HP Quality Center 10.00 Readme

Software version: HP Quality Center 10.00 / January 2009

This file provides information about Quality Center 10.00:

For detailed information about Quality Center, refer to the documentation set. To access the Quality Center Documentation Library from the main Quality Center window, choose Help > Documentation Library.

Documentation

The first page of this readme document contains the following identifying information:

To check for recent updates or to verify that you are using the most recent edition, visit the following URL:

http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals

This site requires that you register for an HP Passport and sign-in. To register for an HP Passport ID, go to:

http://h20229.www2.hp.com/passport-registration.html

Or click the New users - please register link on the HP Passport login page.

You will also receive updated or new editions if you subscribe to the appropriate product support service. Contact your HP sales representative for details.

Note: To view files in PDF format (*.pdf), Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your system. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to the following URL: www.adobe.com.

What's New

For a list of new features in Quality Center 10.00, refer to the HP Quality Center What's New, available from Quality Center by clicking the Help button and choosing What's New.

Installation Instructions

For system specifications and installation instructions, refer to the HP Quality Center Installation Guide. This guide is located on the installation DVD in the Quality Center directory.

Notes and Limitations

Installation

Microsoft SQL Database

If your site uses SQL Server Eastern Collations or SQL Server Windows Authentication, we recommend that you install Quality Center 10.00 Patch 1 before deploying Quality Center in production.

Patch 1 will be available shortly after the release of Quality Center 10.00, and will address the following issues found in the connectivity layer of Quality Center when using an SQL Server database:

Windows Vista 32 Bit

To install and use a Quality Center client on Windows Vista 32 bit, consider the following installation prerequisites, installation process and other guidelines:

Installation Prerequisites:

Installation Process:

Working in Quality Center as standard (non-administrator) Vista user:

Web Server User Authentication

Project Upgrade

Documentation

Site Administration

Cross Project Customization

General

Version Control

Releases Sub Module (Management)

Libraries Sub Module (Management)

Requirements Module

Risk-Based Quality Management

Test Resources Module

Test Lab Module

Text Search

Dashboard Module

Document Generator

Integrations

Open Test Architecture/API and Workflow

Business Process Testing

The issues described below relate to working with business components, flows, and business process tests in Quality Center. For information on issues related to working with business components in QuickTest Professional or WinRunner, refer to the relevant product's readme file.

Multilingual Support

Internationalization Limitations:

Localization Limitations:

Support

You can visit the HP Software Support Web site at:

http://www.hp.com/go/hpsoftwaresupport

This web site provides contact information and details about the products, services, and support that HP Software offers.

HP Software online software support provides customer self-solve capabilities. It provides a fast and efficient way to access interactive technical support tools needed to manage your business. As a valued support customer, you can benefit by using the support site to:

Most of the support areas require that you register as an HP Passport user and sign in. Many also require a support contract. To find more information about access levels, go to:

http://h20230.www2.hp.com/new_access_levels.jsp

To register for an HP Passport ID, go to:

http://h20229.www2.hp.com/passport-registration.html

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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

 

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