There are two different versions of Identity Reporting you can install. You can install the version that comes with Identity Governance and is configured to run only with Identity Governance. This version uses the Identity Governance security module to determine who has access to the reports. Installed this way, you can run both Identity Manager and Identity Governance reports by configuring an external data source where you store the data. However, Identity Reporting cannot be utilized for Data Collection in Identity Manager.
The second version of Identity Reporting ships with Identity Manager. If you already have an Identity Manager environment and you want to utilize Data Collection, you must use that version of Identity Reporting. It uses the Identity Manager security module to determine who has access to the reports. It can run both the Identity Manager and Identity Governance reports by configuring an external data source where you store the data.
You can also install a version of Identity Reporting in the Identity Governance and Identity Manager environments so that each system has its separate reporting environment. However, installing Identity Reporting this way requires that you deploy, configure, and run reports on two different servers. For more information about Identity Reporting, see the Identity Governance Reporting Guide and Administrator Guide to NetIQ Identity Reporting.
Before you install Identity Reporting, you must decide if you want to install the Identity Reporting that comes with Identity Governance or the Identity Reporting that comes with Identity Manager. In addition, if your Identity Reporting server does not have internet access, you must have a proxy server that can access and download the most current reports for Identity Governance from the Reporting Content Delivery Network (CDN), and can access and send updated reports to the Identity Reporting server. For more information, see Section 9.4.4, Configuring a Proxy Server for the Identity Reporting Server.
You can install Identity Reporting when you install Identity Governance, or you can install it at a later time. This chapter guides you through the process of installing the required components for Identity Reporting with the assumption that you do not intend to use Identity Reporting as part of an Identity Manager environment. For more information about installing reporting for Identity Manager, see:
The Identity Governance installer installs Identity Reporting. You can install Identity Reporting on the same server as Identity Governance or a separate server. The following information explains how to install Identity Reporting on a different server from Identity Governance. For information about installing Identity Reporting with Identity Governance, see Section 6.0, Installing Identity Governance.
Use the following information to install Identity Reporting that comes with Identity Governance on a separate server from Identity Governance: