In Micro Focus Identity Manager, the primary web-based administration tool is iManager. Within iManager, the Object Inspector and Driver Inspector are the specific utilities used to examine the live state of synchronization. The Object Inspector allows an administrator to view the properties of a single synchronized object, including its DirXML-Association attribute, which holds the association value. The Driver Inspector provides a view into the driver's cache, allowing an administrator to see the list of objects the driver has processed and their association states from the driver's perspective. Both tools provide capabilities to view and, in some cases, manage these associations.

A. Designer: Designer is an offline development tool used for creating and configuring policies and driver logic, not for viewing or managing live object associations in the production environment.

D. Policy Simulator: This is a feature within Designer used to test and debug policies in a simulated environment before deployment. It does not interact with live, established object associations.

E. Active Directory Discovery tool: This tool is used during the initial setup or for reconciliation to discover and import objects from Active Directory into the Identity Vault. It is not for managing ongoing associations.

1. Micro Focus Identity Manager 4.5 Administration Guide:

Section 10.5.1, "Inspecting an Object in the Identity Vault": This section details the use of the Object Inspector utility in iManager. It states, "The Object Inspector allows you to view all attributes for a specific object... This includes viewing the object’s association state with various Identity Manager drivers."

Section 10.5.2, "Using the Driver Inspector": This section describes the Driver Inspector tool. It explains that the tool can be used to "view the objects in the driver’s cache," which inherently includes information about which objects are associated and processed by that specific driver.

2. Micro Focus Identity Manager 4.5 Utilities Guide:

Chapter 4, "Identity Manager Utilities in iManager": This chapter provides an overview of the various plugins available in iManager for managing Identity Manager. It explicitly lists and describes the purpose of the "Object Inspector" and "Driver Inspector" as tools for monitoring and troubleshooting the live Identity Manager system, which includes checking association states.