Follow these instructions to install the IBM® Rational® Integration Tester Agent and
the IBM Rational Performance Tester Agent.
Before you begin
Note: You cannot directly upgrade
Rational Integration Tester
Agent from
any of the earlier versions to 8.7. You must uninstall the existing
version and then install the version 8.7. For more information, see
Installing the product software
About this task
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 repository location of the product
package. If you install and start Installation
Manager directly,
you must set repository preferences manually.
Procedure
- Select the method to use to obtain the product software.
- Select a language in which to run the launchpad and Installation
Manager.
- Select the product to install from the launchpad menu.
The Install Packages window opens.
- Click each of the product packages to highlight them. The
description of the package is displayed in the Details pane at the
bottom of the window. If more information about the package is available,
such as a readme file or release notes, a More info link
is included. To fully understand the package that you are installing,
review all information. The following packages are available:
- IBM Rational Integration Tester Agent
- IBM Rational Performance Test Server Agent
To view all updates that are found for the available packages,
click Show all versions.
Note: For Installation
Manager to
search the predefined IBM update
repository locations for the installed packages, the Search
the linked repositories during installation and updates preference
on the Repositories preference page must be selected.
This preference is selected by default. Internet access is also required.
A progress indicator shows that the search is taking place. You can
install updates at the same time that you install the base product
package.
- Select the product package and any updates to the package
to install. Updates that have dependencies are automatically selected
and cleared together. Click Next.
- On the Licenses page, read the license
agreement for the selected package. If you selected more than one
package to install, there might be a license agreement for each package.
On the left side of the License page, click each
package version to display its license agreement. The package versions
that you selected to install (for example, the base package and an
update) are listed under the package name. If you agree to the terms
of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms
of the license agreements. Click Next.
- On the Location page, the location
of the package group into which each product is installed is displayed.
Click each product to see its package group location. Optionally,
you can enter another location for the package group in the Installation
Directory field. Click Next.
- Select the translation packages to install, and then click Next.
- On the Features page, select the package
features to install.
- To see the dependency relationships between features,
select Show Dependencies
- Click a feature to view its brief description under Details.
- Select or clear features in the packages. Installation
Manager automatically
enforces any dependencies with other features and displays updated
download sizes and disk space requirements for the installation.
- When you are finished selecting features, click Next.
- Specify the following configuration
information for the products that you are installing.
For Rational Integration Tester
Agent- Enter the URL of the IBM Rational Test Control Panel instance
that you want to register the agent with.
Note: Rational Test Control Panel runs
stubs on agents. Agents can also be used to run scheduled tests. During
the installation of
Rational Integration Tester
Agent,
the agent is configured to register with Rational Test Control Panel instances so
that they are available for stubs and/or running scheduled tests.
You can modify this information after the installation. For more information,
see
Registering Rational Integration Tester Agent with Rational Test Control Panel.
- Enter the username and password for the Rational Test Control Panel server.
Click Next.
Note: A connection token for the
specified user name is created. This token can be then be used if
domain-level security is enabled in IBM Rational Test Control Panel.
- Select how you want to run the agent. Select the Run as Local
Service radio button to run the agent as a service. Select the Run
as existing user to run the agent with a user. Enter the user name
and password. Click Next.
- Select the bundle that the Agent is to be installed
with. Make the selection based on the capability that you want to
use and the licensing model that you are using.
- If you are using the agent for performance testing
with PVU licenses, select the IBM Rational Performance Test Server -
PVU mode radio button
- If you are using the agent for service virtualization
with PVU licenses, select the IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server -
PVU mode radio button.
- If you are using the agent for performance testing
with token licenses, select the IBM Rational Performance Test Server -
Agent mode radio button
- If you are using the agent for service virtualization
with token licenses, select the IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server -
Agent mode radio button.
- If you are using the agent to only run probes,
you do not require any licenses. Select the This Agent
will only run probes radio button.
Attention: Agent mode enables support for token licensing.
Select this option only if you have purchased token licenses. Contact
the support team to check your entitlement if required.
For Rational Performance Tester Agent
- On the Summary page, review your choices
before you install the product package. Click Install to
install the package. A progress indicator shows the percentage of
the installation that is completed. When the installation process
is complete, a message confirms the completion of the process.
- Click View log file to open the
installation log file for the current session in a new window. You
must close the Installation Log window to continue.
- In the Install Package wizard, select whether to start
the product when you exit.
- Click Finish to start the selected
package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to
the launchpad program.
Results
The product software is installed.
What to do next
In step 10,
if you installed or upgraded the agent software and selected the Agent
mode option to enable support for token licensing, you
must configure the agent to point to a single domain. Then, start
the agent.