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This new tool is an important part of effective IT lifecycle management. It identifies the root cause of poor performance observed during a test by round-trip response time decomposition.
This tool identifies the root cause of poor performance observed during a test by round-trip response time decomposition. The response time is broken down into the times spent within each component in the system under test enabled by the included Tivoli ARM data collector. An updated Data Collection Infrastructure (DCI) version has been posted to run with Rational Performance Tester v6.1.2.
The 6.1.2 release of IBM Performance Optimization Toolkit adds support for IBM Tivoli Composite Application Management for WebSphere (ITCAM WebSphere) and IBM Tivoli Composite Application Management for Response Time Tracking (ITCAM RTT) and collecting or importing resource monitoring data through an IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) server.
Note: The IBM Performance Optimization Toolkit v7.0 is now fully integrated with IBM Rational Performance Tester v7.0! We've heard your suggestions and have acted on them. We've simplified the installation procedure and added numerous features for automating load and performance testing of server-based software applications. Specifically, we've added:
- Resource monitoring support for monitoring system resources using Windows Performance Monitor, Linux/UNIX Rstatd, and the IBM Tivoli Monitoring products. In addition, the Windows Performance Monitor and Linux/UNIX Rstatd monitors are purely agentless!
- Response time breakdown for application monitoring and problem analysis to isolate problems in the server environment is now configured on-the-fly when a load test or schedule is executed! In addition, there are new user interface tools to help identify the source of the application problem.
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You must have IBM Rational Performance Tester v6.1.2 and the associated iFix (6.1.2.001) installed before using this toolkit.
For detailed installation instructions, access the installation guide from the downloads table below.
If upgrading from IBM Performance Optimization Toolkit (IPOT) Workbench v6.0:
- Download and install IPOT Workbench v6.1.2 and the IPOT v6.1.2.001 interim fix using the Rational Product Updater. Note: Optionally, you can download and install the IPOT v6.1.2 and its associated iFix (6.1.2.001) from the table below. Please see the installation guide in the downloads table for detailed instructions.
- Download and install IPOT Data Collection Infrastructure (DCI) v6.1.2 from the table below.
- To verify the integrity of these downloads, download and run the MD5 File Checksums from the table below.
If you have not previously installed IPOT:
- Download and install IPOT Workbench v6.0 from the table below.
- Download and install IPOT Workbench v6.1.2 and the IPOT v6.1.2.001 interim fix using the Rational Product Updater. Note: Optionally, you can download and install the IPOT v6.1.2 and its associated iFix (6.1.2.001) from the table below. Please see the installation guide in the downloads table for detailed instructions.
- Download and install IPOT Data Collection Infrastructure (DCI) v6.1.2 from the table below.
- To verify the integrity of these downloads, download and run the MD5 File Checksums from the table below.
For earlier versions of the Performance Optimization Toolkit, see the archive page.
Learn how to use the IBM Performance Optimization Toolkit with this quick and easy online demonstration!
- After the Performance Optimization Toolkit is installed, you can view documentation from within the Help > Help Contents menu of Rational Performance Tester. The applicable Help sections are located under the topic "Analyzing distributed application performance problems."
- Additional articles and whitepapers about the toolkit will be posted on the developerWorks product resource page for Performance Tester as they become available.
Customers on current maintenance for Performance Tester can receive support for this toolkit via their standard IBM Rational support channels. Please specify IBM Rational Performance Tester v6.1.2 as the product when opening any service request for this toolkit.
| Description | Name | Size | Download method |
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| Installation guide (extract and open install.html) | readme_2006.03.zip | 630 KB | HTTP |
| Workbench v6.0- Windows on Intel IA32 toolkit | windows_rpa_2005.0505.0300.zip | 177 MB | FTP |
| Workbench v6.0- Linux on Intel IA32 toolkit | linux_rpa_2005.0505.0300.zip | 233 MB | FTP |
| Workbench v6.1.2- Windows and Intel IA32 | rpa612_2005.12.zip | 25 MB | HTTP |
| Workbench v6.1.2.001- Windows and Intel IA32 | rpa612_fix001_2006.03.zip | 13MB | HTTP |
| DCI v6.1.2- Windows on Intel IA32 | win32_dci_2005.12.zip | 234 MB | FTP |
| DCI v6.1.2- Linux on Intel IA32 | linux_dci_2005.12.zip | 341 MB | FTP |
| DCI v6.1.2- AIX 5 on RS/6000 | aix_dci_2005.12.zip | 360 MB | FTP |
| DCI v6.1.2- HP-UX v11i on PA-RISC | hpux_dci_2005.12.zip | 666 MB | FTP |
| DCI v6.1.2- Solaris v8 and v9 on SPARC | solaris_dci_2005.12.zip | 474 MB | FTP |
| MD5 File Checksums | md5checksum_2006.03.zip | 1 KB | HTTP |
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Learn more about how this tool helps you with software quality and performance monitoring by visiting the IT Lifecycle Management area of IBM developerWorks.
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