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Test shared assets with Rational Quality Manager

You can make Rational Performance Tester and Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality projects and test assets shareable in Rational Quality Manager. This allows any computer with RPT or RST for SOA Quality which is connected to RQM to execute a test or schedule which has been shared in RQM.

When you are working with tests or schedules from a remote shared location, RPT or RST for SOA Quality uses a local workspace for the RQM adapter.

This adapter workspace is different from normal workspaces because the test assets are stored remotely. This means that each asset related to the test or schedule is downloaded from the shared location into the local workspace before execution.

The following limitations apply:

Do not edit test assets in the adapter workspace because you might lose work. Use these assets only for running tests and schedules.

If you are using source control and want to include only the minimum required assets, then include the following files:

All other assets, such as test results, are not required.

Any custom code Java classes in the shared assets cannot use libraries which exist outside of the workspace. If custom code must use such a library, then copy the library into the project and update the classpath to use the local copy.


Share performance or service tests and schedules in RQM

  1. Create a shared directory on the computer that hosts the UNC file system containing the RPT or RST for SOA Quality projects to share.

    For example:

      C:\MyRemoteWorkspace

  2. Copy the RPT or RST for SOA Quality projects to share into th shared directory.

    If a project is stored in source control software, then copy it from there.

  3. Check that the RQM server can access the shared directory using UNC paths.

    For example:

      \\MyServer\RPTRemoteAssets\

    ...must be mapped to...

      C:\MyRemoteWorkspace

  4. In RQM, specify the directory containing the actual test projects located in the shared directory.

  5. Check that you have correctly specified the UNC shared directory by browsing for the shared resource.

    Verify first dialog contains the projects at the first level. You must not have intermediate directories between the UNC shared directory and the project directory.


Related

  • RQM integration
  • RQM overview
  • Configure the RQM adapter
  • Importing test assets into RQM