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.
- 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 Rational DOORS 9.5,
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 there is not already a group that is authorized to access
the administration console, you must use the Computer Management window
to create a group. From the Control Panel, click , and create a group
that is called, for example QCI_Admin.