Best practices have shown that performing IUV in a non-production environment is preferable. DOORS (release 9.3 or higher) should be installed in a non-production ‘sandbox’ environment with appropriate license allocated to this sandbox.

To prepare DOORS for IUV, you must perform three primary steps:

1. Install DOORS in a non-production sandbox.
2. Create two users. One each with database manager and standard user access.
3. Restore the DOORS IUV Project Archive

To install DOORS, follow the procedure outlined in the DOORS online help: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/doorshlp/v9/topic/com.ibm.doors.install.doc/topics/c_planninginstallationorupgrade.html

To create new users, follow the procedure outlined in the DOORS online help: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/doorshlp/v9/topic/com.ibm.doors.administering.doc/topics/c_optionsmanageusersgroups.html

The IUV information is stored in a DOORS Project Archive here: DOORS_IUV_Project_Master_Oct_2012.dpa.

When performing the restore, give the project a descriptive name that will be easy for others to identify. For Example: DOORS Full IUV Project <date>

To restore a project archive, follow the procedure outlined in the DOORS online help: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/doorshlp/v9/topic/com.ibm.doors.administering.doc/topics/t_restoreprojectoramodule.html