:
Attr: Status [CA.FED::PartnershipBase.Status]
Desc:"Specifies the status of this partnership"
Type: Number {1}
------------------------------- Bits ------------------------------
1 - Defined = 2
2 - Inactive = 4
3 X Active = 3
4 - Incomplete = 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
(Currently the status is active)
7. To Deactivate - Enter 4.
8. Enter U to update
9. Quit XPSExplorer



For WSFED Partnerships, go to command prompt and run XPSExplorer.
1. WSFEDPartnershipBase (It should be 85, but check to confirm)
2. s - Search objects (It lists all WSFED Partnership)
3. Identify the partnership that need to be deactivated and enter its corresponding number.
4. Enter W (Get writable copy)
5. Locate Status attribute (It should be 58, but check to confirm) and enter the selection
6. Enter ? to view the options:
Attr: Status [CA.FED::WSFEDPartnershipBase.Status]
Desc:"Specifies the status of this partnership"
Type: Number {1}
------------------------------- Bits ------------------------------
1 - Defined = 2
2 - Inactive = 4
3 X Active = 3
4 - Incomplete = 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
(Currently the status is active)
7. To Deactivate - Enter 4.
8. Enter U to update
9. Quit to Main Menu
10. STSWebService (It should be 153, but check to confirm)
11. s - Search objects (It lists all Secure Token Service objects)
12. Identify the STS that need to be deactivated and enter its corresponding number.
13. Enter W (Get writable copy)
14. Locate IsEnabled attribute
15. Update from "True" to "False"
16. Enter U to update
17. Quit XPSExplorer