Migration from Siteminder DMS to Sun Access Manager

Hi
We are working on a project that involves migration of Siteminder and SiteMinder-DMS to Sun Access Manager.
My concerns are
1. Do I need any changes to the Directory Tree of the LDAP..?
2. How do I migrate the policies..>
3. Does Sun have the exact quivalents(the same coarse grained APIs) as Siteminder-DMS..?
4. Heard of a tool that can do the migration from Siteminder to Sun Access Manager. How good is the tool and what in its scope and what are its limitations.?
Thnx
siva

I currently reviewing migrating from SiteMinder to Sun Access Manager. I have the same issues as you have had. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on any of these issues. My email address is [email protected] if you prefer to email me directly.

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