Configuring the Rational Quality Manager adapter

Before running the tests from IBM® Rational® Quality Manager, you must configure the Rational Quality Manager adapter and establish a successful connection.

Before you begin

To configure the Rational Quality Manager adapter, you must have the following information:

The URL of the Rational Quality Manager server.
A login and password to access a user account in Rational Quality Manager. This user account must exist in Rational Quality Manager with a Connector Client Access License. The user account must also be added to the project area being accessed by the adapter, with a role granting write permissions to the project. The default Test Team Member role is recommended.

See the Rational Quality Manager Information Center for information about creating user accounts.

Procedure

In the test workbench, click Window > Preferences > Quality Manager Adapter.
1. In Server URL, type the Rational Quality Manager server URL. Type the URL in the format https://<server name>:<port number>/<context root> where <server name> is the Rational Quality Manager server host name that you specified in the hosts file. For example, type https://RQM01:9443/qm.
  Note: If the Rational Quality Manager server is renamed, complete these steps:
  1. If you have an entry for the Rational Quality Manager server in the hosts file, update it with the new server name.
  2. Update the Server URL field with the new server name.
  3. Configure the adapter again to point to the new URL.
2. In Login and Password, type the ID and password of the Rational Quality Manager user account.
3. In Adapter Name, type a unique name to identify the Rational Quality Manager adapter on this workstation. By default, the adapter uses the name of the computer.
4. To connect the adapter to a project area other than the default Rational Quality Manager project, type the name of the project to connect to.
Click OK to save the configuration.
To run the Rational Quality Manager adapter from the command line or as a Windows service, complete these additional steps:
1. Locate the adapter.config file in the rpt_install_dir \RPT-RST_RQMAdapter\config\ directory, where rpt_install_dir is the directory where the test workbench is installed, for example, C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP.
2. Edit the WORKSPACE_DIR variable in the adapter.config file to point to the same test workspace that you want the adapter to use, for example: WORKSPACE_DIR= C:\Documents and Settings\username\IBM\rationalsdp\my_adapter_workspace

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