Preparing for Cross-Platform Client installation

This topic lists the pre-installation considerations and the system requirements for the Cross-Platform client.

Release compatibility

StarTeam supports compatibility between clients and servers which are either one release ahead or behind one another. This support is provided for your convenience in implementing your upgrades to the latest release. Some functionality may only be available in the latest release. You will achieve best performance by upgrading your clients and servers to the same release.

While some flexibility in client-server release combinations is allowed, the StarTeam Server 14.0 will not support connections from clients using an SDK older than the StarTeam 2009 R2 SDK.

Note: You must be a local administrator on the target computer to install StarTeam products.

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StarTeam Cross-Platform client system requirements

The StarTeam Cross-Platform client is implemented in Java and can be installed on Microsoft Windows and any system that supports Zulu OpenJDK 1.8.0_192. The StarTeam Cross-Platform Client has been tested in the following environments:

Software

Operating Systems (32- and 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows 8
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
  • Solaris Sparc 10
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.3
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Ubuntu 14.04
  • SUSE 11.3
  • Mac: El Capitan, Yosemite.
Adobe Acrobat For viewing PDF manuals
Web browser (for online help)
  • Internet Explorer 8 or later (Microsoft Windows only)
  • Firefox 4 or later

Hardware

Processor 32-bit dual core
RAM 2 GB minimum
Hard disk space 200 MB to install the application. Also, sufficient disk space is required for your working files. The amount will vary depending on your use of the product.
Display
Required SVGA, high color mode, 1024x768
Recommended 1280x1024 or more
Mac Models
  • MacBook (Early 2015).
  • MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer).
  • MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer).
  • MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer).
  • Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer).
  • iMac (Mid 2007 or newer).
  • Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer).
  • Xserve (Early 2009).

Note: Support is for physical Apple computers. OS X Virtual Machines are not supported.

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Set up default personal options

If, during a custom installation of the StarTeam Server for Microsoft Windows, you chose the Client Setup option, the installation files for StarTeam Cross-Platform Client were copied to that location and accessible to all users. Users can install from that location. One of the benefits of this arrangement is that each new user can be given a set of initial personal options, selected by you, instead of using the usual default StarTeam Cross-Platform Client personal options. For example, if these users use Change Requests more often than any other Micro Focus tab, you can make the Change Requests tab the first, or only, tab that the client displays.

To customize default personal options, create a file named starteam-client-options.xml and place it in the Client Setup folder. During the StarTeam Cross-Platform Client installation, the default personal options file you created is copied to C:\Users\User_ID\AppData\Roaming\Borland\StarTeam where it becomes a template for the starteam-client-options.xml file created by the StarTeam Cross-Platform Client when a user starts it for the first time. Existing client users can use your personal options before starting the client. The client will not overwrite the existing starteam-client-options.xml.

To provide all new users of the StarTeam Cross-Platform Client with the same initial set of personal options:

  1. Perform a custom installation of StarTeam Server while selecting the Client Setup check box, so that the disk image for StarTeam Cross-Platform Client is installed in the Client Setup folder, a child folder of the StarTeam Server installation folder.
  2. Make sure that this folder is one that all team members can access.
  3. Install the StarTeam Cross-Platform Client on only one computer.
  4. Set the personal options. See Personal Options in the Cross-Platform Client guide.
  5. Notice that you now have a file named starteam-client-options.xml in the user profile folder. On Microsoft Windows, this is usually in the C:\Users\User_ID\AppData\Roaming\Borland\StarTeam folder.
  6. Copy this file to the Client Setup folder.
  7. Rename this file starteam-client-options.xml.
  8. Instruct users to install the StarTeam Cross-Platform Client from the Client Setup folder.

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