Appendix B • Working with Rational RequisitePro

Migrating to the Quality Center Synchronizer

You use the Requirements Restore Tool to migrate from the Quality Center Requirements Synchronizer for Rational RequisitePro to the latest version of the Quality Center Synchronizer. The Requirements Restore Tool can be used with Quality Center 9.2 and later.

For information on the advantages of upgrading to the Quality Center Synchronizer, refer to the HP Quality Center Synchronizer Readme and navigate to “What’s New for Rational RequisitePro Users”.

This section includes the following topics:

➤“Overview of the Migration Process” on page 123

➤“Instructions for Migrating” on page 125

Overview of the Migration Process

Migrating to the latest version of the Quality Center Synchronizer consists of the following steps:

➤Run a full synchronization using the Quality Center Requirements Synchronizer for Rational RequisitePro. Run a full synchronization using the Quality Center Requirements Synchronizer for Rational RequisitePro 9.0 to ensure that all requirements are up to date.

➤Back up requirements in Quality Center. Create a backup of the requirements that you synchronized using the Quality Center Requirements Synchronizer for Rational RequisitePro by renaming the top-level requirement.

➤Create a new synchronization link using the Quality Center Synchronizer. Create a synchronization link for the requirements you want to synchronize between RequisitePro and Quality Center.

➤Run a full synchronization using the Quality Center Synchronizer. Run a full synchronization task for the new link you created. Verify that all requirements are recreated in Quality Center.

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