If am deploying Microsoft's Forefront Identity Management (FIM) on a Single server environment (this means that FIM Service & FIM Synchronization Service will be installed on a single system which is running Windows server
2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2) and I want to use IBM DB2 & IBM Directory Server or Oracle Database and Sun/Oracle Directory server , Do I have to install Active Directory (AD DS) on the Windows Server 2008 where FIM service and FIM Synchronization Service
will be installed ?
And, How will this work if I want to deploy in a Cluster Environment ?
Say, My FIM Service is installed on Machine A, -- FIM Synchronization Service is set-up on Machine B. Can I install the Database (DB2/Oracle)
and Directory Server (IBM/Oracle) on either of them (i.e Machine A or B) ? Or Can I Install this on a third system i.e Machine C ?
If Installed on 3 systems, do we require AD DS anyways for these 3 systems to communicate? Or Will it work if these 3 systems are set-up as windows local servers ?
If answer to the first part of the question above (in Bold) is YES, and FIM deployment is planned in a cluster Environment, and I plan to use other vendors Database & Directory Server, Irrespective of installing DB2/Oracle Database & IBM/Oracle Directory server will I have to install Active Directory Domain Services ?