IDM Sync VS Resync
An individual's identity, passwords and information may be found all over a computer network, in multiple databases, applications and files. Norton's Identity Manager, or IDM, program shares and syncs data across related systems so that you can control the information and keep it consistent. If personnel or names change, IDM also resyncs the data for you.
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IDM architecture
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IDM stores information in an Identity Vault. IDM's Metadirectory Engine synchronizes this data across multiple systems, including physical, virtual and cloud-computing environments. IDM comes with an interface for establishing policies for the Identity Vault. These policies determine which systems need to sync data or resync it when it changes. Based on those rules, the Metadirectory Engine coordinates information between the systems that need to stay in sync.
Sync
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Individuals on a large network may end up with multiple passwords for different systems, software and subnetworks. With IDM, when a user changes a password on one system, the Identity Vault can convey the change to another system, if that fits company policy. IDM can also establish, maintain and change an encrypted universal password for use throughout affiliated systems. Working through IDM, the system administrator can synchronize a password policy for all company systems, or apply individual policies to each system.
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Resync
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Resyncing in IDM refers to several different actions necessary to keep data current and consistent. For example, including new personnel in the Identity Vault or one one of the connected computer systems requires resyncing, as do changes to the atrributes of any of the individuals in the system. When the system reports an event -- a change that requires updates -- the Metadirectory Engine searches for any systems that have associated information and resyncs the data to match the change.
Considerations
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IDM also resyncs if any of the drivers -- the software that allows programs to interact with hardware -- become disabled. When the driver comes back up, IDM resyncs any data that became out-of-sync while the driver was offline. You can also perform a manual resync rather than rely on the automatic one: enter a list of updates that you want IDM to make and it will carry them out across the related systems.
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