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Verifying and Repairing Test Datastores Using the Datastore Doctor

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Chapter 2 - Planning Tests
To upgrade a project:
1
Start the Administrator.
2
Select a project.
3
Click
File > Upgrade Project Assets
.
The upgrade wizard starts. For more information, see the Rational Administrator
Help.
Note:
Before upgrading test datastores, Rational recommends that you run the
Datastore Doctor wizard on the test datastore to ensure that all data is consistent and
there are no corruptions.
Verifying and Repairing Test Datastores Using the Datastore Doctor
Rational created the Datastore Doctor to help you verify the status of a given
datastore and help you to repair any inconsistencies in it.
As part of the testing process, Rational test datastores record information about
functional and performance testing assets and artifacts. Information stored includes
suites, tests plans, test cases, reports, test logs and scripts, as well as data on users,
groups, and computers. The large amount of information in a test datastore can
become corrupted for a variety of reasons.
The Datastore Doctor wizard first verifies the consistency of a specified datastore and
records and reports any inconsistencies encountered. Then the Datastore Doctor
attempts to repair inconsistencies in the datastore and the cache database contained
within the datastore.
All information about datastore verification and repair is stored in accessible log files,
and these file locations are noted when you run the Datastore Doctor.
To run the Datastore Doctor, from the Rational Administrator:
s
Click
Tools > Datastore Doctor
.
Exporting and Importing Test Assets
Exporting and importing test assets allows you to share assets among Rational test
datastores, use third-party tools to create or use test assets, or use third-party tools to
analyze test data. Assets exported from or imported into test datastores must conform
to the standard format for a Rational Test Asset Parcel file (.RTPAR).