This section includes recommended and supported environments for ALM Platform. It also describes system configurations for installing ALM Platform for Quality Center Starter Edition.
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- IPv6 support: ALM 11.00 will work on IPv6 enabled systems. However, ALM is still developed within an IPv4 environment. This means that in ALM 11.00:
- Unix support:
- 64 Bit support:
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- If you use a WebLogic or WebSphere application server on a 64-bit operating system, ensure that JVM is running in 64-bit mode. For instructions on how to install and configure WebLogic and WebSphere in 64-bit mode, refer to the vendor's documentation.
It is also recommended to increase permsize and heapsize. For more information, refer to Performance Tuning Best Practices for ALM at HP Software Product Manuals .
- In the next release of HP ALM, we plan to move to 64 bit configuration exclusively for ALM Platform.
Recommended ALM Platform Configurations
The following table includes recommended configurations for each operating system.
Supported ALM Platform Configurations
The following applications are supported for installing ALM Platform on a server machine. You may use any combination of these applications. To ensure best performance and quick support resolutions, we recommend using the recommended environments, described in the above section Recommended ALM Platform Configurations.
ALM Platform Configurations for Quality Center Starter Edition
This section describes the system requirements for installing ALM Platform for Quality Center Starter Edition.
ALM Client System Requirements
This section describes the client system requirements for installing ALM on client machines.
Operating System
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Notes:
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Browser
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or 8
Note: For customers who have restrictions on plugins in their browsers, such as ActiveX, ALM can be loaded in the HP ALM Explorer Add-in. For more information on downloading and installing the add-in, refer to the
HP Application Lifecycle Management Installation Guide.
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Prerequisites
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