Install Tosca OSV

Before you start the installation of Tosca OSV, make sure that you meet the prerequisites below.

Installation prerequisites

Installation process

The Tosca OSV Setup Wizard helps you to install Tosca OSV. To complete the installation process, perform the following steps:

  1. Install Tosca OSV and its prerequisites.

  2. Specify whether you want to install a Tosca OSV Host on your local hard drive or not.

  3. Optionally, enable the Tosca OSV AddIn if you want to use OSV in Tosca Commander.

    If you don't have Tricentis Tosca installed, you can skip this step and launch OSV in standalone mode by double-clicking the file Tricentis.Orchestrate.Monitor.exe .

Alternatively, you can install Tosca OSV in silent mode as described in chapter "Silent installation".

Install Tosca OSV

To install Tosca OSV, follow the steps below:

  1. Unzip the contents of the installation file Tosca_OSV_<version>.zip.

  2. Double-click the file OSV<version>.exe, which is part of the installation package. This opens the Tosca OSV Setup window.

  1. Click Next to trigger the initial installation process. Once the initial installation is finished, the Tosca OSV Setup Wizard opens.

  1. In the Tosca OSV Setup Wizard, click Next and follow the instructions of the Tosca OSV Setup Wizard to:

Install Tosca OSV features

The Tosca OSV Setup Wizard installs the following OSV features on your local hard drive by default:

  • Common Files that OSV needs to run.

  • Monitor which refers to the OSV Monitor, your central place to manage service virtualization.

  • Examples for OSV customizations.

Install Tosca OSV Host

The Tosca OSV Setup Wizard allows you to specify whether you want to install a Tosca OSV Host on your local hard drive or not.

For example, you don't need to install a host locally if you have one on another machine.

To select your installation preference, follow the steps below:

  1. In the Custom Setup screen, click on Host.

  2. Select your preferred installation from the drop-down menu:

    • Will be installed on local hard drive allows you to install an OSV Host locally.

    • Entire feature will be installed on local hard drive allows you to install the entire feature locally.

    • Entire feature will be unavailable if you don't want to install an OSV Host.

Tosca OSV Host installation

After the installation, you can launch your OSV Host by double-clicking the OSV Host icon on your desktop.

Enable the Tosca OSV AddIn

The OSV AddIn is part of the Tricentis Tosca standard installation. To use the OSV AddIn, make sure of the following:

  • You have installed Tricentis Tosca.

  • You have enabled the OSV AddIn in the Tosca Commander Options under Options->OSV AddIn.

Restart Tosca to activate the AddIn and allow for a license check.

Silent installation

You can install Tosca OSV in silent mode via command line parameters. Silent installation does not require any user interaction.

To do so, use one of the following command line parameters:

Parameter

Action

OSV<version>.exe /quiet INSTALLLEVEL=1

Installs Tosca OSV in silent mode.

OSV<version>.exe /quiet INSTALLLEVEL=2

Installs Tosca OSV and OSV Host in silent mode.

Silent installation of Tosca OSV and OSV Host

Installation maintenance

The Windows Control Panel allows you to change and uninstall applications:

  1. Go to the Windows start menu.

  2. Select Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features. This opens a list of all installed programs.

  3. In the list, right-click Tosca OSV.

  4. Select Uninstall or Change from the context menu.