Running tests and test sets on remote hosts or host groups

You can configure and run test instances in a test set on remote hosts.

About this task

You can add hosts to host groups for failover purposes.

Note: When a host group is used, HP Quality Center tries each host in the group until it finds one that runs the test.

Hosts and host groups are created in the Test Lab module by selecting Host Manager from the Test Sets menu.

Hosts and host groups are specified in the test set by choosing a host from the list in the Planned Host Name column for test instances in the Execution Grid tab.

For more information about running tests on remote hosts, see HP Quality Center User’s Guide.

Ensure that the following requirements for running IBM® Rational® Integration Tester tests on remote hosts have been completed.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that the remote machine has a properly licensed copy of Rational Integration Tester installed.
  2. Ensure that the Rational Integration Tester project that is linked to the test created in Quality Center is located on the remote host in the exact same path. For example, if the project is in C:\projects\myproject on the local machine, then the project must be found on the remote host in C:\projects\myproject.
    Note: To run a test on a remote host in Quality Center, Microsoft Windows DCOM must be configured properly on both machines. If DCOM is not configured properly, you receive an error ("Access is denied" or "RPC server is unavailable") when you are trying to run the test. Additionally, the network user who is executing the test from Quality Center must have privileges to run processes on the remote host with DCOM.
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