You can make Rational® Performance Tester and Rational Service Tester for
SOA Quality projects and test assets shareable in Rational Quality Manager. By sharing assets
any computer with Rational Performance Tester or Rational Service Tester for
SOA Quality that is connected to Rational Quality Manager can execute a test or schedule which has been shared in Rational Quality Manager.
Before you begin
When you are working with tests or schedules from a remote
shared location,
Rational Performance Tester or
Rational Service Tester for
SOA Quality uses a local workspace for the
Rational Quality Manager adapter. This adapter workspace is different from normal
workspaces because the test assets are stored remotely. This means
that every asset that is related to the test or schedule is downloaded
from the shared location into the local workspace before execution.
The following limitations apply:
- Assets in the adapter workspace might be deleted or overwritten
with newer versions when updates are made to the shared location.
- If you change the shared location in the adapter workspace, the
entire project is removed from the adapter workspace.
- Test results are stored in a different project, called RQM_Results, and are never deleted. The Rational Quality Manager test result page links to the correct location.
Note: Do not edit test assets in the adapter workspace because
you might lose your work. Use these assets only for running tests
and schedules.
If you are using source control and want
to include only the minimum required assets, then include the following
files:
- All *.testsuite tests and schedule files
- The /src directory if you use custom code
- All *.dp datapool files
- All *.location location files
- All digital certificates
- All WSDL and SOA security files.
All other assets, such as test results, are not required.
Custom code Java™ classes
in the shared assets cannot use libraries that are outside the workspace.
If your custom code must use such a library, then copy the library
into the project, and update the classpath to use the local copy.
Procedure
To share performance or service tests and schedules in Rational Quality Manager:
- Create a shared directory on the computer that hosts the
UNC file system that contains the Rational Performance Tester or Rational Service Tester for
SOA Quality projects to share. For example, create this
directory: C:\MyRemoteWorkspace.
- Copy the Rational Performance Tester or Rational Service Tester for
SOA Quality projects to share into th shared directory. If a project is stored in source control software, then copy it from
there.
- Check that the Rational Quality Manager server can access the shared directory by using UNC paths. For example, the \\MyServer\RPTRemoteAssets\ path must be mapped to the C:\MyRemoteWorkspace directory.
- In Rational Quality Manager, specify the directory that contains the actual test projects
that are located in the shared directory.
- Verify that you have correctly specified the UNC shared
directory by browsing for the shared resource. Ensure that the first
dialog box contains the projects at the first level. You
must not have intermediate directories between the UNC shared directory
and the project directory.
What to do next
See the
Rational Quality Manager Information Center for more information about setting
up shared resource locations and importing shared scripts.