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This edition applies to IBM Rational Performance Tester Version 8.1, IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality Version 8.1, and IBM Rational Performance Tester Agent Version 8.1 and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
This installation guide provides instructions for installing, updating, and uninstalling IBM® Rational® Performance Tester, IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality, and IBM Rational Performance Tester Agent.
Two independent products are covered by this installation guide: IBM Rational Performance Tester and the IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality. The IBM Rational Performance Tester Agent is a tool for use with IBM Rational Performance Tester. It is included as part of the IBM Rational Performance Tester product kit. IBM Rational Performance Tester Agent is used to automate the load and scalability testing of server-based software applications by distributing the load generation to other computers. You can use Rational Performance Tester to ensure your software application will scale and perform to meet service-level agreements and production-level loads. You can increase load generation capacity by installing additional agents on remote computers.
Understanding these terms and conventions can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your product.
The following conventions are used in this installation information:
These terms are used in the installation topics.
Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install or update any of the features of your product. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.
IBM Installation Manager is a program for installing, updating, and modifying packages. It helps you to manage the IBM applications, or packages, that it installs on your computer. Installation Manager also helps you to keep track of what you have installed, determine what is available for you to install, and to organize installation directories.
Installation Manager provides features that help you keep packages up to date, modify packages, manage the licenses for your packages, and uninstall packages.
Installation Manager includes six wizards that make it easy to maintain packages:
Installation requires the correct hardware, software, server environment, operating systems, and user privileges for installing and running your software.
For the most up-to-date, detailed system requirements, see http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/performance/sysreq/index.html for Rational Performance Tester and Rational Performance Tester Agent Controller, and http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/service/sysreq/index.html for Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality.
Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets the minimum hardware requirements.
Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets the software requirements.
The following operating systems are supported for this product. Some 64-bit versions of operating systems are supported where noted. However, the Rational Performance Tester Agent Controller runs only in 32-bit mode on 64-bit operating systems.
Operating system | Rational Performance Tester / Rational Service Tester Workbench | Rational Performance Tester Agent Controller |
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AIX® 5.2 TL7 or later | No | Yes |
AIX 5.3 TL3 or later | No | Yes |
Red Hat Desktop 4 updates 1 through 7, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode (on Intel platforms, not on pSeries or zSeries platforms) | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 4 updates 1 through 7, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode (on Intel platforms, not on pSeries or zSeries platforms) | Yes | Yes |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 2, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode (on Intel platforms, not on pSeries or zSeries platforms) | Yes | Yes |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9.0 SP1 to SP4 (on Intel platforms, not on pSeries or zSeries platforms) | Yes | Yes |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop / Enterprise Server Version 10.0 to SP2 (on Intel platforms, not on pSeries or zSeries platforms) | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise/Standard Edition with Service Pack 1, 2, or 3, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | Yes | Yes (see note) |
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1, 2 or 3, includes 64-bit version running in 32-bit mode | Yes | Yes |
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 | Yes | Yes |
z/OS® 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 System Z | No | Yes (see note) |
Java 6 is required on the z/OS operating system. See http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/software/java/products/j6pcont31.html#j6getting for more information.
The products in this version of the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform were developed for use with version 3.4, or later, of the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE). You can only extend an existing Eclipse IDE of version 3.4 with latest updates from eclipse.org.
To extend an installed Eclipse IDE, you also require a Java runtime environment from one of these Java development kits:
Rational Performance Tester supports Citrix Presentation Manager Version 4 or 4.5, running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Windows Server 2003 Professional Edition. Although the client for Citrix Presentation Server is available on Linux, Rational Performance Tester does not support the Citrix extension on Linux.
Rational Performance Tester also supports Windows Terminal Server 2003 and later.
To reduce the likelihood of connection problems caused by firewalls between the workbench computer and the agent computers, locate the workbench computer and the agent computers on the same local network, and then use Remote Desktop to access the workbench computer. Do not use virtualized agent computers. Agent computers need full, real-time access to the hardware platform for accurate load generation and measurement.
You must have a user ID that meets the following requirements to install Rational Performance Tester, Rational Service Tester, Rational Performance Tester Agent.
Part of planning entails making decisions about installation locations, working with other applications, extending Eclipse, upgrading, migrating, and configuring help content.
IBM Installation Manager retrieves product packages from specified repositories and installs the products into selected locations, referred to as package groups.
During installation, you specify a package group into which to install a product.
The shared resources directory is where product resources are installed so that they can be used by multiple product package groups. You define the shared resources directory the first time that you install the first product package. For best results, use your largest disk drive for shared resources directories. You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all product packages.
Some products are designed to coexist and share functions when they are installed in the same package group. A package group is a location where you can install one or more software product packages.
When you install each product package, you select whether you want to install the product package into an existing package group or whether you want to create a new package group. IBM Installation Manager blocks products that are not designed to share or do not meet version compatibility and other requirements. If you want to install more than one product at a time, the products must be able to share a package group.
Any number of eligible products can be installed to a package group. When a product is installed, the product functions are shared with all of the other products in the package group. If you install a development product and a testing product into one package group, when you start either of the products, you have both the development and testing functions available to you in your user interface. If you add a product with modeling tools, all of the products in the package group will have the development, testing, and modeling functionality available.
You cannot install the latest version of the product into an existing installation of the same product from the previous major release. If you have Agent Controller installed, you should uninstall it before attempting to install the latest version of the product. If you have the IBM Rational License Key Administrator installed, you should save its settings before attempting to install the latest version of the product.
Before you attempt to install the current version of Rational Performance Tester, you must uninstall Rational Performance Tester versions 7.0.2.3 and earlier. If you attempt to install the latest version of Rational Performance Tester, an error message is displayed indicating that you must uninstall the older version before proceeding. If you install Rational Performance Tester and Rational Service Tester into the same package group, you must install the same versions of both products. If you install into an existing instance of Eclipse, or if you install in the same package group as another product other than Rational Service Tester, streamlined Eclipse mode is not available. Only Full Eclipse mode is available.
Before you attempt to install Rational Performance Tester, you must uninstall any version of the Rational Agent Controller or TPTP Agent Controller from your computer. If you have other Rational products installed on your computer, you should uninstall any versions of Rational Agent Controller that were installed with those products. If you have a previous version of the Rational Agent Controller installed and you have instrumented a server for data collection, you must stop data collection and uninstrument the server first, and then uninstall Rational Agent Controller.
The current version of the product includes an updated version of the IBM Rational License Key Administrator (LKAD). The Installation Manager uninstalls any existing version of LKAD before installing the new version of LKAD, and LKAD settings are not preserved. Before you install the product, back up your LKAD settings. Start the LKAD by clicking Start -> Programs -> IBM Rational -> Rational License Key Administrator. The LKAD main window and wizard page open simultaneously. Click Settings to find the product settings. If you are comfortable editing the Windows Registry, you can back up and then restore the following Registry branches to back up your LKAD settings: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rational Software\Licensing and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rational Software\Licensing. For more information, see the LKAD help.
If you have the Rational License Server or Rational License Client installed, do not uninstall those packages. Uninstalling Rational License Server or Rational License Client might disable some of the Rational products on your computer or on other computers.
The product package that you install using IBM Installation Manager comes with a version of Eclipse, which is the base platform of this product package. If you already have Eclipse installed on your workstation, you can add your product package directly to that Eclipse installation and extend the functions of the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE).
Extending an Eclipse IDE adds the functions of the newly installed product, but maintains your IDE preferences and settings. Previously installed plug-ins are also still available.
In most cases, your current Eclipse IDE must be the same version as the Eclipse that the product you are installing uses. Installation Manager checks that the Eclipse instance that you specify meets the requirements for the installation package and helps you install the latest updates from eclipse.org, if necessary.
When you install the product package or packages, you can choose to extend an Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) already installed on your computer by adding to the functions that your new product or products contain.
Any product package that you install using IBM Installation Manager is bundled with a version of the Eclipse IDE or workbench; this bundled workbench is the base platform for providing the functionality in the Installation Manager package. However, if you have an existing Eclipse IDE on your workstation, then you have the option to extend it, that is, add to the IDE the additional functionality provided in the product package or packages.
To extend an existing Eclipse IDE: in the Location page of the Install Packages wizard, select the Extend an existing Eclipse IDE option.
You might extend your existing Eclipse IDE, for example, because you want to gain the functionality provided in a product package, but you also want to have the preferences and settings in your current IDE when you work with the functionality from the product package. You also might want to work with plug-ins that you have installed that already extend the Eclipse IDE.
Your existing Eclipse IDE must be version 3.4 for the latest updates from eclipse.org to be extended. Installation Manager checks that the Eclipse instance you specify meets the requirements for the installation package.
For best product performance, increase the number of file handles above the default of 1024 handles.
Exercise caution when using the following steps to increase your file descriptors on Linux. If the instructions are not followed correctly, the computer might not start correctly.
To increase your file descriptors:
The following sample limits.conf file restricts all users, and then sets different limits for others afterwards. This sample assumes that you set handles to 8192 in step 4 earlier.
Note that the * in the preceding example sets the limits for all users first. These limits are lower than the limits that follow. The root user has a higher number of allowable handles open, while number available to user1 is between the two. Make sure that you read and understand the documentation contained in the limits.conf file before making changes.
For more information on the ulimit command, see the man page for ulimit.
The Rational Performance Tester help system is configured to use remote help so that you can pull in content from the Web dynamically. With remote help, you always have the latest content available from within your product.
Your product is configured to use remote help. You can obtain help three ways. Accessing help from an ibm.com server on the Internet is the default. The other two ways to access help are from a local installation on your computer or from a Web application server installed on your corporate intranet. One of these options will be best for you, depending on your needs and situation:
Because your help system supports remote help, you can change your access decision any time. If you install multiple products together, you can use different locations for the help for each product, depending on installation footprint, frequency of use, and Internet policies. If Internet speed is an issue, a longer one-time download and local access might be preferable. Later help updates include only differences. If you are an administrator and you want users to access help content from an intranet server, see the Installation Manager information center for instructions on how to install the help WAR file on a server.
What is web-based help content delivery and how to configure it.
Your product offers help content on the Web and only a limited number of help topics are installed with the product. By default, your product connects to the Web and accesses help content directly from an information center. If you need to access the help when you are not connected to the Internet, you can download the help and access it locally. Alternatively, you can connect to an information center on an intranet server if your system administrator hosts an information center on an intranet server.
During installation, you can choose from three access options for help, but you can change the way get help content at any time:
You can access help content from the Web by using Remote Help. This method provides the smallest installation footprint and helps ensure that you have access to the most current information. This access method is selected by default during installation.
If you select this option, then you will be linked to your product information center through an ibm.com® Web site. You can access the Web-based help for the product only when you are connected to the Internet. When you are disconnected, you will have access to a limited number of help topics that are installed with the product.
Install the product with the default setting for help content and start the product. When you need help, click Help -> Help content. Nothing more is required.
To access help content on your local computer, you can first download help contents to your computer so that you can work while disconnected from the Internet. To download the help and use local help, complete these steps.
After you download the information center content that you need, it will be available when you work while disconnected. You can update the content when changes are available.
Depending on company support, you might be able to access help content from your internal intranet servers. This method assumes that your intranet administrator has set up a link to a server behind your firewall where product help content is installed. By selecting this option, you must provide the link to your intranet server. Administrators must make scheduled updates to the help content.
The administrator needs to perform the following steps:
The user needs to perform the following steps:
Whether you access Web-based help content, download and use help content locally, or connect to your intranet to get help, click Help -> Help content to open help topics and find solutions.
To change the way that your products access help content, see Changing the way you access help content.
The Setup disk includes the launchpad program, which provides you with a single location to start the installation process.
Use the launchpad program to start the installation of software in these cases:
For products that are installed by IBM Installation Manager for the Rational Software Delivery Platform, starting the installation process from the launchpad program causes Installation Manager to be automatically installed if it is not already on your computer. Furthermore, the installation process is already configured with the location of the repository that contains the installation package. If you install Installation Manager separately, you must configure the repository preferences manually. Also, you can start the installation of a number of supporting software items from the launchpad.
If you want to install Rational Performance Tester as a non-Admin, you cannot use the launchpad program to start the installation process. Instead, you must manually run the userinst program from the Setup disk. Running the userinst program provides you with the same functionality as starting the installation of Rational Performance Tester from the launchpad.
To start the launchpad, complete the following steps:
The launchpad program starts.
If you want to install Rational Performance Tester as a non-Admin, you must manually run the userinst program from the Setup disk instead of running the launchpad program. Running the userinst program provides you with the same functionality as starting the product installation from the launchpad.
To start the installation from the Setup disk, complete the following steps:
When the userinst or install program starts, Installation Manager is installed if it is not already on your computer. Furthermore, Installation Manager is configured with the location of the repository (installation files) for Rational Performance Tester.
These instructions can be used to install Rational Performance Tester, Rational Service Tester, and Rational Service Tester Agent.
By starting the installation process from the launchpad program, IBM Installation Manager is automatically installed if it is not already on your computer, and it starts preconfigured with the location of the repository that contains the product package. If you install and start IBM Installation Manager directly, then you must set repository preferences manually.
To learn how to install the product from a command prompt in silent mode, see the Installing Silently section of the IBM Installation Manager documentation at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r2/index.jsp.
To install from the launchpad:
The default path is:
The default path is:
To learn more about Web-based help, see Configuring Web-based help.
The Rational Performance Tester Agent includes the Rational Agent Controller and the data collection infrastructure.
When uninstalling Agent Controller V6.x or V7.x on AIX platforms, you will need to manually remove any residual files. To do this, stop the Agent Controller, uninstall it, and clean up any of the following files which may be left behind after uninstalling:
AIX:
$RASERVER_HOME/* (directory where Agent Controller is installed /usr/lib/libLogAgent.so /usr/lib/libhcbnd.so /usr/lib/libhcclco.so /usr/lib/libhccldt.so /usr/lib/libhccls.so /usr/lib/libhcclserc.so /usr/lib/libhcclsert.so /usr/lib/libhcclsm.so /usr/lib/libhcjbnd.so /usr/lib/libhclaunch.so /usr/lib/libhcthread.so
Execute the following commands to set the required environment variables:
PATH={path to java installation}/jre/bin:$PATH export PATH LIBPATH={path to java installation}/jre/bin: {path to java installation}/jre/bin/ classic:$LIBPATH export LIBPATH
Click Next to proceed.
You can run the installation process silently using the following parameters with the setup command:
Parameter | Description |
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-silent This variable is required if silent is used: -V licenseAccepted=true |
Optional: tells the installer to run silently otherwise you will get an install wizard with passed inputs. |
-P installLocation |
Optional: specifies the
installation path. The default installation path is '$D(install)/IBM/AgentController'.
Examples: for Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\AgentController for UNIX/Linux: /opt/IBM/AgentController |
-V VJavaPath |
Required: specifies the fully-qualified path of the java executable |
-V VAccessLocal
-V VAccessCustom
-V VAccessAll |
Optional: specifies how clients can connect to Agent Controller (ALL, LOCAL, CUSTOM). Set only one of the variables to "true" and the others to false. By default, VAccessAll="true"
|
-V VHosts |
Required if VAccessCustom="true
specifies the client hostnames, separated by commas |
The following two variables must both be specified and should be set as opposites: -V VSecurity="true" or "false" -V VSecurityDisable="false" or "true" |
Optional: (true, false)
default: VSecurity=true VSecurityDisable=false |
-V VUsers |
Required: if VSecurity="true"
specifies which users can connect to Agent Controller |
-V VWAS6
-V VWAS5 |
Optional:
-V VWAS6="true" (default) : If WAS V6 is used -V VWAS5="true" : If WAS V5.x is used |
-V VWAS_HOME_V50
-V VWAS_HOME_V51 |
Optional: if -V VWAS5="true"
specifies the installed location of IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.1 and 5.0 |
Examples:
Installing from the command line:
-P installLocation="D:\IBM\AgentController" -V VJavaPath=" D:\jdk1.4.2\jre\bin\java.exe " -V VAccessLocal="false" -V VAccessCustom="true" -V VAccessAll="false" -V VHosts="host1,host2" -V VSecurity="true" -V VSecurityDisable="false" -V VUsers="user1,user2" -V VWAS5="true" -V VWAS_HOME_V51="D:\WebSphere5.1\AppServer" -V VWAS_HOME_V50="D:\WebSphere5.0\AppServer"
Installing using a response file:
You can create a response file, for example setup.rsp, to store all the parameters, instead of specifying them on the command line. Following is a Windows example, Linux/UNIX platforms would be similar:
setup.exe -silent -options setup.rsp
Contents of the response file:
# Start of response file -P installLocation="D:\IBM\AgentController" -V licenseAccepted="true" -V VJavaPath=" D:\jdk1.4.2\jre\bin\java.exe " -V VAccessLocal="false" -V VAccessCustom="true" -V VAccessAll="false" -V VHosts="host1,host2" -V VSecurity="true" -V VSecurityDisable="false" -V VUsers="user1,user2" -V VWAS5="true" -V VWAS_HOME_V51="D:\WebSphere5.1\AppServer" -V VWAS_HOME_V50="D:\WebSphere5.0\AppServer" # End of response file
export LDR_CNTRL=USERREGS
./RAStart.sh
./RAStop.sh
The Rational Performance Tester Agent includes the Rational Agent Controller and the data collection infrastructure. Agent Controller version 8.1 prevents multiple instances of the product from being installed on a single workstation. When additional installations are performed, either as a stand-alone installation or as an embedded installation inside a product, Agent Controller records a reference to the name of the product that is initiating the new installation.
If Agent Controller has been installed multiple times, it can be uninstalled only when the last referencing product is uninstalled; the last referencing product still requires Agent Controller.
If you attempt to uninstall Agent Controller while it is still required by another product, the uninstallation will not proceed and you will receive a message "This product cannot be uninstalled as it is required by another product."
If you have a previous version of Agent Controller, stop it and uninstall it before installing this version.
export RASERVER_HOME={install location} export LIBPATH=$LIBPATH:{install location}/lib:{path to java installation}/bin: {path to java installation}/bin/classic export PATH=$PATH:{install location}/bin:{path to java installation}/bin export _BPX_SHAREAS="NO"
The Rational Performance Tester Agent includes the Rational Agent Controller and the data collection infrastructure.
pax -ppx -rvf ibmrac.os390.pax
pax -ppx -rvf tptpdc.os390.pax
extattr +p /usr/lpp/IBM/AgentController/lib/*.so
If you wish to install the National Language packs, complete steps 7 and 8 below. If not, proceed to step 9.
pax -ppx -rf tptpdc.nl1.os390.pax pax -ppx -rf tptpdc.nl2.os390.pax pax -ppx -rf ibmrac.os390.nl1.pax pax -ppx -rf ibmrac.os390.nl2.pax
./SetConfig.sh
Note: RAServer requires the directories of the JRE that contain executable libraries such as libjvm.so to be added to the LIBPATH environment variable. For example, if you are using the IBM JRE 1.4.1, the LIBPATH variable would be set as follows:
export LIBPATH=/usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.4/bin/classic: /usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.4/bin:$LIBPATH
./RAStart.sh
./RAStop.sh
./removeLinks.sh
rm -rf /usr/lpp/IBM/AgentController
Licensing for your installed IBM software and customized packages is administered using the Manage Licenses wizard in the IBM Installation Manager. The Manage Licenses wizard displays license information for each of your installed packages.
Using the Manage Licenses wizard, you can apply a license to a product or upgrade trial versions of an offering to a licensed version by importing a product activation kit. You can also enable Floating license enforcement for offerings with trial or permanent licenses to use floating license keys from a license server.
For more information on managing licenses for your Rational product, see:
As a purchaser of an IBM Rational software product, you can choose from three types of product licenses: an Authorized User license, an Authorized User Fixed Term License (FTL), and a Floating license. The best choice for your organization depends upon how many people use the product, how often they require access, and how you prefer to purchase your software.
An IBM Rational Authorized User license authorizes a single individual to use a Rational software product. Purchasers must obtain an Authorized User license for each individual user who accesses the product in any manner. An Authorized User license cannot be reassigned unless the purchaser replaces the original assignee on a long-term or permanent basis.
For example, if you purchase one Authorized User license, you can assign that license to one individual, who can use the Rational software product exclusively. The Authorized User license does not authorize a second individual to use that product at any time, even if the licensed individual is not using the product.
An IBM Rational Authorized User Fixed Term License (FTL) authorizes a single individual to use a Rational software product for a specific length of time (the term). Purchasers must obtain an Authorized User FTL for each individual user who accesses the product in any manner. An Authorized User FTL cannot be reassigned unless the purchaser replaces the original assignee on a long-term or permanent basis.
If you notify IBM that you do not want to extend the license term, then you must stop using the product when the license expires.
An IBM Rational Floating license is a license for a single software product that can be shared among multiple team members; however, the total number of concurrent users cannot exceed the number of floating licenses you purchase. For example, if you purchase one floating license for a Rational software product, then any user in your organization may use the product at any given time. Another person who wants to access the product must wait until the current user logs off.
To use floating licenses, you must obtain floating license keys and install them on a Rational License Server. The server responds to user requests for access to the license keys; it will grant access to the number of concurrent users that equals the number of licenses the organization purchased.
If you are installing the software for the first time or want to extend a license to continue using the product, you have options on how to enable licensing for your product.
Licenses for this product are enabled in two ways:
The Product Activation Kit CD contain the permanent license key for you product. You use IBM Installation Manager to import the activation kit to your product.
Optionally, you can obtain floating license keys, install IBM Rational License Server, and enable Floating license enforcement for your product. Floating license enforcement provides the following benefits:
For more information on obtaining activation kits and Floating licenses, see Purchasing licenses.
To run tests, you must have the correct license keys installed.
Rational Performance Tester requires two types of licensing: product activation and runtime licensing. Product activation licensing, also known as LUM licensing, allows you to run the product. Runtime licensing is unique to Rational Performance Tester. Runtime licensing, also known as Flex licensing, consists of protocol keys and virtual tester license key packs. Runtime licensing allows you to run performance tests on specific protocols with multiple virtual users. You use different tools to manage and configure product activation licensing and runtime licensing. You manage product activation using Installation Manager. You manage runtime licensing using IBM Rational License Key Administrator.
With product activation licenses you can start the product. There are two forms of product activation licensing: a product activation kit that is installed on the computer where the product is installed, or a floating product license that users check out from a Rational License Server. You can download the product activation kit from Passport Advantage for authorized user purchases. For floating product licenses, your license server administrator must log in to the Rational License Center to download a floating license key and import it to your Rational License Server. Make sure to use the version of Rational License Server that is shipped with the product. Earlier versions of Rational License Server might not support all of the necessary licensing functions.
The Rational License Server supports floating license keys, so that administrators can manage licensing across the enterprise. Administrators can install the Rational License Server from Passport Advantage or from the product media. To learn more about product activation, including the Rational License Server, see the product installation guide.
In addition to product activation, Rational Performance Tester also checks for runtime licensing when you run a performance schedule. Runtime licensing consists of the correct protocol keys and virtual tester license key packs. You need a protocol key to run performance tests with any protocol other than HTTP. You need a virtual tester license key pack to run tests with more than five virtual users. You can check out these keys from the same Rational License Server that you use for floating license product activation.
To check out protocol and virtual tester license keys in Windows, you must use the IBM Rational License Key Administrator program to point to a Rational License Server. Use the version of IBM Rational License Key Administrator that was installed with Rational Performance Tester. Click Start -> Programs -> IBM Rational -> IBM Rational License Key Administrator. Type the name or IP address of your Rational License Server. Protocol and virtual tester license keys are available from the Rational License Key Center in the form of .upd files. If you double-click a .upd file in Windows, the License Key Administrator program should start automatically and import the license keys. To learn more about IBM Rational License Key Administrator, click Help -> Contents and Index.
There is no Linux version of the IBM Rational License Key Administrator. To check out protocol and virtual tester license keys in Linux, you must create and edit the .flexlmrc file. Create the file .flexlmrc in the home directory of every user who runs more than five virtual testers, uses a protocol other than HTTP, or uses the floating license product activation. Edit the .flexlmrc file, adding a line with the computer name or the IP address of the Rational License Server. For example, add the line RATIONAL_LICENSE_FILE=@license-server-name.com or RATIONAL_LICENSE_FILE=@license-server-ip-address.
To run tests, you must have the correct license keys installed.
The trial licensing key allows you to run Rational Performance Tester for 30 days from the initial installation. After thirty days from the first time you install the product, the trial license expires. The trial license allows you to run HTTP performance tests with up to 5 virtual users. For other protocols except for SOA, the trial license allows you to run tests with a single user. The trial license for Rational Performance Tester does not allow you to run tests using the SOA protocol.
The following table shows the number of virtual users you can use depending on the license keys you have installed:
Protocol | Trial | Protocol key | 500-user virtual tester key pack and protocol key |
---|---|---|---|
HTTP | 5 | n/a | 505 |
Siebel | 1 | 5 | 505 |
SAP | 1 | 5 | 505 |
MySAP | 1 | 5 | 505 |
Citrix | 1 | 5 | 505 |
Socket | 1 | n/a | 505 |
SIP | 0 | 5 | 505 |
SOA | 0 | 5 | 505 |
You can purchase new licenses if your current product license is about to expire or if you want to acquire additional product licenses for team members.
To purchase licenses and use your product, complete the following steps:
Back up the product activation .jar file. If you uninstall the product and then install the product again, you might need to use the product activation .jar file to license the product again.
Optionally, you can go to Passport Advantage to download the activation kit for your product. After importing the activation kit, you can switch from a floating to a permanent license type if you use your computer offline for long periods.
When you want to import the activation kit or enable Floating License support for your product, use the Manage Licenses wizard in IBM Installation Manager.
You can review license information for your installed packages, including license types and expiration dates, from IBM Installation Manager.
To view license information:
The package vendor, current license types, and expiration dates are displayed for each installed package.
You might need to set up or change how you access help content.
Help for your product is available on a product information center on the Internet. You can view this help from within the product.
During installation, the option to access help content from a remote information center was selected. This is the default selection.
Your product help system can retrieve content installed with the product and content from a remote server running an information center. The information center for your product has the most current help content and when your product is configured to retrieve content from a remote information center, the contents of the information center can be accessed by selecting Help -> Help Contents to open your help system.
The information center for your product is available at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rpthelp/v8r1m0/index.jsp.
Follow these steps to check your connection to the information center:
Connection Successful is displayed if the connection is made. If Connection failed is displayed, verify that you have an active Internet connection and check the settings.
This topic explains how to install help content from the archive file bundled with the product. Most help content is not installed when you install your product. If you do not have an Internet connection, to access help content locally you can install it from the bundled archive file.
During installation, the help access option, Download help and access the content locally, was selected. If you the help system window is open, close it before you start the following procedure.
You can use this procedure to install help from the bundled archive file, or from help archive files that you download from http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/. To install the help content from the bundled archive file:
The help that you selected is installed on your system.
This topic explains how to download help content from the Local Help System Updater site. Most help content is not installed when you install your product. To access all help content locally, you need download it from the IBM Local Help System Updater Web site.
During installation, the help access option, Download help and access the content locally, was selected. Before using the help for the product, you have to download the help to your local system. If you the help system window is open, close it before you start the following procedure.
To download the help content from the Local Help System Updater site:
The help that you selected is installed on your system. The files will be updated automatically each time you start the application and an Internet connection is available.
Use the Local Help System updater to update local help content without restarting your product. If an Internet connection is available, the local help content is automatically updated each time your start your product.
Before you can update local help content, you must initially download the help content for your product from the Local Help System Updater Web site. See Downloading help content from the Local Help System Updater site for downloading help content. An Internet connection is required.
Updates are automatically installed each time you start the product, if you have an Internet connection. If you want to update the help without restarting the product, follow these steps.
Use the Local Help System Updater to remove installed help content.
Use this procedure if you have downloaded help features using the Local Help System Updater and decide to remove help content.
To use the Local Help System Updater to remove installed content:
You can set up an intranet server behind a firewall to provide help content to users. In this way, users do not have to download and save help content to their computers.
Verify that you have a server available that can be accessed by users behind a firewall.
See the Installation Manager information center for the instructions on setting up an intranet server for help content.
You can change the way that you obtain help content.
During the installation process, a help content access method was selected. Close the help browser before you change the way that you access help content.
To change the way that you access help content:
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