After you install a later version of IBM® Rational® Performance Tester and you open the product, you are prompted to
migrate test projects, tests, schedules, rules, and reports. Tests
and schedules are migrated automatically when you modify and save
them.
Rational Performance Tester and Rational Service Tester for
SOA Quality restrict the number of versions that are installed on
your computer. You cannot have both of these products or two versions
of these products installed at one time. Before you install a new
version, uninstall the previous version of the product. If you update
the product with IBM Installation
Manager, you do not have to uninstall the previous version.
Uninstalling a previous version does not delete your test assets.
When you open a project that contains an older test asset, the
following message is displayed:
Typically, you upgrade your
tests, schedules, and rules.
The
Asset dependencies builder window is not displayed unless an older test asset is included in
the
Test Navigator view. To upgrade older test
assets to the latest version, open the projects that contain those
assets in the
Test Navigator view. Double-click
the project folder to open the project. When you open a test project
that was created in a previous version of the product, you are prompted
to upgrade the project and its contents to the latest version. Typically,
you upgrade test projects.
Important: Do not open a migrated
test project with a previous version of the product.
If you leave tests, schedules, and rules unchanged, they will not
have the new functions that current release adds. You can always save
a modified test asset under a new name, which preserves the older
asset. You can identify an older asset by its version, which is listed
in brackets:
Note: A new release might include enhancements to the default reports.
When you run a test or schedule or open a report, you are prompted
to upgrade reports to the latest version. If you upgrade the default
reports to the latest version, you lose customizations that you have
made to the reports.
If you encounter errors when you open a workspace from a different
version of the product, reset the perspective. To reset the perspective,
click .