Moving Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface to another computer

You can move an installation of the IBM Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface integration server to a new installation on a different computer.

Procedure

  1. On the new computer, install version 3.5 or later of Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface. For installation instructions, see Installing Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface.
  2. Make sure that an administration console client is not connected to the new integration server.
  3. On the old Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface server, make sure that no manual or scheduled tasks are running.
  4. Stop the Synchronization Timer service:
    1. On the desktop, right-click My Computer and click Manage.
    2. Click Services and Applications > Services.
    3. Right-click the IBM Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface Synchronization Timer service and click Stop.
  5. Stop the web services:
    1. Click Services and Applications > Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager > Web Sites.
    2. Right-click Default Web Site and click Stop.
  6. Open Windows Task Manager. On the Processes tab, if any doors.exe processes are running, stop them.
  7. Navigate to the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DOORSTDIServices\ directory, and then copy these folders and their contents to a temporary backup location on the old integration server.
    • TaskRuns
    • Mappings
    • Data
    • Logs\Reports
  8. On the new integration server, stop the Synchronization Timer service, stop the web services, and in Windows Task Manager, stop any doors.exe processes that are running.
  9. Move the folders and files from the temporary location to the C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DOORSTDIServices\ directory.
  10. Start the services on the new integration server:
    1. On the desktop, right-click My Computer and click Manage.
    2. Click Services and Applications > Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager > Web Sites.
    3. Right-click Default Web Site and click Start.
    4. Click Services and Applications > Services.
    5. Right-click the IBM Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface Synchronization Timer service and click Start.

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