Installation in the shell sharing mode

You can install HCL OneTest™ UI in the same package group with the other supported Eclipse-based products. These products share a common environment, or they are shell shared. Shell shared products have a common installation directory, <install_directory>\IBM\SDP. HCL OneTest™ UI installs as a perspective in the UI of the product with which it is shell-shared.

Prerequisites

You must be familiar with the installation and licensing of the following products that are compatible for installation in the shell shared mode with HCL OneTest™ UI:
Compatible product Refer to
IBM® Engineering Workflow Management Installing IBM® Engineering Workflow Management
HCL OneTest™ Performance Installing HCL OneTest™ Performance
IBM® Rational® Team Concert™ Installing IBM® Rational® Team Concert™

Shell sharing with IBM® Engineering Workflow Management

You can install HCL OneTest™ UI in the shell sharing mode with Engineering Workflow Management Client Extension for Eclipse 4.x by using the following method:
  1. Add the repositories of HCL OneTest™ UI and Engineering Workflow Management Client Extension in the IBM Installation Manager to install the products together in the shell sharing mode.
  2. Select HCL OneTest™ UI and Engineering Workflow Management Client Extension to install the products together.

Shell sharing with HCL OneTest™ Performance

You can install HCL OneTest™ Performance with HCL OneTest™ UI in any sequence for the shell sharing mode. You can use one of the following methods:
If Then
HCL OneTest™ UI is not installed You must follow these steps:
  1. Add the repositories of HCL OneTest™ UI and HCL OneTest™ Performance in the IBM Installation Manager to install the products together in the shell sharing mode.
  2. Select HCL OneTest™ UI and HCL OneTest™ Performance to install the products together in a package group.
HCL OneTest™ UI is already installed You must follow these steps:
  1. Install HCL OneTest™ Performance and while installing HCL OneTest™ Performance, consider the following points:
    • Choose the IMShared directory where HCL OneTest™ UI is already installed.
    • Choose the SDP directory where HCL OneTest™ UI is already installed.

Shell sharing with IBM® Rational® Team Concert™

You can install HCL OneTest™ UI in the shell sharing mode with Rational® Team Concert™ 6.06 Client Extension for Eclipse by using the following method:
If Then
HCL OneTest™ UI is not installed You must follow these steps:
  1. Add the repositories of HCL OneTest™ UI and Rational® Team Concert™ Client Extension in the IBM Installation Manager to install the products together in the shell sharing mode.
  2. Select HCL OneTest™ UI and Rational® Team Concert™ Client Extension to install the products together.
HCL OneTest™ UI is already installed

Install Rational® Team Concert™ Client Extension and while installing it, choose the SDP directory where HCL OneTest™ UI is already installed.