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BPT limitations

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Invoking a help command in the BPT

Attention: The BPT Help function only contains the syntax of the BPT (OPI) provisioning methods and associated file contents. For more information about the parameters available for each OPI provisioning method, see AS 5300 Provisioning Client Help, NN42040-502.

BPT limitations

The following sections describe certain limitations that you must be aware of when using the Bulk Provisioning Tool.

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•"BPT mapping to the Provisioning Client" (page 25)

•"Batch processing" (page 26)

•"Resource use" (page 26)

•"Provisioning data visibility" (page 27)

BPT mapping to the Provisioning Client

There is not a one-to-one mapping between BPT provisioning methods and Provisioning Client screens. Most, but not all, individual BPT provisioning methods map to a provisioning screen in the Provisioning Client.

Nortel AS 5300

Nortel Application Server 5300 Application Programming Interfaces Reference

NN42040-110 01.01 Standard

11 June 2008

Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks

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Nortel Networks AS 5300 manual BPT limitations, BPT mapping to the Provisioning Client, Navigation

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Interfaces Reference Nortel Application Server Application ProgrammingNN42040-110 Nortel ASDocument release date 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel Networks Nortel AS Release Publication NN42040-110 Document status StandardAll Rights Reserved Sourced in Canada LEGAL NOTICE All other trademarks are the property of their respective ownersUsing the Bulk Provisioning Tool ContentsUsing the Open Provisioning Interface New in this releaseStarting the Bulk Provisioning Tool Accessing the OPI Java docsCreating Open Provisioning Interface clients Importing a CA Certificate into the BPTOther changes New in this releaseRevision history Nortel ASNortel AS 6 New in this releaseNN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel NetworksUsing the Open Provisioning Interface page Using the Bulk Provisioning Tool pageAccessing the OPI Java docs page IntroductionNortel AS 8 IntroductionNN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel NetworksOpen Provisioning Interface fundamentals Application Programming Interface fundamentalsOpen Provisioning Interface fundamentals page Bulk Provisioning Tool fundamentals pageBulk Provisioning Tool fundamentals Why use the Bulk Provisioning ToolBulk Provisioning Tool requirements Nortel AS 12 Application Programming Interface fundamentalsNN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel NetworksInstall and launch the BPT Using the Bulk Provisioning ToolInstall and launch the BPT page BPT main menu page BPT main menuAccessing the Domain Operations submenu 14 Using the Bulk Provisioning ToolBPT main menu Command BPT main menu commandsmethod name using * into DescriptionBPT ﬁles and scripts BPT provisioning methodsNavigation FilesSuccess indication on remove methods page Unknown error messages page Create and manage provisioning roles using the BPT pageBPT conventions and examples ScriptsOptional syntax getRole using Role name file file name optional into file nameBrackets Angle bracketsgetRole using Role name file file name optional into file name Square bracketsAdmin,,English,Devices only,yourcompany.com newguy,mysecret,John,Edwards,Active,,,, ,,,,,DefaultComma separated strings Fully qualified user nameCreate and manage provisioning roles using the BPT Unknown error messagesDefine the new provisioning role Define the new provisioning role pagegetRole using AddExample addRole using file D\prov\addexample.txtAdd the new provisioning role View the new provisioning rolegetRole method invoked in the BPT Delete the new provisioning rolehelp addRole BPT Help optionBPT mapping to the Provisioning Client BPT limitationsBPT mapping to the Provisioning Client page Batch processing page Resource use page Provisioning data visibility pageResource use Batch processingBulk provisioning of users Provisioning data visibility Nortel AS 28 Using the Bulk Provisioning ToolNN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel NetworksSecurity, authentication, and authorization Using the Open Provisioning InterfaceSecurity, authentication, and authorization page Security page Authentication page Authorization pageHTTP Basic Authentication - Onboard Authentication AuthenticationHTTP Basic Authentication - Onboard Authentication page WS-Security UsernameTokenSample WS-Security header/SOAP message A special note for .NET authentication headersDomain-level authorization AuthorizationProvisioning-level authorization Domain-level authorization page Provisioning-level authorization pageAccess stubs from the third-party application page Implement interface accessing stubs pageThird-party client development Get the WSDLAccess stubs from the third-party application Implement interface accessing stubsStarting the Bulk Provisioning Tool Starting the Bulk Provisioning ToolDownloading the Bulk Provisioning Tool to a workstation Procedure StepsLaunching the BPT on a workstation Downloading the Bulk Provisioning Tool to a workstation pageThe BPT application launches 2 Enter your administrator username and passwordLaunching the BPT on a workstation Nortel ASNortel AS 38 Starting the Bulk Provisioning ToolNN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel NetworksPrerequisites for creating OPI clients Creating Open Provisioning Interface clientsCreating OPI clients Configuring the class path page Downloading the WSDL file page Downloading the Axis toolkit page Retrieving the error codes pageCompiling the client stubs page Writing a client to perform some specific OPI operations pageDownloading the Axis toolkit Retrieving the error codesConﬁguring the class path D\axis-14\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\libCompiling the client stubs Downloading the WSDL ﬁleD\opiclient loadname/wsdl/opiWriting a client to perform some speciﬁc OPI operations t\opi\serviceProcedure Steps Step ActionExample - Writing a client The client class can be compiled similarly to the compilation of the OPI Stubs, and executed. The OPI Stub classes and AXIS toolkit jars must be present in the classpath during execution, as demonstrated in the following figure Compiling the client class 46 Creating Open Provisioning Interface clientsNortel AS NN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 JuneProcedure Steps Accessing the OPI Java docsStep Action OPIJavadocs file unzipped AdminAuthentication subfolder in the OPI Java Docs folderAccessing the javadocs for the AdminAuthentication OPI web service Nortel AS 50 Accessing the OPI Java docsNN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel NetworksThe tool prompts Trust this certificate? no Importing a CA Certiﬁcate into the BPTkeytool -list -v -keystore opitruststore Procedure StepsNortel AS 52 Importing a CA Certificate into the BPTNN42040-110 01.01 Standard 11 June Copyright 2008 Nortel NetworksPage Nortel AS