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The information in this file applies Rational Performance Tester and to products powered by Rational Performance Tester.
This release includes defect fixes and the following updates:
- The Rational Performance Tester Extension for SIP supports testing applications using the Session Initiation Protocol.
- Testing of Web applications that require authentication using the Entrust TruePass roaming protocol is now supported.
- Synchronization points have been added, to coordinate the activities of multiple virtual users during schedules and tests.
- Data correlation usability has been improved, to better support data correlation for scenarios when the same parameter appears multiple times in a test.
- Changing the host name to a value different from the original recording is now supported.
- Modifying and merging HTTP pages by moving requests to different pages or creating new pages is now fully supported.
- Comparison reports have been added, to show differences in performance between two test runs or user-defined intervals from any test run.
- Resource monitoring data can now be easily overlaid on page response time charts. Resource monitoring data can also be viewed for a particular tier in a response time breakdown table or chart.
- Importing and exporting customized report templates is now supported.
- Exporting reports to CSV files is now supported.
- Usability enhancements have been added to make creating tests and viewing reports easier.
- CPU performance improvements reduce CPU overhead on the load generation machines.
- The Rational Performance Tester Extension for SOA Quality now supports the MQ transport and XML over HTTP.
- Response time breakdown collection is now supported on Vista.
- The Rational Performance Tester Extension for SAP is now supported on Vista.
Products powered by IBM Rational Performance Tester can come with one virtual user or with multiple virtual users. Products with one virtual user are used for different purposes than products with multiple virtual users. Products with one virtual user are designed to test the functional behavior of systems. The concept of a performance schedule, described in the "Emulating workloads in tests" section of the online help, does not apply to these products. The reports of interest are the Test log and Verification Point report, not the Performance report.
The Rational Performance Tester resources roadmap is available at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/roadmaps/rptroadmap.html.
The Rational Performance Tester infocenter is available at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rpthelp/v7r0m0/index.jsp.
See the release notes for version 7.0 of this product to learn about its features and any limitations or problems known at the time of its release. The release notes for version 7.0 are available at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rpt/70/docs/readme/readme.html.
For information about installing Rational Performance Tester, Version 7.0.1, see the Installation Guide online at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rpt/70/docs/install_instruction/install.html.
For information about Rational Performance Tester installation prerequisites, see the system requirements online at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/performance/sysreq/index.html.
For information about Rational Tester for SOA Quality installation prerequisites, see the system requirements online at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/soa/sysreq/index.html.
Known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
The following links launch customized queries of the live Support knowledge base:
IBM Rational Software Support provides you with technical assistance.
For contact information and guidelines or reference materials that you will need when you require support, read the IBM Software Support Handbook.
For product information about Rational Performance Tester, visit the product home page at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/performance/.
For product information about Rational Tester for SOA Quality, visit the product home page at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/soa/.
For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, visit the product support pages at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/performance/support/index.html for Rational Performance Tester and www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/soa/support/index.html for Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
For personalized support, including notifications of significant upgrades, register at http://www.ibm.com/support/mysupport/.
For Rational software product news, events, and other information, visit the IBM Rational Software Web site.
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