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Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality 8.1.1

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Abstract

This document describes how to download and install refresh pack 8.1.1 for IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality 8.1 on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.

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New features


  • New SOA testing features:
    • You can split SOA tests.
    • Usability improvements to HTTP transport configuration have been made, including improvements to keystore management and to the display of HTTP information.
    • The JMS and MQ transports now support multiple returns.
    • Web Services Security 1.1 EncryptedKey and Thumbprint references are supported.
  • Usability improvements have been made for manual data correlation.
  • You can see a global view of all data correlations in a test.
  • You can create executive summary documents that incorporate selected report data and graphics.
  • You can export the test log to a text file.
  • You can automatically export results in full CSV format when you run tests from the command line.
  • Measurement of net server time for transactions is now supported, so that you can isolate the portion of a transaction's elapsed time due to the server and network, excluding think time.
  • A high resolution timer is available. If you use the high resolution timer, all measurements are precise to 1 millisecond.

Known problems

Known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/service/support/index.html. As problems are discovered and resolved, the knowledge base is updated.

Additional resources

IBM Rational Service Tester Information Center

Fixed APARs contained in this release
APAR Headline
PK87515 Inconsistent behavior when right-clicking on results in Profiling and Logging perspective.
PK88806 RPT stays in Running state for simple schedule with two agents and three Percentage User Groups
PK99214 Negative values in Server Throughput Byte Transfer Rates report for high throughput
PM01707 Data correlation time is added to page response time, potentially inflating them
PM02022 Deleted request headers reappear if multiple headers are removed in single operation
PM02912 Auto data transform to JSO not working in 8.1.0.3; worked in 8.1.0.2
PM04438 RPT is not automatically correlating Location when using proxy server with SSL traffic
PK94972 TestGen fails with an "RPTS0001I Exception encountered: %1 %2 %3" exception
PM02181 Recording through Web Interface will fail when test project is physically located outside of the workspace folder
PM03310 Test Suite Editor filters the non pure-XML lines

Prerequisites

Before you can install this fix pack, you must update your Installation Manager to version 1.3.1. Whenever you use Installation Manager to update an installed package, it automatically updates itself if necessary.

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Installation Instructions

IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality, Version 8.1 (RST) must already be installed on your system.
Automatic Update
Install the RST 8.1.1 update using the <b>Update</b> wizard in the IBM Installation Manager.

  1. Start the IBM Installation Manager.
  2. Click Update.
Manual Update It is also possible to download the update and install it locally.
  1. Download the RST 8.1.1 update .zip files. See the Download Package table below for the URLs.
  2. Extract the files to a temporary directory with a directory structure resembling:
    • rst_update\disk1
    • rst_update\disk2
    The base directories must be named disk1, disk2, etc.
  3. Start the IBM Installation Manager.
  4. Click File > Preferences
  5. Click Add Repository.
  6. Enter the directory where disk1 resides, according to the following example: ...\rst_update\disk1\diskTag.inf
  7. Click OK.
  8. Click Apply.
  9. Click OK to close the Preferences window.
  10. From the main Installation Manager window, click Update.

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Technical Support


http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/service/support/index.html

The Passport Advantage Online Help href="http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/services/cwepassport.nsf/wdocs/pao…">Instructional Videos guide Passport Advantage customers through the download and CD ordering processes.
If you are unable to download the 8.1.1 release, contact the href="https://www.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/paocustomer/doc…">Passport Advantage help desk.


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Links to specific product support pages plus general topics such as downloads and product documentation are available from the IBM Rational software support main page.

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Problems (APARS) fixed
PK87515;PK88806;PK99214;PM01707;PM02022;PM02912;PM04438;PK94972;PM02181;PM03310

Document Information

Modified date:
07 May 2019

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