Installing the DOORS client
The IBM® Engineering Requirements
Management DOORS®
client runs on Windows systems only. You can install the
client on your computer after an administrator installs and configures the client and database
server.
Before you begin
- An administrator must install the client that is to be used to administer the DOORS system. In addition, the administrator must install the database server and set up administrator and database manager accounts on the client. If an administrator did not complete those tasks, you cannot install the client on your computer.
- Make sure that you meet the system, licensing, and other requirements. To view a checklist of installation prerequisites, see Installation preparation for DOORS.
- Make sure that your DOORS administrator supplies you with the computer name and the port number that are being used by the DOORS database server. You need the computer name and port number to complete the installation.
- When you install the client, log in as an administrator, or run as an administrator. To run as an administrator, right-click the installer file and then click Run as Administrator. See also Installing DOORS client as a non-administrator user.
About this task
The DOORS client for Windows systems is now large address aware, which means that it has more virtual address space. The client can address up to 4 GB of memory on 64-bit versions of Windows systems. You do not need to modify the operating system to benefit from the large address aware capability.