Starting and stopping the Rational Quality Manager adapter as a Windows service

You can use the Windows service to connect, disconnect, and view adaptor activities from the test workbench.

Before you begin

Before running the Rational® Quality Manager adapter, you must have configured the test workbench and the adapter.

When you install the test workbench, you also install the adapter as a Windows service. By default, the service is set to start manually.

The adapter service for Windows requires the computer to have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or later.

Note: Do not open the test workbench in the same workspace while the adapter is running as a Windows service. Doing so might interfere with the ability of the adapter to run test scripts. Stop the adapter before you open the workbench in the configured workspace.

Procedure

Open the Windows service manager.
To start the service, right-click IBM RTW-RPT-RST adapter for RQM and click Start. The adaptor is same for IBM® Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Performance Tester and IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality
To stop the service, right-click IBM RTW-RPT-RST adapter for RQM and click Stop.

What to do next

Optionally, you can configure the service to start automatically by right-clicking the adapter listing, selecting Properties, and selecting Automatic as the startup type. With this setting, the adapter can start automatically when the computer restarts, without requiring a user to log in.

When running the adapter as a service, status is printed to the install_dir\RPT-RST_RQMAdapter\logs\adapter.log file. You can also print the status by navigating to the install_dir\RPT-RST_RQMAdapter\bin\ directory, and entering this command: RQMAdapter.bat STATUS.

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