Topic Last Modified: 2011-03-16

After you have imported Active Directory data from the central forest and each user forest in your environment, synchronize the metaverse with the data in each forest.

Important:
You must synchronize the metaverse with data from the central forest before you synchronize with the user forests.

To synchronize the metaverse in the central forest

  1. On the computer running Identity life cycle manager server, start Identity Manager: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Identity Integration Server, and then click Identity Manager.

    Warning:
    To open Synchronization service in Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Click Start, click All Programs, click Forefront Identity Manager, and then click Synchronization service.

  2. Click Management Agents.

  3. Right-click the management agent for the central forest, and then click Run.

  4. Click Full Sync, and then click OK.

To synchronize the metaverse for each user forest

  1. On the computer running Identity life cycle manager server, start Identity Manager: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Identity Integration Server, and then click Identity Manager.

    Warning:
    To open Synchronization service in Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010: Click Start, click All Programs, click Forefront Identity Manager, and then click Synchronization service.

  2. Click Management Agents.

  3. Right-click the management agent for your first user forest, and then click Run.

  4. Click Full Sync, and then click OK.

  5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each user forest in your environment.