SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS - ARCHIVED
|
This
page archives our previously recommended and supported environments including the
minimum patch level required for support for the
following: ·
Micro Focus
ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.5x ·
Micro Focus
ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.2x ·
Micro Focus
ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.0x ·
Micro Focus
ALM Essentials and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise version
11.5x ·
Micro Focus
ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise version
11.00 ·
Micro Focus
Quality Center Premier and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise version
10.00 For the most up-to-date system requirements for ALM/Quality Center, see ALM System Requirements. |
Micro Focus ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.5x
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
|
This
section provides our recommended and supported environments for Micro Focus ALM
and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.5x. The environments list the
minimum patch level required for support. |
Server-Side System
Requirements
|
The
following are the server-side system requirements and configurations for
installing Micro Focus ALM 12.5x and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.5x on
Windows and Linux: |
|
Please
note that these requirements do not apply if you are utilizing Managed
Software Solutions for Micro Focus ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise. In that
case the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of Micro Focus
ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise so the only requirements are the
Client-Side System Requirements listed below. |
Hardware
Minimum Requirements
|
CPU |
Quad
Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor |
|
Memory
(RAM) |
8
GB minimum |
|
Free
disk space |
8
GB minimum |
|
NOTES: |
|
§
For hardware and tuning recommendations according to the deployment type and capacity, please refer to ALM Advisor |
Recommended
Environments
|
The
following table includes recommended configurations for each operating
system: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Databases |
Web
Servers |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft
SQL Server 2014 |
Microsoft
IIS 8.5 |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x 64 Bit |
Oracle
12c |
Apache
2.2 |
|
NOTES: |
|
§
If you’re working with an Oracle database, it is recommended to set database character set to Unicode character set in order to store non-English or multiple language groups. |
Supported
Environments
|
The
following tables include supported versions of Operating Systems,
Database Servers, and Web Servers: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2016 |
ALM
12.55 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x 64 Bit |
|
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French/Italian |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x 64 Bit |
|
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French |
|
Oracle
Linux 6.x 64 Bit |
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French | |
|
Oracle
Linux 7.x 64 Bit |
|
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French |
|
SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 SP3 64 bit |
|
|
|
SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 SP4 64 bit |
ALM
12.53 |
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French/Italian |
|
SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 64 bit |
ALM
12.53 |
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French/Italian |
|
CentOS
7.x 64 Bit |
ALM
12.55 Patch 04 |
|
|
NOTES: |
|
§
Operating
systems’ service packs and updates are supported, provided they are
compatible with the vendor’s general availability
release §
Oracle
Linux versions are supported, provided they are compatible with the
supported versions of Red Hat Linux §
CentOS
versions are supported, provided they are compatible with the
supported CentOS 7.5 64 Bit |
|
Databases |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Oracle
12c |
|
Oracle 12.2.x requires ALM 12.55 Patch 2 or later If database character set is not set to Unicode character set, some non-English characters may be corrupted after upgrading to Oracle 12.2.0.1. This issue has been identified as an Oracle defect. The fix is addressed in Oracle patch 26380097. For additional help, contact Oracle Support. |
|
Oracle
18c |
ALM 12.55 Patch 05 |
|
|
Oracle
19c |
ALM 12.55 Patch 08 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2014 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2016 |
ALM
12.55 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
All
database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 64 bit
configurations §
Micro Focus
ALM is certified to work with Enterprise and Standard editions of
Microsoft and Oracle databases §
Database
servers’ service packs and updates are supported, provided they are
compatible with the vendor’s general availability release §
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for
Microsoft and Oracle databases.
Implementation of TDE does have an impact on system performance.
For details contact the database vendor that provides the
encryption |
Application
Server
|
The
Application server functionality is now built in to the ALM/QC platform
and there is no need to install a third party application server
(WebLogic, WebSphere, and JBoss) from version
11.50 and later. The Micro Focus ALM application server uses JDK8 (1.8) and
supports 64 bit JVM. |
|
Web
Servers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Apache
2.2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 7.5 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.0 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.5 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 10 |
ALM
12.55 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
By
default, application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional
functionality a web server can be added §
Micro Focus
will certify the major and minor releases of Apache (e.g. Apache 2.2) while all minor-minor releases of Apache (e.g. version 2.2.x) will not
undergo specific certifications as it is expected that minor-minor
software releases from Apache will maintain full
compatibility |
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
VMWare
ESX/ESXi Server 5.0 and
higher |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with VMWare ESX/ESXi. Due to the rapidly evolving architectures
provided by virtualization vendors ( e.g. Hyper V or Citrix) as long as
the above stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, Micro Focus ALM/QC will support the virtualized environments and
function as designed |
Cloud
Computing - Amazon
AWS
Micro Focus ALM/QC version 12.5x is certified to be installed and run under Amazon Web Services (AWS), using a BYOL model, as long as all components of cloud computing environment follow the system requirements specified on this document.
In addition, Micro Focus ALM/QC version 12.5x is certified to work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) using the following services:
·
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) – when used with Oracle Database as long as the database follows the Database System Requirements specified in
this document. (Microsoft SQL Server Database is not supported)
·
Amazon Elastic File System
(EFS)
·
Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)
·
Amazon Classic Load
Balancer
NOTE: Using AWS may have an impact on system’s performance and availability. For details please consult with AWS.
Recommended AWS environment
|
Computing |
Amazon
EC2 running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x 64
Bit |
|
File
System |
Amazon
Elastic File System (EFS) |
|
Database |
Amazon
RDS for Oracle 12c |
|
Emailing |
Amazon
Simple Email Service (SES) |
|
Networking |
Amazon
Classic Load Balancer |
Cloud
Computing - Microsoft Azure
Micro Focus ALM/QC version 12.55 Patch03 is certified to be installed and run under Azure.
Recommended Azure environment
|
Computing |
Azure Virtual Machines running Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or Azure Virtual Machines running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 SP3 64 bit |
|
File
System |
Azure Files |
|
Database |
Azure SQL Database - Deployment Model: Managed Instance |
|
Emailing |
SendGrid Email Delivery for Microsoft Azure |
|
Networking |
Azure Load Balancer |
|
NOTES: |
|
§
There are several deployment models available for Azure SQL Database, ALM supports Managed Instance deployment model. For details, please refer to: § The KM03280653 is a sample which shows how to install ALM on Microsoft Azure. § The KM03276819 is a sample which shows how to migrate OnPrem ALM databases to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. |
For details please consult with Azure.
Full
Disk Encryption
Full
disk encryption (FDE) is supported for all system components, including
database, server, repository server, and client machines.
Implementation of FDE, does have an impact on system performance. For
details, contact the vendor that provides the encryption.
Client-Side System Requirements
|
The
following are the client-side system requirements and configurations for
installing an Micro Focus ALM/Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise client: |
Hardware
Minimum Requirements
|
CPU |
Core
duo 1.6 Ghz (or higher) or equivalent
compatible processor |
|
Memory
(RAM) |
2
GB minimum |
|
Free
disk space |
2
GB minimum |
Recommended
Client Environments
|
The
following table lists the recommended configuration: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Browsers |
Office
Suites |
|
Microsoft
Windows 8.1 64 Bit |
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 11 |
Microsoft
Office 2013 32 Bit |
Desktop
Client Supported Environments
|
The
following tables include prerequisites and supported versions of
Operating Systems, Browsers, and Office Suites for the desktop
client: |
|
Prerequisites |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
.NET Framework 4.0 |
|
Microsoft
.NET Framework 4.x versions are supported provided they are backward
compatible with the .NET 4.0 release |
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 / Microsoft Office 2013 |
|
|
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows 7 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8.1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 10 |
All Windows 10 builds distributed and approved by Microsoft are supported, provided they are compatible with the Windows 10 general availability release. Due
to the "blue screen" error in some builds of Microsoft Windows 10, you
may need to apply a required fix: ·
Windows
10 Build 1507 (32 Bit): See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB4048956 ·
Windows
10 Build 1703 (32 Bit or 64 Bit): See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB4022716 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
ALM
12.53 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 |
ALM
12.53 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
ALM
12.53 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2016 |
ALM
12.55 |
|
|
NOTES: |
|
§
If
you are integrating Quality Center with other Micro Focus testing tools, you must
modify the DCOM permissions on your client machine §
DCOM
is not required for running Functional test sets (server-side
execution) §
Functional
test sets are available only in ALM Edition |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC Client on Windows 64 bit runs in WOW64
mode |
|
Browsers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 11 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft Edge (version 77 and later) |
|
Supported with IE mode enabled only. For the instructions and known limitations, please refer to KM03638120. |
|
NOTE: |
|
§
For
customers who have restrictions on plugins in their browsers, such as
ActiveX, Micro Focus ALM/QC can be loaded in the Micro Focus ALM Explorer Add-In. For
more information on downloading and installing the Add-In, refer to the
Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Installation Guide |
|
Office
Suites |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 64 Bit |
|
Excel
add-in only |
|
Microsoft
Office 2013 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2013 64 Bit |
|
Excel
add-in only |
|
Microsoft
Office 2016 32 Bit |
ALM
12.50 Patch 01 |
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2016 64 Bit |
ALM
12.50 Patch 01 |
Excel
add-in only |
|
Microsoft
Office 365 |
ALM
12.53 |
Desktop
clients only |
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Microsoft
Office service packs and updates are supported, provided they are
compatible with the vendor’s general availability release |
|
Skype
Business version for team collaboration |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Lync
2013
|
ALM
12.55 |
|
|
Skype
for business 2015 |
ALM
12.55 |
|
|
Skype
for business 2016 |
ALM
12.55 |
|
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Citrix
XenApp 6.0 or higher |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Terminal Services |
|
|
|
Remote
Desktop Services |
|
|
|
Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with Citrix XenApp, Microsoft Terminal
Services and Remote Desktop Services. Due to the rapidly evolving
architectures provided by Virtualization vendors as long as the above
stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, then Micro Focus ALM/QC will function as designed |
|
Other
Configuration Settings |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Screen
Resolution |
|
|
|
Min:
1024x768 |
|
|
|
DPI
Setting:
100% |
|
ALM 12.55 Patch 1 features improved support for tablet devices. Using
manufacturer-recommended screen resolution, the recommended DPI setting
is 125% and the maximum DPI setting is up to 150%. If you use higher DPI settings, the ALM client menu items and columns may not be fully displayed.
|
Micro Focus ALM 12.50 and Micro Focus Quality Center 12.50 have been tested against FDCC regulations.
Micro Focus ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.2x
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
|
This
section provides our recommended and supported environments for Micro Focus ALM
and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.2x. The environments list the
minimum patch level required for support. |
Server-Side System
Requirements
|
The
following are the server-side system requirements and configurations for
installing Micro Focus ALM 12.20 and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.20 on
Windows and Linux: |
|
Please
note that these requirements do not apply if you are utilizing Managed
Software Solutions for Micro Focus ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise. In that
case the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of Micro Focus
ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise so the only requirements are the
Client-Side System Requirements listed below. |
Hardware
Minimum Requirements
|
CPU |
Quad
Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor |
|
Memory
(RAM) |
8
GB minimum |
|
Free
disk space |
8
GB minimum |
Recommended
Environments
|
The
following table includes recommended configurations for each operating
system: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Databases |
Web
Servers |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 64 Bit |
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 |
Microsoft
IIS 7.5 |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
Oracle
11.2.0.4 |
Apache
2.2 |
Supported
Environments
|
The
following tables include supported versions of Operating Systems,
Database Servers, and Web Servers: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 Standard |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 02 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 04 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 64 Bit |
|
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 03 |
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
|
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French |
|
Oracle
Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French | |
|
Oracle
Linux 6.7 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 02 |
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.8 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 04 |
|
|
Oracle
Linux 7.0 64 Bit |
|
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French |
|
Oracle
Linux 7.2 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 03 |
Supported localized languages: Simplified Chinese/German/French |
|
SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 SP3 64 bit |
|
|
|
SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 SP4 64 bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 05 |
Supported localized languages: French |
|
SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 SP3 64 bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 06 |
Supported localized languages: German/French |
|
NOTES: |
|
§
Oracle
Linux versions are supported, provided they are compatible with the
supported versions of Red Hat Linux |
|
Databases |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Oracle
11.2.0.3 |
|
|
|
Oracle
11.2.0.4 |
|
|
|
Oracle
12.1.0.1 |
|
|
|
Oracle
12.1.0.2 |
ALM
12.21 Patch 02 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 |
ALM
12.21 Patch 01 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 SP2 |
ALM
12.20 Patch 01 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 SP3 |
ALM
12.21 Patch 04 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2014 |
ALM
12.21 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2014 SP1 |
ALM
12.21 Patch 05 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
All
database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 64 bit
configurations §
Micro Focus
ALM is certified to work with Enterprise and Standard editions of
Microsoft and Oracle databases §
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for
Microsoft and Oracle databases.
Implementation of TDE does have an impact on system performance.
For details contact the database vendor that provides the
encryption |
Application
Server
|
The
Application server functionality is now built in to the ALM/QC platform
and there is no need to install a third party application server
(WebLogic, WebSphere, and JBoss) from version
11.50 and later. The Micro Focus ALM application server uses JDK7 (1.7) and
supports 64 bit JVM. |
|
Web
Servers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Apache
2.2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 7.5 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.0 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.5 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 10 |
ALM
12.21 Patch 06 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
By
default, application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional
functionality a web server can be added §
Micro Focus
will certify the major and minor releases of Apache (e.g. Apache 2.2)
while all minor-minor releases of Apache (e.g. version 2.2.x) will not
undergo specific certifications as it is expected that minor-minor
software releases from Apache will maintain full
compatibility |
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
VMWare
ESX/ESXi Server 5.0 and
higher |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with VMWare ESX/ESXi. Due to the rapidly evolving architectures
provided by virtualization vendors ( e.g. Hyper V or Citrix) as long as
the above stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, Micro Focus ALM/QC will support the virtualized environments and
function as designed |
Full
Disk Encryption
Full
disk encryption (FDE) is supported for all system components, including
database, server, repository server, and client machines.
Implementation of FDE, does have an impact on system performance. For
details, contact the vendor that provides the encryption.
Client-Side System Requirements
|
The
following are the client-side system requirements and configurations for
installing an Micro Focus ALM/Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise client: |
Hardware
Minimum Requirements
|
CPU |
Core
duo 1.6 Ghz (or higher) or equivalent
compatible processor |
|
Memory
(RAM) |
2
GB minimum |
|
Free
disk space |
2
GB minimum |
Recommended
Client Environments
|
The
following table lists the recommended configuration: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Browsers |
Office
Suites |
|
Microsoft
Windows 7 SP1 32 Bit |
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 |
Microsoft
Office 2010 SP2 32 Bit |
Desktop
Client Supported Environments
|
The
following tables include prerequisites and supported versions of
Operating Systems, Browsers, and Office Suites for the desktop
client: |
|
Prerequisites |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
.NET Framework 4.0 |
|
Microsoft
.NET Framework 4.x versions are supported provided they are backward
compatible with the .NET 4.0 release |
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 / Microsoft Office 2013 |
|
|
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows 7 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8 |
Microsoft
Fix 449677: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2870007 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8.1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 10 |
ALM
12.21 Patch 02 Due
to the "blue screen" error in some builds of Microsoft Windows 10, you
may need to apply a required fix: ·
Windows
10 Build 1507 (32 Bit): See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB4048956 ·
Windows
10 Build 1703 (32 Bit or 64 Bit): See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB4022716 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 |
|
|
NOTES: |
|
§
If
you are integrating Quality Center with other Micro Focus testing tools, you must
modify the DCOM permissions on your client machine §
DCOM
is not required for running Functional test sets (server-side
execution) §
Functional
test sets are available only in ALM Edition |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC Client on Windows 64 bit runs in WOW64
mode |
|
Browsers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 8 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 9 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 11 32 Bit |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
For
customers who have restrictions on plugins in their browsers, such as
ActiveX, Micro Focus ALM/QC can be loaded in the Micro Focus ALM Explorer Add-In. For
more information on downloading and installing the Add-In, refer to the
Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Installation Guide |
|
Office
Suites |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 SP2 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 SP2 64 Bit |
|
Excel
add-in only |
|
Microsoft
Office 2013 SP1 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2013 SP1 64 Bit |
|
Excel
add-in only |
|
Microsoft
Office 2016 SP1 32 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 02 |
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2016 SP1 64 Bit |
ALM
12.21 Patch 02 |
Excel
add-in only |
|
Microsoft
Office 365 |
ALM
12.21 Patch 02 |
Desktop
clients only |
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Citrix
XenApp 6.0 or higher |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Terminal Services |
|
|
|
Remote
Desktop Services |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with Citrix XenApp, Microsoft Terminal
Services and Remote Desktop Services. Due to the rapidly evolving
architectures provided by Virtualization vendors as long as the above
stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, then Micro Focus ALM/QC will function as designed |
|
Other
Configuration Settings |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Screen
Resolution |
|
|
|
Min:
1024x768 |
|
|
|
DPI
Setting:
100% |
|
|
Web
Client Supported Environments
|
The
following tables include prerequisites and supported versions of
Operating Systems, Browsers, and Office Suites: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows 7 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8.1 |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Oracle
Linux 7.0 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Ubuntu
12.04 LTS |
|
|
|
Apple
Mac OS X |
|
On
Macbook Pro
only |
|
Browsers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 |
|
On
Microsoft Windows only |
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 11 |
|
On
Microsoft Windows only |
|
Google
Chrome 38 |
|
On
Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS only |
|
Mozilla
Firefox 33 |
|
On
Microsoft Windows, Linux OS only |
|
Apple
Safari 6.1 |
|
On
Mac OS only |
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Citrix
XenApp 6.0 or higher |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Terminal Services |
|
|
|
Remote
Desktop Services |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with Citrix XenApp, Microsoft Terminal
Services and Remote Desktop Services. Due to the rapidly evolving
architectures provided by Virtualization vendors as long as the above
stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, then Micro Focus ALM/QC will function as designed |
|
Other
Configuration Settings |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Screen
Resolution |
|
|
|
Min:
1024x768 |
|
|
|
Max:
1920x1200 |
|
2880x1800
Mac OS only |
|
DPI
Setting:
100%,125% |
|
|
Micro Focus ALM 12.20 and Micro Focus Quality Center 12.20 have been tested against FDCC regulations.
Micro Focus ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.0x
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
|
This
section provides our recommended and supported environments for Micro Focus ALM
and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.0x. The environments list the
minimum patch level required for support. |
Server-Side System
Requirements
|
The
following are the server-side system requirements and configurations for
installing Micro Focus ALM 12.00 and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 12.00 on
Windows and Linux: |
|
Please
note that these requirements do not apply if you are utilizing Managed
Software Solutions for Micro Focus ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise. In that
case the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of Micro Focus
ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise so the only requirements are the
Client-Side System Requirements listed below. |
Hardware
Minimum Requirements
|
CPU |
Quad
Core AMD64 processor or equivalent x86-compatible processor |
|
Memory
(RAM) |
8
GB minimum |
|
Free
disk space |
8
GB minimum |
Recommended
Environments
|
The
following table includes recommended configurations for each operating
system: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Databases |
Web
Servers |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 64 Bit |
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 |
Microsoft
IIS 7.5 |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
Oracle
11.2.0.3 |
Apache
2.2 |
Supported
Environments
|
The
following tables include supported versions of Operating Systems,
Database Servers, and Web Servers: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 Standard |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 Patch 03 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 Patch 04 |
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.3 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
| |
|
Oracle
Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.7 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 Patch 03 |
|
|
Oracle
Linux 7.2 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 Patch 04 |
|
|
SUSE
Linux 11.0 64 Bit |
|
|
|
SUSE
Linux 11.0 Service Pack 3 64 bit |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
SUSE
Linux 11.0 Service Pack 4 64 bit |
ALM
12.01 Patch 05 |
|
|
NOTES: |
|
§
Localized
editions of ALM are supported only on Windows operating
systems §
Oracle
Linux versions are supported, provided they are compatible with the
supported versions of Red Hat Linux |
|
Databases |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Oracle
10.2.0.5 |
|
|
|
Oracle
11.2.0.3 |
|
|
|
Oracle
11.2.0.4 |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 |
ALM
12.01 Patch 02 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 SP2 |
ALM
12.01 Patch 01 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2012 SP3 |
ALM
12.01 Patch 04 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
All
database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 64 bit
configurations §
Micro Focus
ALM is certified to work with Enterprise and Standard editions of
Microsoft and Oracle databases §
Micro Focus
ALM is certified to work with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for
Microsoft and Oracle databases. Implementation of TDE does have an impact
on system performance. For details contact the database vendor that
provides the encryption |
Application
Server
|
The
Application server functionality is now built in to the ALM/QC platform
and there is no need to install a third party application server
(WebLogic, WebSphere, and JBoss) from version
11.50 and later. The Micro Focus ALM application server uses JDK7 (1.7) and
supports 64 bit JVM. |
|
Web
Servers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Apache
2.2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 7.5 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.0 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.5 |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
By
default, application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional
functionality a web server can be added §
Micro Focus
will certify the major and minor releases of Apache (e.g. Apache 2.2)
while all minor-minor releases of Apache (e.g. version 2.2.x) will not
undergo specific certifications as it is expected that minor-minor
software releases from Apache will maintain full
compatibility |
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
VMWare
ESX/ESXi Server 5.0 and
higher |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with VMWare ESX/ESXi. Due to the rapidly evolving architectures
provided by virtualization vendors ( e.g. Hyper V or Citrix) as long as
the above stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, Micro Focus ALM/QC will support the virtualized environments and
function as designed |
Full
Disk Encryption
|
Full
disk encryption (FDE) is supported for all system components, including
database, server, repository server, and client machines.
Implementation of FDE, does have an impact on system performance
for details reach out to the vendor providing encryption |
Client-Side System Requirements
|
The
following are the client-side system requirements and configurations for
installing an Micro Focus ALM and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise clients for
version 12.00: |
Hardware
Minimum Requirements
|
CPU |
Core
duo 1.6 Ghz (or higher) or equivalent
compatible processor |
|
Memory
(RAM) |
2
GB minimum |
|
Free
disk space |
2
GB minimum |
Recommended
Client Environments
|
The
following table lists the recommended configuration: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Browsers |
Office
Suites |
|
Microsoft
Windows 7 SP1 32 Bit |
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 |
Microsoft
Office 2010 SP2 32 Bit |
Desktop
Client Supported Environments
|
The
following tables include prerequisites and supported versions of
Operating Systems, Browsers, and Office Suites for the desktop
client: |
|
Prerequisites |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
.NET Framework 4.0 |
|
Microsoft
.NET Framework 4.x versions are supported provided they are backward
compatible with the .NET 4.0 release |
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 / Microsoft Office 2013 |
|
|
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows 7 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8 |
Microsoft
Fix 449677: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2870007 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8.1 |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 10 |
ALM
12.01 Patch 03 Due
to the "blue screen" error in some builds of Microsoft Windows 10, you
may need to apply a required fix: ·
Windows
10 Build 1507 (32 Bit): See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB4048956 ·
Windows
10 Build 1703 (32 Bit or 64 Bit): See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/KB4022716 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64 Bit |
|
|
|
NOTES: |
|
§
If
you are integrating Quality Center with other Micro Focus testing tools, you must
modify the DCOM permissions on your client machine §
DCOM
is not required for running Functional test sets (server-side
execution) §
Functional
test sets are available only in ALM Edition |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC Client on Windows 64 bit runs in WOW64
mode |
|
§
You
can work with the Micro Focus ALM/QC desktop client using a remote
desktop |
|
Browsers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 8 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 9 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 11 32 Bit |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
For
customers who have restrictions on plugins in their browsers, such as
ActiveX, Micro Focus ALM/QC can be loaded in the Micro Focus ALM Explorer Add-In. For
more information on downloading and installing the Add-In, refer to the
Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management Installation Guide |
|
Office
Suites |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 SP1 32 Bit |
Install
one of the following patches: MS12-027: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-027 MS12-060: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-060 |
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2010 SP2 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2013 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Office 2016 32 Bit |
ALM
12.01 Patch 03 |
|
|
Microsoft
Office 365 |
ALM
12.01 Patch 04 |
Desktop
clients only |
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Only
32 bit versions of Microsoft Office are supported |
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Citrix
XenApp 6.0 or higher |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Terminal Services |
|
|
|
Remote
Desktop Services |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with Citrix XenApp, Microsoft Terminal
Services and Remote Desktop Services. Due to the rapidly evolving
architectures provided by Virtualization vendors as long as the above
stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, then Micro Focus ALM/QC will function as designed |
|
Other
Configuration Settings |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Screen
Resolution |
|
|
|
Min:
1024x768 |
|
|
|
DPI
Setting:
100% |
|
|
Web
Client Supported Environments
|
The
following tables include prerequisites and supported versions of
Operating Systems, Browsers, and Office Suites: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows 7 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows 8.1 |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.3 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.4 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Oracle
Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
ALM
12.01 |
|
|
Ubuntu
12.04 LTS |
|
|
|
Apple
Mac OS X |
|
On
Macbook Pro
only |
|
Browsers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 10 |
|
On
Microsoft Windows only |
|
Microsoft
Internet Explorer 11 |
ALM
12.01 |
On
Microsoft Windows only |
|
Google
Chrome 31 |
|
On
Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS only |
|
Google
Chrome 35 |
ALM
12.01 |
On
Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS only |
|
Mozilla
Firefox 26 |
|
On
Microsoft Windows, Linux OS only |
|
Mozilla
Firefox 29 |
ALM
12.01 |
On
Microsoft Windows, Linux OS only |
|
Apple
Safari 6.1 |
|
On
Mac OS only |
|
Virtual
Environments |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Citrix
XenApp 6.0 or higher |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Terminal Services |
|
|
|
Remote
Desktop Services |
|
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
Micro Focus
ALM/QC is certified to work with Citrix XenApp, Microsoft Terminal
Services and Remote Desktop Services. Due to the rapidly evolving
architectures provided by Virtualization vendors as long as the above
stated vendor guarantees full compatibility of the virtualized
environment to the Micro Focus ALM/QC approved system requirements for physical
hardware, then Micro Focus ALM/QC will function as designed |
|
Other
Configuration Settings |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Screen
Resolution |
|
|
|
Min:
1024x768 |
|
|
|
Max:
1600x1050 |
|
|
|
DPI
Setting:
100%,125% |
|
|
Micro Focus ALM 12.00 and Micro Focus Quality Center 12.00 have been tested against FDCC regulations.
Micro Focus ALM, Micro Focus ALM Essentials, and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 11.5x
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS
|
This
section provides our recommended and supported environments for Micro Focus ALM,
Micro Focus
ALM Essentials and Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 11.5x.
The environments list the minimum patch level required for
support. |
Server-Side System Requirements
|
The
following are the server-side system requirements and configurations for
installing Micro Focus ALM 11.52, Micro Focus ALM Essentials 11.52, and Micro Focus Quality Center
Enterprise 11.52 on Windows, Linux, and Solaris: |
|
Please
note that these requirements do not apply if you are utilizing Managed
Software Solutions for Micro Focus ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise. In that
case, the Managed Software Solutions team provides a hosted version of Micro Focus
ALM or Micro Focus Quality Center Enterprise 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) |
8
GB minimum |
|
Free
disk space |
8
GB minimum |
Recommended
Environments
|
The
following table includes recommended configurations for each operating
system: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Databases |
Web
Servers |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 64 Bit |
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 |
Microsoft
IIS 7.5 |
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 64 Bit |
Oracle
11.2.0.3 |
Apache
2.2 |
Supported
Environments
|
The
following tables include supported versions of Operating Systems,
Database Servers, and Web Servers: |
|
Operating
Systems |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 32 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 Standard |
ALM
11.52 Patch 01 |
|
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard |
ALM
11.52 Patch 02 |
|
|
Sun
Solaris 10 64 Bit SPARC (x86 architecture is NOT
supported) |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 64 Bit |
|
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64 Bit |
ALM
11.52 Patch 04 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 64 Bit |
ALM
11.52 Patch 08 |
|
|
Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 64 Bit |
ALM
11.52 Patch 09 |
|
|
SUSE
Linux 11 64 Bit |
|
|
|
SUSE
Linux 11 SP3 64 Bit |
ALM
11.52 Patch 03 |
|
|
NOTES: |
|
§
It
is strongly recommended that ALM be deployed only on 64 bit systems in
Windows production environments §
Localized
editions of ALM are supported only on Windows operating
systems §
Oracle
Linux versions are supported provided they are compatible with the
supported versions of Red Hat Linux |
|
Databases |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Oracle
10.2.0.5 |
|
|
|
Oracle
11.2.0.3 |
|
|
|
Oracle
11.2.0.4 |
ALM
11.52 Patch 02 |
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2005 SP4 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 |
ALM
11.52 Patch 06 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
All
database servers, unless otherwise stated, have been validated on 64 bit
configurations §
Micro Focus
ALM is certified to work with Enterprise and Standard editions of
Microsoft and Oracle databases §
Micro Focus
ALM is certified to work with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) for
Microsoft and Oracle databases. Implementation of TDE does have an impact
on system performance, for details contact the database vendor that
provides the encryption |
Application
Servers
|
The
Application server functionality is now built in to the ALM/QC platform
and there is no need to install a third party application server
(WebLogic, WebSphere, and JBoss) from version
11.50 and later. The Micro Focus ALM application server uses JDK6 (1.6) and
supports 64 bit JVM. |
|
Web
Servers |
Minimum
Patch Required |
Notes |
|
Apache
2.2 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 7.0 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 7.5 |
|
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.0 |
ALM
11.52 Patch 01 |
|
|
Microsoft
IIS 8.5 |
ALM
11.52 Patch 02 |
|
|
NOTE: |
|
§
By
default, application servers include HTTP servers. If you need additional
functionality a web server can be added §
Micro Focus
shall certify the major and minor releases of Apache (e.g. Apache 2.2)
while all minor-minor releases of Apache (e.g. version 2.2.x) will not
undergo specific certifications as it is expected that minor-minor
software releases from Apache will maintain full
compatibility |