HP Application Lifecycle Management Installation and Upgrade Guide

240 Pages·2014·1.47 MB·English

HP ALM
Software Version: 12.00
Installation and Upgrade Guide
DocumentReleaseDate:March2014
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HowThisGuideisOrganized
Welcome to this Guide
WelcometoHPApplicationLifecycleManagement(ALM).ALMempowersorganizationsto
managethecoreapplicationlifecycle,fromrequirementsthroughdeployment,grantingapplication
teamsthecrucialvisibilityandcollaborationneededforpredictable,repeatable,andadaptable
deliveryofmodernapplications.
Thisguidecontainsthefollowinginformation:
Step-by-stepinstructionsforinstallingandconfiguringALM12.00.
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Step-by-stepinstructionsforupgradingprojectsfromearlierversionsofALM/QualityCenterto
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workinALM12.00.
GenericinstructionsforinstallingpatchesandservicepacksonALM12.00.
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Note:ToconfigureALMtoworkwithexternalauthentication,refertotheHP Application
LifecycleManagementExternalAuthenticationConfigurationGuide.
How This Guide is Organized
TheHPApplicationLifecycleManagementInstallationandUpgradeGuidecontainsthefollowing
parts:
Part Description
"Installation Presentsanumbered-taskoverviewofthewholeinstallationandupgrade
Overview"on process,enablingyoutofollowtheworkflowinasimplestep-by-stepmanner.
page5 AlsoprovidesanoverviewoftheavailableALMtechnology,andcontains
examplesofvariousALMsystemsetups.
"Patch PresentsgenericinstructionsforinstallingpatchesandservicepacksonALM
Installation"on 12.00.Detailedinstructionsareprovidedineachpatchorservicepack's
page29 Readme.
"Installation Containsprerequisiteinformationforthevarioussupportedoperatingsystems
Prerequisites" (WindowsandLinux),databaseservers(OracleandMicrosoftSQL),andALM
onpage39 clientmachines.
"Upgrade Describesimportantpre-installationconsiderationsandprerequisitesfor
Considerations upgradingexistingALM/QualityCenterprojectstoALM12.00.
and
Prerequisites"
onpage77
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Part Description
"Installation DescribesindetailthestepsrequiredtoinstallandconfigureALMonMicrosoft
and WindowsandLinuxplatforms.
Configuration"
onpage105
"Project Describesthepost-installationstepsnecessarytoupgradeexisting
Upgrade"on ALM/QualityCenterprojectstoALM12.00.
page155
"Installation Describesthevariouspost-installationtasksandavailablecustomizationand
Management managementoptions.AlsodescribeshowtouninstallALM.
and
Customization"
onpage175
"Appendix"on TheTroubleshootingappendixcontainsinformationontroubleshootingthe
page199 ALMinstallationprocess.
TheUpgradePreparationTroubleshootingappendixdescribestheerrors
detectedwhileverifyingandrepairingyourprojects,andprovidesinformation
onhowtofixtheseerrorsbeforeupgrade.
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Part 1: Installation Overview
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Part1:InstallationOverview
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Chapter 1: About ALM
ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttheavailableALMeditions,andALMtechnologyand
architecture.
Thischapterincludes
ALMEditions 8
AboutALMTechnologyandArchitecture 9
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Chapter1:About ALM
ALM Editions
HPApplicationLifecycleManagement(ALM)isalsoavailableinseveraleditionswhichprovide
subsetsofALMfunctionality—HPALMEssentialsEdition,HPQualityCenterEnterpriseEdition,
andHPALMPerformanceCenterEdition.
Edition Description
HP ALMEdition Aunifiedplatformformanagingandautomating
processes,activities,andassetsforbuilding,
testing,delivering,andmaintaining
applications.Itincludesmodulesfor
requirement,test,defect,anddevelopment
management,andoverallreleaseandproject
planning.HPALMhelpsorganizationsdrive
consistentprocesses,sharedbest-practices,
andassetsharingacrossprojects.
HP ALMEssentialsEdition ProvidesasubsetofHPALMproduct
functionality,andisdesignedtohelpsmaller
teamsgetupandrunningquickly.Itprovides
corefunctionalityforrequirements
management,testmanagement,anddefect
management.
HP QualityCenterEnterpriseEdition ResidesonthesameunifiedplatformasHP
ALM.Itdeliverscorefunctionalityforquality
management.Itsupportsbuildingaquality
centerofexcellencethroughtightintegrations
withHPUnifiedFunctionalTesting,HP
BusinessProcessTesting,andHPSprinter.
HP ALMPerformanceCenterEdition Functionalityforthecompletemanagement,
scheduling,running,andmonitoringof
performancetestscripts.Itresidesonthe
sameplatformasHPALMandintegrates
directlywithHPALMandHPLoadRunner.
Fordetailedinformationaboutthefunctionalityavailableforeachedition,refertotheHPApplication
LifecycleManagementUserGuide.
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Chapter1:About ALM
About ALM Technology and Architecture
ALMisanenterprise-wideapplicationthatisbasedonJava2EnterpriseEdition(J2EE)technology.
J2EEtechnologyprovidesacomponent-basedapproachtothedesign,development,assembly,
anddeploymentofenterpriseapplications.
Thissectionincludes:
UnderstandingtheALMComponents 9
ExampleofBasicALMConfiguration 10
ExampleofClusteredALMConfiguration 11
Understanding the ALM Components
AnALMsystemcontainsthefollowingcomponents:
HP ALMclientcomponents.WhenyouopenApplicationLifecycleManagementorSite
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Administrationonyourclientmachine,clientcomponentsaredownloadedtothemachine.ALM
clientcomponentsinteractwitheachotherusing.NETandCOMtechnologies.Theclient
communicateswiththeserveroverHTTP/S.
ALMserver/Applicationserver.Clientrequestsaredispatchedbyservletstothedeployed
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server.ALMcomeswithabuilt-inapplicationservercalledtheALMApplicationServer.
ThedeployedapplicationcontainsApplicationLifecycleManagement,SiteAdministration,and
associatedfileswhicharepackagedintoaWebApplicationArchive(WAR)file.Clientrequests
fromALMaredispatchedtothedeployedapplication.
TheJavaDatabaseConnectivity(JDBC)interfaceisusedtocommunicatebetweenthe
applicationserveranddatabaseserver(s).
TheservercanrunonaWindowsorLinuxplatform.
Databaseserver(s).Thedatabaseserverstoresthreetypesofschemas:
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SiteAdministrationschema.StoresinformationrelatedtotheALMsystem,suchas
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domains,users,andsiteparameters.Arowexistsinthisschemaforeachprojectyoucreate.
Irrespectiveofhowyouconfigureyoursystem,thereisalwaysonlyoneSiteAdministration
schema.
Lab_Project.Storeslabinformationrelatedtomanagingfunctionalandperformancetesting
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onremotehosts,PerformanceCenterserverdata,andlicenses.Thereisalwaysonlyone
Lab_Projectschema..
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Projectschemas.Storesprojectinformation,suchasentitydataanduserdata.Aseparate
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schemaexistsforeveryprojectyoucreate.
Bydefault,theprojectschemasarecreatedonthesamedatabaseserverastheSite
Administrationschema.Thesedefaultprojectschemasareusefulforsmallersetups.
However,ifyouareworkingwithalargenumberofprojectsorwithasmallnumberofhuge
projects,itmaybeadvisabletodefineadditionaldatabaseserverssolelyforstoringproject
schemas.YoudefineadditionalserversintheSiteAdministrationDBServerstab.Formore
information,refertotheHPApplicationLifecycleManagementAdministratorGuide.
TheschemascanresideonanOracleoronaMicrosoftSQLserver.Fordetailedguidelineson
deployingonthedatabaseserver,refertotheHPALMDatabaseBestPracticesGuide.
Note:Toimprovesystemperformance,itisadvisablethattheALMserverandthe
DatabaseserverbeinstalledonseparatemachinesandbeconnectedoverLAN.
Projectrepository.Storesallfilestobeusedbyalltheprojectsinthesystem.Forexample,
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.xmlfiles,templates,andattachments.Bydefaulttherepositoryislocatedonthesame
machineastheapplicationserver,whichisusefulforsmallersetups.Forlargerorganizations
however,orwhenworkinginaclusteredenvironment,itisadvisabletoinstalltherepositoryona
dedicatedmachine.
Whenworkinginaclusteredenvironment,therepositorymustbeaccessiblebyallnodes.
Loadbalancer.Whenworkingwithaloadbalancer,clientrequestsaretransmittedtotheload
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balanceranddistributedaccordingtoserveravailabilitywithinthecluster.
Tanuki wrapper.AJavaservicewrapperthatallowsALMtobeinstalledandcontrolledlikea
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nativeWindowsService.ItalsoincludesadvancedfaultdetectionsoftwaretomonitorALM.
Example of Basic ALM Configuration
InthebasicALMconfiguration,theALMJettyapplicationserverandthewebserverareembedded
withtheinstallationandinstalledonthesamemachine.
ThefollowingdiagramillustratesabasicALMsystemconfiguration:
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