Installing integration support for Rational Performance Tester

This section describes the procedure for installing integration support for Rational Performance Tester for use with the Robotic Response Time monitoring agent.

Use Rational Performance Tester to record and upload robotic script tests when monitoring HTTP or HTTPS web applications, SAP, Siebel, or Citrix applications for performance.

Rational Performance Tester can create tests of web pages without manual coding of the verification points. No programming knowledge is necessary to create, comprehend, modify, and execute a performance test. A test created with Rational Performance Tester provides a graphical illustration of the web pages visited during execution. Code editing is unnecessary to create a multiuser test. For more advanced testers, information about items such as underlying page elements and server responses is also available.

Creates, executes and analyzes tests to validate the reliability of complex e-business applications.

Installation restrictions

Observe the following restrictions when installing integration support for Rational Performance Tester:

You must have administrator privileges to install the Rational Integration Support package.
You must have Rational Performance Tester version 8.3 or later installed on your system.
You can install Rational Performance Tester on any Windows system from which you want to record the tests except on the system where the Robotic Response Time agent is installed.
If you change the directory path for the Rational Performance Tester installer and you rename the disk1 folder, do not include the word disk in the directory name, or the installation fails.

Installing integration support

Run the Rational® Integration Support Installer to upgrade your existing version of Rational Performance Tester to support the Robotic Response Time agent, and install necessary interim fixes.

Note: Be sure to remove previous interim fixes from your dropins folders before upgrading your Rational Performance Tester installation.

To install integration support for Rational Performance Tester, complete the following procedure:

You must have administrator privileges to install the Rational Integration Support package. Verify the supported platforms for Rational Performance Tester at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/performance/sysreq/index.html.
Important: Remove previous interim fixes from your dropins folder before installing this integration support.
Access the Rational Integration Support installation program from the installation media (CD or downloaded image).
Navigate to the disk1 folder and run setup.exe to start the Rational Integration Support Installer program.
View the Welcome information and click Next.
Accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next.
If you do not have Rational Performance Tester version 8.3 or later already installed, you will receive an error message and will not be able to continue. Otherwise, select the IBM® Rational Performance Tester Version 8.3 or IBM Rational Performance Tester Version 8.6 check box and click Next.
Confirm your selection to install the ITCAM for Transactions Version 7.4 Integration Plug-in for Rational Performance Tester 8.3 or 8.6 (along with the License Key and interim fixes) and click Next.
When the installation completes, a message indicating success or failure is displayed. Click Finish to close the Rational Integration Support Installer program.
Examine the following log file for more information: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\IBM\tivoli\common\BWM\logs\trace-install.log. If the installation is successful, the end of the log contains the message: The installation program finished successfully. If the installation fails, the end of the log contains some error information about why the installation failed.
To ensure that Rational Performance Tester has been granted a permanent license, run IBM Installation Manager and view the Manage Licenses page.

Silently installing integration support for Rational Performance Tester

To install integration support for Rational Performance Tester silently, complete the following steps:

You must have administrator privileges to install the Rational Integration Support package. Verify that the file \runtime\RationalResponse.properties contains the following line:
```
InstallRPT = true
```
If the line is commented out with the # character in column 1, remove the # character.

Run the command:

start /wait setup.exe -silent -options runtime\RationalResponse.opt

After the silent installation completes, check the file: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\IBM\tivoli\common\BWM\logs\trace-install.log for the result. If the installation is successful, the end of the log contains the message: The installation program finished successfully. If the installation fails, the end of the log contains some error information about why the installation failed.

Resolving Rational Performance Tester associated editor issue

When you install support for Rational Performance Tester 8.6, the Rational Performance Tester associated editor is overwritten. Complete the following steps to resolve this issue:

Exit Rational Performance Tester if it is running.
In a command window, run the following command from the Rational Performance Tester installation directory (for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\) :
```
  eclipse.exe -clean -initialize
```
Start Rational Performance Tester and verify the problem is resolved.

Finding more information

See the following links for more information about IBM Rational Performance Tester: