Make sure that you meet the system requirements, and complete these steps before you install Rational® DOORS® for HP Quality Center Interface.
Procedure
- Check that you meet the system requirements. For detailed system requirements and product compatibility, see Prerequisites of a specific product.
System requirements for this integration include the
installation of the Rational DOORS client, version
9.2 or later, on the integration server. This
Rational DOORS client must not be used for the
day-to-day administration of the integration or for
any other Rational DOORS tasks. You should only run
the Rational DOORS client on the integration server
machine if you are instructed to do so by the
Rational DOORS support team.
- Make sure that HP Quality Center is installed on your network. If you are using HP Quality Center version 11 or later, you must register as a client:
- On the server where you intend to install the HP Quality Center Interface, open a web browser and browse to the following site:
http://<ALM_IP>/qcbin/addins.html
The value ALM_IP is the IP address for the HP Quality Center server. Here is an example:http://9.113.95.23/qcbin/addins.html
- Select the option for ALM client registration.
- You must register the .asm MIME type in IIS.
- To register the .asm MIME type with IIS6:
- Open the IIS Manager and open the properties of the IIS node.
- Click MIME Types.
- Click New.
- In Extension, enter .asm.
- In MIME Type, enter text/plain.
- Click OK.
- To register the .asm MIME type with IIS7:
- Open the IIS Manager and IIS node.
- Double-click MIME Types in the right pane.
- Click Add.
- In Extension, enter .asm.
- In MIME Type, enter text/plain.
- Click OK.
For information about MIME Types, see the Microsoft support site.
- If you are installing the integration server on Windows Server 2008, you must set IIS7 to use IIS6 compatibility mode. To set IIS7 to use IIS6 compatibility mode:
- From the Control Panel, click .
- In the navigation pane, expand Roles, right-click
Web Server (IIS), and then click
Add Role Services.
- In the Select Role Services pane, scroll down to
IIS 6 Management Compatibility.
- Select IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility and
IIS 6 Management Console.
- In the Select Role Services pane, click
Next.
- In the Confirm Installations Selections pane, click
Install.
- Click Close.
Note: When you upgrade the integration to run with a current release of Rational
DOORS, you can no longer use or
create data connections to Rational
DOORS 8.3 databases.
- If you are running HP Quality Center v10 and want to upgrade to v11, upgrade to Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface v3.5.0.1, upgrade to HP Quality Center v11, and then upgrade to HP Quality Center v11 patch. For information about the v11 patch, see the Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center readme.
- If a group that is authorized to access the administration console does not already, use the Computer Management window to create one. From the Control Panel, click , and create a group.