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Here is some useful information that is missing from the FIM Documentation.
1) Your FIM server should be installed with Windows 2008 64 Bit - non R2 version
2) You MUST download the Oracle Client 10.2.0.4 which is the only version of the Oracle Client supported on Windows 2008 64 Bit, the 10.2.0.1 will not install on 2008 64 Bit. The exact Oracle download link is: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/database/oracle10g/htdocs/10204_winx64_vista_win2k8.html
3) If you are running R2 then you can modify the oraparam INI file under "client\install\oraparam.ini" from the zip downloaded above. If you open the INI in wordpad (not notepad) under the [Certified Versions] section to say:
Windows=5.0,5.1,5.2,6.0,6.1
Adding the 6.1 onto the end will mean that the initial steps of the installer won't fail because you're running R2.
Then just do a "Administrator" install, or if you want to save space selet a Custom install and include "Oracle Windows Interfaces" which will include the Oracle OLE DB which is required as per the documentation. With the Administrator install you will also get Net Manager.
4) You should set the ORACLE_HOME variable to your oracle home (such as "C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1" if you do a default install) then things go a bit more smoothly.
5) Under Start -> Oracle -> Configuration and Migration Tools -> select Net Manager. This will allow you to setup your connection (this may also be done by your friendly Oracle DBA).
If you open Local -> Service Naming select Edit -> Create and give your net service the instance name that your Oracle DBA has given you. Normally it will be TCP/IP (without ssl). Put in the IP address/DNS name and Port for the Oracle Instance. Then put in either the Service Name or SID, again the DBA should have given you this information. Click finish to close.
Now save the configuration File -> Save Network Configuration.
6) In the Command Prompt try: tnsping instancename
Then you will know if your connectivity into the Oracle Instance is working or not.
7) Add the FIM Sync Service account to have full rights over the C:\Oracle directory to ensure it has rights to read the oracle config
8) Restart the FIM Sync Service to make sure it picks up on the new permissions.
Then you can configure the Oracle FIM MA and put in the Instance name that you just did a tnsping to for the destination address, table name. Normally you also won't use integrated login, so put in the username and password you were given by your Oracle DBA.
Then wait a few mins (well that's how long it took with me) for the FIM MA to connect to the Oracle instance and pull up the full table information.
And you're good to go!
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