Prerequisite Software

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Prerequisite Software

General

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2

Windows Management Framework (including Windows PowerShell 3.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0).
Please verify if the named or later versions are available on your device before using internal or external plug-ins in checklists.
For further details and download resources visit http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/968929.

 

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Be aware:

In order to be able to use external plug-ins with RayQC, it has to be ensured that the PowerShell version supported by the device that hosts the application matches the PowerShell version of the actual plug-in script. It is highly recommended to synchronize the PowerShell version among all devices that are assigned for QA execution to prevent compatibility issues in the first place.

 

RayFlow

In order to use RayFlow functionality directly from RayQC, a running RayFlow server has to be accessible.

 

Hyper-V integration

RayQC requires that RayPack 8.0 is installed on the same machine in order to use Hyper-V functions..

Both host and guest machine must have PowerShell 3.0 or newer installed.

Windows Remote Management

RayPack Studio Tools for Hyper-V need to be installed on the guest machine.

 

The tools can be installed from a Windows Installer package that is present in the RayQC subfolder Tools\HyperVTools\Packaging Suite Tools for Hyper-V.msi.

The installation of the tools is required, so that the user can see interactive prompts and windows on Hyper-V machines. It is recommended to install the tools as a part of the base snapshot.

 

VMware Workstation / ESXi5.5 -  6.0

RayQC requires that RayPack 8.0 is installed on the same machine in order to use ESXi/Workstation functions. RayQC supports the following products:

VMware vSphere 5.5-6.0

VMware Workstation 10 and newer

VMware Workstation 7, 8, 9 and for VMware vSphere 4.x, 5 and 5.1 are experimentally supported.

 

To use any of VMware Workstation / ESX machines, one of the following must be installed in an appropriate version:

VMware Workstation

VMware VIX API (https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=26&downloadGroup=VIX-API-162)

vSphere

 

The required VIX API version depends on the systems that it needs to connect to. The below table presents the supported versions of VMware products depending on the installed VIX API version.

 

VIX API Version

VMware Platform Products

Library Location

1.11

vSphere 5, Workstation 8 or earlier

Workstation-8.0.0-and-vSphere-5.0.0

1.12

vSphere 5.1, Workstation 9 or earlier

Workstation-9.0.0-and-vSphere-5.1.0

1.13

vSphere 5.5, Workstation 10 or earlier

Workstation-10.0.0-and-vSphere-5.5.0

1.14

Workstation 11 or earlier

Workstation-11.0.0

1.15.0

Workstation 12 or earlier

Workstation-12.0.0

 

ESXi 6.5 and newer

To make use of ESXi 6.5+ servers, the following prerequisites must be met:

 

PowerShell 3.0 or higher

PowerShell Execution Policy set to Unrestricted or RemoteSigned

PowerCLI module (www.powershellgallery.com/packages/VMware.PowerCLI)

VMware Tools installed on the VM

Guest operations and System permissions granted to the user executing the product.

The following privileges should be assigned to the role:

oSystem.Anonymous

oSystem.Read

oSystem.View

oVirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Execute

oVirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Modify

oVirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Query

oVirtualMachine.Interact.CreateScreenshot

oVirtualMachine.Interact.GuestControl

oVirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOff

oVirtualMachine.Interact.PowerOn

oVirtualMachine.State.CreateSnapshot

oVirtualMachine.State.RevertToSnapshot

 

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Be aware:

The System roles in vCenter are permanent and it is not possible to edit the privileges associated with these roles.

 

 

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Note:

If the full path to the .vmx file is specified, it is necessary that the user also has Datastore.Browse privileges. If only the VM name (without datastore, folder, and .vmx extension) is specified, Datastore.Browse privileges are not needed.

 

Combination of supported versions is presented in the following table:

 

esx6.3

 

More information about PowerCLI:

 

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.powercli.cmdletref.doc%2FGet-VMGuest.html

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.powercli.cmdletref.doc/Invoke-VMScript.html

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.pg.doc_50%2FPG_ChD_Privileges_Reference.22.3.html