Disabling OOTB OIM Event Handlers

Description: Shows you how to disable an out of the box event handler in Oracle Identity Manager.
** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK **   
References: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21764_01/doc.1111/e14309/utils.htm#OMDEV2810
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E40329_01/dev.1112/e27150/uploadutil.htm#OMDEV4859
Tested On: Oracle Identity Manager 11.1.2.2.0

1. Figure out the metedata file you would like to export. Execute the following SQL query on the MDS schema to obtain all the predefined event handlers:

SELECT * FROM mds_paths WHERE path_fullname LIKE '%EventHandlers.xml%';

2. Export the event handler XML file from MDS via EM console or weblogicExportMetadata.sh. Refer Import and Export Metadata using EM Console for step by step instructions.

3. Keep a backup copy of the original XML file.

4. Modify the XML file. Given below is an example of commenting out one of the predefined event handler from "/metadata/iam-features-passwordmgmt/event-definition/EventHandlers.xml" file:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<eventhandlers xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel orchestration-handlers.xsd">
<validation-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.ResetPasswordValidationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="RESET_PASSWORD" name="ResetPasswordValidationHandler" order="FIRST" sync="TRUE"/>
<validation-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.UserPasswordValidationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="CREATE" name="CreateUserPasswordValidationHandler" order="1020"/>
<validation-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.UserPasswordValidationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="CHANGE_PASSWORD" name="UserPasswordValidationHandler" order="2"/>
<!--<action-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.ResetPasswordPreProcessHandler" entity-type="User" operation="RESET_PASSWORD" name="ResetPasswordPreProcessHandler" stage="preprocess" sync="TRUE" order="9900"/>-->
<action-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.ResetPasswordActionHandler" entity-type="User" operation="RESET_PASSWORD" name="ResetPasswordActionHandler" order="FIRST" stage="action" sync="TRUE"/>
<postprocess-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.PasswordNotificationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="RESET_PASSWORD" name="ResetPasswordNotificationHandler" order="FIRST" stage="postprocess" sync="TRUE"/>
<postprocess-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.PasswordNotificationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="CREATE" name="CreateUserPasswordNotificationHandler" order="1180" stage="postprocess" sync="TRUE"/>
<postprocess-handler class="oracle.iam.passwordmgmt.eventhandlers.PasswordNotificationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="CHANGE_PASSWORD" name="PasswordNotificationHandler" order="THIRD" stage="postprocess" sync="TRUE"/>
</eventhandlers>

5. Import the modified XML file into MDS via EM console.

6. Purge the cache or restart the OIM server for changes to take effect.

7. You can query the ORCHEVENTS table from the OIM schema to see the trigger points of each event handler process.