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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ Server software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration, user management, security, memory, and disk usage management, back up and restore user data. This guide is intended for administrators.
Team space administration
You can find information about team spaces including the initial team space on HCL OneTest™ Server along with the tasks that you can perform to administer a team space.
HCL license portal
Licensing for HCL OneTest™ Server is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
License management
You as a server administrator can configure and manage licenses. As a licensed user you can only view the details of the licenses configured. If you are not a licensed user you cannot view or perform any operations on HCL OneTest™ Server.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ Server software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration, user management, security, memory, and disk usage management, back up and restore user data. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation of the server software
  To get started with HCL OneTest™ Server, you must first install the server software.
- Server software upgrade methods
  When you want to use the enhanced functionalities of HCL OneTest™ Server, you must upgrade to the latest version of the server software.
- Backing up and restoring the user data
  You might want to restore an earlier environment state if you install a new version of HCL OneTest™ Server, move environments to different systems (both real and virtual), or set up a test environment ready for testing. To address any of these needs, you can back up and restore HCL OneTest Server user data installed either on Ubuntu or on Red Hat OpenShift platform.
- Uninstallation of the server software
  When you no longer require HCL OneTest™ Server, you can uninstall the server software. You can uninstall the server software depending on the platform on which you installed the server software.
- Configuration of the server software
  You can find information about the tasks that you must perform after you installed the server software to configure HCL OneTest™ Server.
- Team space administration
  You can find information about team spaces including the initial team space on HCL OneTest™ Server along with the tasks that you can perform to administer a team space.
  - Team Space overview
    You can find information about the initial Team Space that is displayed when you log in to HCL OneTest™ Server. After you install HCL OneTest Server, you enter a Team Space. Team Space is a logical partition of HCL OneTest Server to share a single installation among multiple teams.
  - Tasks in a team space
    You can find information about the tasks that you can perform as a Member, Project Owner, Architect, or Team Space Owner in a team space on HCL OneTest™ Server.
  - Tasks in projects in a team space
    You can find information about the roles that you can assign in a project for members of a team space and the tasks that you can perform in projects in a team space.
  - HCL license portal
    Licensing for HCL OneTest™ Server is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
    - License management
      You as a server administrator can configure and manage licenses. As a licensed user you can only view the details of the licenses configured. If you are not a licensed user you cannot view or perform any operations on HCL OneTest™ Server.
    - Licensing overview
      You can find information about the licensing on HCL OneTest™ Server.
    - Configuring named user licenses
      As an administrator, you can configure certain options in the License Configuration page, so that licensed users can perform various operations such as creating a project, running tests, and so on.
    - Adding users to the Named Users list
      As an administrator, you can add users to the Named Users list so that the licenses are always available for those users.
    - Removing or replacing named users
      When you want to remove a user from the list of named users or you want to replace an existing user with another named user, you as an administrator can perform these changes from the License Configuration page.
    - Viewing license details
      You can find information about the number of licenses configured, licensed users, or details of the license server on the License Configuration page.

License management

You as a server administrator can configure and manage licenses. As a licensed user you can only view the details of the licenses configured. If you are not a licensed user you cannot view or perform any operations on HCL OneTest™ Server.

When you log in to HCL OneTest™ Server after you install the server software, you can encounter the following conditions:

The No licenses configured dialog box is displayed.
The No licenses configured dialog box is displayed if you click Manage > Licenses.
The New Project button is disabled.

Depending on your privileges you can perform the following tasks in HCL OneTest™ Server:


Privileges	Tasks	More information
Server administrator	Read about licensing on HCL OneTest™ Server.	Licensing overview
	Configure licenses.	Configuring named user licenses
	Configure named users.	Configuring named user licenses
	Remove or replace named users.	Removing or replacing named users
Licensed user	Perform tasks or operations in a Team Space.	Tasks or operations in a Team Space
Licensed user	Viewing details about licenses.	Viewing license details