Installing Rational Functional Tester from an electronic image on your workstation: task overview

The following are the general steps for installing Rational® Functional Tester from an electronic installation image:
  1. Ensure that your workstation has sufficient space to store both the files you must download from IBM® Passport Advantage® and the extracted installation image. Refer to Hardware requirements.
  2. Download all required parts for the product image from IBM Passport Advantage to a temporary directory.
  3. Extract the installation image from the downloaded file and verify that the installation image is complete. See Verifying and extracting electronic images for details.
  4. Continue with the steps in Installing from an electronic image below.

Installing from an electronic image

  1. Complete the preinstallation steps listed in Preinstallation tasks.
  2. Start the launchpad program. Refer to Starting the launchpad program for details.
  3. Start the installation of Rational Functional Tester from the Launchpad. For details, see Starting an installation from the launchpad program.

    IBM Installation Manager is launched with Rational Functional Tester selected.

    If IBM Installation Manager is not installed on your system or if an older version of IBM Installation Manager is installed, in addition to the selected Rational Functional Tester, the entry for IBM Installation Manager is also selected. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

    Note: If you exit Installation Manager before completing the product installation, you must restart Installation Manager from the launchpad. If you start the Installation Manager directly, it is not preconfigured with the necessary installation repositories.
    Note: For Installation Manager to search the predefined IBM update repository locations for Installation Manager, the preference Search the linked repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page must be selected. This preference is selected by default. Internet access is also required.
  4. Configure your license. By default, a trial license for Rational Functional Tester is included. You must configure the license to ensure you have continued access to the product. Refer to Managing licenses for details.
  5. For Linux®: Increase the number of file handles on your workstation. For details, see Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations.

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