Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition is a powerful defect tracking/collaboration tool that software development teams can use to enhance the functionality and reliability of their current and future software products. This document is designed to guide you through the installation and deployment of Advanced Defect Tracking, and assumes that you are experienced with Microsoft server environments such as Windows 2000 or greater. If there are any questions you have while reading this document do not hesitate to email us at mailto:support@borderwave.com

Step 1 – Determining System Requirements

Hardware Requirements –

Pentium III 700 MHz or greater
128 MB RAM
200 MB free disk space

Software Requirements –

Operating System - Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, DataCenter, Windows XP Professional, or Windows .NET Server 2003.

Needed Services – Advanced Defect Tracking requires the presence of Internet Information services 5.0 or greater installed.

Step 2 – Ensuring Internet Information Services is installed

NOTE: Before beginning this step, please choose Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and scan the list for .NET Framework. If the .NET Framework package is currently installed on your system and by following the steps below you find that IIS is not installed you will have to uninstall the .NET Framework before installing IIS. This is a limitation of the current .NET Framework deployment package. When the installation for Advanced Defect Tracking has started, it will re-configure the .NET Framework.

1) To ensure that IIS is installed, choose Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components.
2) You will see Internet Information Services in the list. If it is not checked, please check the Internet Information Services option, and click Next. If it is already checked, click Cancel.

Step 3 – Obtaining Software

If you have not downloaded Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition at this point, you can obtain the software from http://www.borderwave.com/Applications/AdvDefTraWeb.exe.

Step 4 – Before Installing Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition

Before installing you will need to make sure that the user account you are installing with has administrative permissions.

If you are installing to a production server it is recommended that this installation be performed after hours. Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition may require one or more reboots during the installation process.

Step 5 – Installing Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition

Run AdvDefTraWeb.exe. This will begin the installation of Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition. If needed, the .NET Framework may be installed if it is not already on the system.

1) Click Next.
2) Read the license agreement, and if you agree to the terms of the license agreement, click Yes.
3) Choose a folder on a local hard disk where you will deploy Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition. (This is also the folder where IIS will map your virtual directory).
4) Click Next.
5) Choose a Program Folder where shortcut menus will be created to start Advanced Defect Tracking, as well as the Database Manager.
6) Click Next.
7) File copying will begin at this point. When the first portion of the installation is complete you will be prompted to reboot your computer.

Step 6 – Installing MSDE, or creating a database on an existing SQL Server

Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition utilizes MSDE or SQL Server as its database engine. If you do not have SQL Server installed on your deployment computer, please read Part A of this step. If you are installing Advanced Defect Tracking on a computer that already has SQL Server 7.0 or greater, please read Part B of this step.

Part A – Installing MSDE

1) Upon reboot, login to the computer. You will see a dialog displayed informing you that installation for MSDE is about to begin.
2) The default installation for MSDE is c:\mssql7. If this is not appropriate for your needs, enter another folder and click Install MSDE.
3) This will launch the MSDE installation in the background.
4) Note: It is important to refrain from performing any other tasks on the computer until this portion of the installation is complete. When it has completed, a message box will be displayed telling you that the installation was successful.
5) After the installation you may be prompted for a reboot.

Part B – Utilizing an existing SQL Server installation

1) Upon reboot, login to the computer. You will see a dialog displayed informing you that the installation has detected the presence of a SQL Server.
2) Choose whether you want to authenticate against the SQL Server using Windows Authentication or SQL Authentication. If choosing SQL Authentication you will be prompted to enter a user id and password you have configured in SQL. NOTE: In order for the database creation to be successful, you must be using an account that has full SQL Server privileges.
3) You will be prompted for a reboot.

Step 7 – Starting Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition

1) Upon logging back into your computer a database will be created for you automatically. You can start Advanced Defect Tracking by selecting Start, Programs, Advanced Defect Tracking, Advanced Defect Tracking.
2) This will take you to a login screen where you must enter a user id and password. NOTE: Write down the user id and password that you enter. This will be your administrative account that you will use to access the software from now on.

Step 8 – Learning Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition, and Further Reading

We encourage you to examine our Help section of the application to learn the powerful features of Advanced Defect Tracking Web Edition. Should you have any questions or suggestions do not hesitate to email one of Borderwave’s representatives at mailto:info@borderwave.com