Overview

HP ALM 11.00 and HP Quality Center 11.00

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

This page provides our recommended and supported environments for HP ALM and 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.

Server-Side System Requirements

Following are the server system configurations for installing HP ALM 11.00 and HP Quality Center 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. In that case, the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of HP ALM or HP Quality Center, so the only requirements are the Client-Side System Requirements listed below.

HP ALM Upgrade Best Practices Guide

HP ALM Performance and Benchmark Kit

Hardware Minimum Requirements

CPU	Windows: Quad Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor
	Linux: Quad Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor
	Solaris: SPARC architecture required (x86 architecture is NOT supported)
Memory (RAM)	4 GB minimum
Free disk space	8 GB minimum

Recommended Environments

The following table includes recommended configurations for each operating system.

Operating System	App Server	DB Server	Web Server
Win2008 SP2 64bit	JBOSS 5.1	SQL 2008 SP1	JBOSS 5.1
Sun Solaris 10 64bit	WebLogic 10.3	Oracle 10.2.0.4	Apache 2.2
Linux Red Hat 5.4 64bit	WebLogic 10.3	Oracle 10.2.0.4	Apache 2.2
HP-UX 11.31 v3 64bit (Itanium)	JBOSS 5.1	Oracle 10.2.0.4	JBOSS 5.1

Supported Environments

The following tables include supported versions of Operating Systems, Application Servers, Database Servers, and Web Servers.

Operating System					Requires HP Patch
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 and 64 bit)	Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32 and 64 bit)	Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64 bit)	Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64 bit)	Patch 2 required for Windows Server 2008 R2 Patch 6 required for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Sun Solaris 10 (64 bit)
Linux Red Hat 5.4 (64 bit)			Linux Red Hat 5.6 (64 bit)		Patch 6 required for Linux Red Hat 5.6
HP-UX 11.31 v3 (64 bit Itanium)
Linux SUSE 10 (64 bit)			Linux SUSE 10 SP4 (64 bit)		SP3 required for Linux SUSE 10 SP4
Oracle Linux 5.4 (64 bit)			Oracle Linux 5.6 (64 bit)		Patch 6 required for Oracle Linux 5.6

NOTE: For large production deployments it is recommended that ALM/QC be deployed on 64 bit systems.

Application Servers	Supports 64bit JVM***	Requires HP Patch
JBOSS 5.1	Yes
WebLogic 10.3 and higher dot releases*	Yes
WebSphere 7.0.0.9 and higher dot releases**	Yes

NOTES:
* Both standard and enterprise editions of WebLogic are supported as long as there are no infrastructure changes with each dot release.
** WebSphere dot releases supported as long as there are no infrastructure changes with those.
*** ALM/QC 11 supports application servers which run JDK6 and 64 bit JVM .

Database Servers					Requires HP Patch
Oracle 10.2.0.4		Oracle 11.2.0.1	Oracle 11.2.0.2		Oracle 11.2.0.2 Requires Patch 6
SQL 2005 SP3	SQL 2005 SP4	SQL 2008 SP1	SQL 2008 SP2	SQL 2008 R2 SP1	SQL 2008 SP2 Requires Patch 6 SQL 2008 R2 SP1 Requires SP2 SQL 2005 SP4 Requires SP3

NOTE: All database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 64 bit configurations.

Web Servers			Requires HP Patch
Apache 2.2
IIS6	IIS7	IIS 7.5	IIS 7.5 Requires Patch 6
IHS Server

NOTE: By default application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional functionality a web server can be added.

Virtual Environments	Requires HP Patch
VMware ESX 4.0	Patch 1
VMware ESX 4.1	Patch 6
Citrix XenApp 6.0

Server System Configurations for Starter Edition

This section describes the server system configurations for installing a Quality Center Starter Edition server.

Operating System

Database Server

Application and Web Server

Windows XP (SP3)
Windows Server 2008 (SP2)

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Express edition installed during the installation process
NOTE: Installed during the installation process. If SQL Server 2005 or 2008 is already installed on the server machine, you can instruct Quality Center to use it, by providing the administrator name and password.

JBoss

NOTE: Installed during the installation process.

NOTE: For prerequisites and client side requirements for QC Starter 11 clients refer below.

Client-Side System Requirements

This section describes the client system configurations for installing an HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise client or QC Starter Edition 11 clients.

CPU	Core duo 1.6 Ghz (or higher) or equivalent compatible processor
Memory (RAM)	2 GB minimum
Free disk space	2 GB minimum
Prerequisites	Visual C++ 2005 SP1 ATL Security Update Redistributable Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (SP1) Microsoft Office 2007 (SP2) (recommended)
Operating System	Windows XP (SP3) 32 bit Window Vista (SP1) 32 bit Window Vista (SP2) 32 bit, requires patch 6 Windows 7 32 bit (recommended) Windows 7 64 bit, requires patch 2 Windows 7 (SP1) 64 bit, requires patch 6 Windows 2008 R2 requires patch 1 Windows 2008 R2 SP1 requires patch SP3 ( Do NOT use BPT as it is not certified for this) Windows 2003 SP2 requires patch 3 Windows Server 2008 SP2 32 bit, requires patch SP2 NOTES: If you are integrating Quality Center with other HP testing tools, you must modify the DCOM permissions on your client machine. ALM/QC Client on Windows 7 64 bit runs in WOW64 mode (details in patch 2 Readme file). You can work with the Quality Center client using a remote desktop
Virtual Environments	Certified to run on Citrix XenApp 6.0Also certified to run on VMware ESX 4.0 ( Patch 1) and VMware ESX 4.1 (Patch 6) VMware ESX 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 (SP3)
Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or 8 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (requires SP2) 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.
Office Compatibility	Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 (recommended) Microsoft Office 2010 (requires Patch 3) NOTE: Only 32 bit versions of MS Office supported

NOTE: Supported resolution is 1024x768 with DPI of 100%

QC11.00 and ALM 11.00 have been tested against FDCC regulations

HP Quality Center 10.00

Server-Side System Requirements
Following are the server system configurations for installing HP Quality Center Premier 10.00 and HP Quality Center Enterprise 10.00 on Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

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.

Hardware Minimum Requirements

CPU	Windows: Quad Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor
	Linux: Quad Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor
	Solaris: SPARC architecture required (x86 architecture is NOT supported)
Memory (RAM)	4 GB minimum
Free disk space	8 GB minimum

Recommended Environments

The following table includes recommended configurations for each operating system.

Operating System	Application Server	Database Server	Web Server
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (64 bit)	JBoss 4.0.4	Microsoft SQL 2005 SP2	JBoss 4.0.4
Sun Solaris 10 (64 bit)	WebLogic 9.2	Oracle 10.2.0.3	Apache 2.2
AIX 5.3 (64 bit)	WebSphere 6.1	Oracle 10.2.0.3	IHS Server
Linux Red Hat 4.5 (64 bit)	WebLogic 9.2	Oracle 10.2.0.3	Apache 2.2
HP-UX 11i v3 (64 bit)	JBoss 4.0.4	Oracle 10.2.0.3	JBoss 4.0.4

Supported Environments

The following tables include supported versions for each Operating System, Application Servers, Database Servers, and Web Servers.

Operating System					Requires HP Patch
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 and 64 bit)	Windows Server 2008 (32 and 64 bit)	Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32 bit and 64 bit)	Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit)	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64 bit)	Patch 4 required for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Patch 22 required for Windows Server 2008 R2 Patch 27 required for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (for installation challenges - request KM1269322 - Internal HP KM from Support
Sun Solaris 9 (64 bit)		Sun Solaris 10 (64 bit)
Linux Red Hat 4.5 (64 bit)		Linux Red Hat 5.0 (64 bit)
HP-UX 11i v2 PA-RISC (64 bit)		HP-UX 11i v3 PA-RISC (64 bit)
Linux SUSE 10 (64 bit)
AIX 5.3 (64 bit)
Oracle Linux 5.0 (64 bit)

NOTE: For large production deployments it is recommended that ALM/QC be deployed on 64 bit systems.

Application Servers		Supports 64 bit JVM**	Requires HP Patch
JBOSS 4.0.4		No
WebLogic 9.2 and higher dot releases*	WebLogic 10.0 till 10.2**	No
WebSphere 6.1 and higher dot releases***		No

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.

Database Servers					Requires HP Patch
Oracle 9.2.0.6	Oracle 10.2.0.3	Oracle 10.2.0.4	Oracle 11.2.0.1	Oracle 11.2.0.2	Patch 16 required for Oracle 10.2.0.4 and 11.2.0.1 Patch 27 required for Oracle 11.2.0.2
SQL 2005 SP2	SQL 2005 SP3	SQL 2008 SP1	SQL 2008 SP2		Patch 8 required for SQL 2005 SP3 Patch 12 required for SQL 2008 SP1 Patch 25 required for SQL 2008 SP2

NOTE: All database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 32 bit configurations.

Web Servers		Requires HP Patch
Apache 2.x
IIS6	IIS 7.0	Patch 22 required for IIS 7.0
IHS Server

NOTE: By default application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional functionality a web server can be added.

Virtual Environments	Requires HP Patch
VMware ESX 3.6
VMware ESX 4.0	requires HP patch 16
VMware ESX 4.1	requires HP patch 27
Citrix 4.0
Citrix Server MetaFrame XP FR3 on Windows 2003
Citrix XenApp 6.0	requires patch 25

Server System Configurations for Starter Edition

This section describes the server system configurations for installing a Quality Center Starter Edition server.

Operating System	Database Server	Application and Web Server	Requires HP Patch
Windows XP SP2	Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express edition installed during the installation process NOTE: Installed during the installation process. If SQL Server 2005 or 2008 is already installed on the server machine, you can instruct Quality Center to use it, by providing the administrator name and password.	JBoss NOTE: Installed during the installation process.
Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 bit)	Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express edition installed during the installation process NOTE: Installed during the installation process. If SQL Server 2005 or 2008 is already installed on the server machine, you can instruct Quality Center to use it, by providing the administrator name and password.	JBoss NOTE: Installed during the installation process.	Patch 5

NOTE: For prerequisites and client side requirements for QC Starter 10 clients refer below.

Client-Side System Requirements

This section describes the client system configurations for installing an HP ALM or HP Quality Center Enterprise client or QC Starter Edition 10 clients.

CPU	Pentium IV
Memory (RAM)	1 GB minimum
Free disk space	1 GB minimum
Prerequisites	For all OS versions: Microsoft CAPICOM (digital signing technology component) 2.1.0.2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or later Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft Office 2003 or later version
Operating System	Windows XP SP2 (32 bit) Windows XP SP3 (32 bit) (recommended) Window Vista SP1 (32 bit) Window Vista SP2 (32 bit) , requires patch 27 Windows 2000 (32 bit) Windows 2008 R2 , requires patch 25 Windows 7 (32 bit), requires patch 12 Windows 7 (64 bit), requires patch 18 NOTES: If you are integrating Quality Center with other HP testing tools, you must modify the DCOM permissions on your client machine. ALM/QC Client on Windows 7 64 bit runs in WOW64 mode for details see the patch 18 Readme file. You can work with the Quality Center client using a remote desktop
Virtual Environments	Citrix 4.0 Citrix Server MetaFrame XP FR3 on Windows 2003 Citrix Client: Program Neighborhood, Version 8 on Windows XP SP2 Citrix XenApp 6.0 (requires patch 25) Also certified to run on VMware ESX 3.6, VMware ESX 4.0 ( Patch 16) and VMware ESX 4.1 (Patch 27)
Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, requires patch 5 Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, requires patch 23
Office Compatibility	Microsoft Office 2003 (recommended) Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office 2010 (requires patch 23) NOTE: Only 32 bit versions of MS Office supported

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