Overview
HP ALM, HP ALM Essentials, and HP Quality Center Enterprise (Technology Preview) 11.50 |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
This page provides our recommended and supported environments for HP ALM, HP ALM Essentials and HP Quality Center Enterprise (Technology Preview) version 11.50. It also covers HP ALM and HP Quality Center Enterprise version 11.00 and HP Quality Center Premier and HP Quality Center Enterprise version 10.00. The environments list the minimum patch level required for support. NOTE: Quality Center 11.5 has been released in Technology Preview mode and is NOT GA. To download QC 11.50 Technology Preview, visit the QC Tech Preview support forum.
** The above listed documents still point to version 11 guides and shall be updated to v11.5 as soon as they are available. |
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Server-Side System Requirements | |
Following are the server system configurations for installing HP ALM 11.50, HP ALM Essentials, and HP Quality Center Enterprise (Technology Preview) 11.50 on Windows, Linux, and Solaris. Please note that these requirements do not apply if you are utilizing Managed Software Solutions for HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise. In that case, the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise, so the only requirements are the Client-Side System Requirements listed below. | |
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Hardware Minimum Requirements | ||||||||
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NOTE: It is strongly recommended that ALM be deployed only on 64 bit systems in Windows production environments | |||||||||||||||
Application Servers | |||||||||||||||
The Application server functionality is now built-in to the ALM/QC platform and there is no need to install a third party application server (WebLogic, WebSphere, and JBoss) from version 11.50 onwards. The HP ALM application server uses JDK6 (1.6) and supports 64 bit JVM. | |||||||||||||||
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NOTE: All database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 64 bit configurations. | |||||||||||||||
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NOTE: By default application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional functionality a web server can be added. | |||||||||||||||
Virtual Environments | |||||||||||||||
VMWare ESX/ESXi Server 5.0 and higher. HP ALM/QC is certified to work with VMWare ESX/ESXi. Due to the rapidly evolving architectures provided by Virtualization vendors as long as the above stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized environment to the HP ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical hardware, then HP ALM/QC will function as designed. | |||||||||||||||
Client-Side System Requirements | ||||||||||||||||
This section describes the client system configurations for installing an HP ALM, HP ALM Essentials or HP Quality Center Enterprise (Technology Preview) client for version 11.50. | ||||||||||||||||
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NOTE: Supported resolution is 1024x768 with DPI of 100% HP ALM 11.50, HP ALM Essentials, and HP Quality Center Enterprise (Technology Preview) 11.50 have been tested against FDCC regulations. | ||||||||||||||||
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HP ALM 11.00 and HP Quality Center Enterprise 11.00 |
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS |
This page provides our recommended and supported environments for HP ALM and HP Quality Center Enterprise version 11.00 and HP Quality Center Premier and HP Quality Center Enterprise version 10.00. The environments list the minimum patch level required for support. |
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Server-Side System Requirements | |
Following are the server system configurations for installing HP ALM 11.00 and HP Quality Center Enterprise 11.00 on Windows, Linux, and Solaris. Please note that these requirements do not apply if you are utilizing Managed Software Solutions for HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise. In that case, the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise, so the only requirements are the Client-Side System Requirements listed below. | |
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Hardware Minimum Requirements | ||||||||
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Recommended Environments | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE: For large production deployments it is recommended that ALM/QC be deployed on 64 bit systems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE: All database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 64 bit configurations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE: By default application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional functionality a web server can be added. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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VMWare ESX/ESXi Server 5.0 and higher. HP ALM/QC is certified to work with VMWare ESX/ESXi. Due to the rapidly evolving architectures provided by Virtualization vendors as long as the above stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized environment to the HP ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical hardware, then HP ALM/QC will function as designed. |
Server System Configurations for Starter Edition | ||||||
This section describes the server system configurations for installing a Quality Center Starter Edition server. | ||||||
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NOTE: For prerequisites and client side requirements for QC Starter 11 clients refer below. | ||||||
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This section describes the client system configurations for installing an HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise client or QC Starter Edition 11 clients. | ||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE: Supported resolution is 1024x768 with DPI of 100% QC11.00 and ALM 11.00 have been tested against FDCC regulations | ||||||||||||||||||
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HP Quality Center 10.00 |
Server-Side System Requirements |
Please note that these requirements do not apply if you are utilizing Managed Software Solutions for Quality Center. In that case, the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of HP Quality Center, so the only requirements are the Client-Side System Requirements listed below. |
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Recommended Environments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTES: * Both standard and enterprise editions of WebLogic are supported as long as there are no infrastructure changes with each dot release. ** QC 10 supports application servers which run on JDK5 and 32bit JVM. *** WebSphere dot releases supported as long as there are no infrastructure changes with those. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NOTE: All database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 32 bit configurations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Server System Configurations for Starter Edition | ||||||||||||
This section describes the server system configurations for installing a Quality Center Starter Edition server. | ||||||||||||
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NOTE: For prerequisites and client side requirements for QC Starter 10 clients refer below. | ||||||||||||
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This section describes the client system configurations for installing an HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise client or QC Starter Edition 10 clients. | ||||||||||||||||
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