Install Rational Performance Tester v8.3

  1. Review the Installation considerations.

  2. For Windows 2009, before you extract the .zip files, do the following:

    1. Right-click the .zip file and select Properties.
    2. Click the General tab.
    3. Click the Unblock button.
    4. Repeat this process for each .zip file.

  3. Extract files into a common directory...

  4. Open a command-line

  5. From the command-line, install using one of the following methods...

    • Common_Directory/RPT/disk1/Platform_Directory/install.exe
    • Common_Directory/RPT/disk1/Platform_Directory/launchpad.exe

    If you are running 64-bit, execute launchpad64.exe.

    Here is the launchpad...

  6. Select a language.

  7. Select the product to install from the launchpad menu.

  8. To search for updates to the product packages, click...

      Check for Other Versions, Fixes, and Extensions

    Only recommended updates are displayed by default.

    • To view all updates that are found for the available packages, click...

        Show all versions

    • To display a package description in the Details pane, click the package name.

      To search IBM update repository locations for the installed packages, select...

        Search the linked repositories during installation and updates

      This preference is selected by default. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package.

  9. Select the product package and any updates to the package to install.

    Updates that have dependencies are automatically selected and cleared together. Click Next to continue.

    If you install multiple packages at the same time, then all the packages are installed into the same package group.

  10. If you use launchpad, Rational License Key Administrator is listed on the Install Packages page.

    If you use Installation Manager, add the repository for Rational License Key Administrator to install it at the same time as the product. You can do this by running...

      Common_Directory/RPT_8.3_Setup/RPT_SETUP,InstallerImage_OStype/install.exe

    A supported version of Rational License Key Administrator comes with the product install image.

  11. On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the selected package.

    On the left side of the License page, click each package version to display its license agreement.

  12. On the Location page, set the path for the shared resources directory. Defaults are...

      C:\IBM\IBMIMShared
      /opt/IBM/IBMIMShared

    You can specify the shared resources directory only the first time that you install a package. Use your largest disk for this to help ensure adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages.

  13. On the Location page, create a package group to install the product package into or if this is an update, use the existing package group.

    A package group represents a directory in which packages share resources with other packages in the same group. To create a package group:

    1. Click Create a new package group.

    2. Type the path for the installation directory for the package group. The name for the package group is created automatically.

      • C:\IBM\SDP
      • /opt/IBM/SDP

    3. Click Next to continue.

  14. Optional: On the next Location page, you can choose to extend an existing Eclipse IDE that is installed on the computer, which adds the functions in the packages that you are installing.

    You must have Eclipse Version 3.6 with the latest updates from eclipse.org to select this option. Click Next to continue.

    Rational Performance Tester does not support extending an existing Eclipse IDE.

  15. On the Features page under Translations, select the languages for the package group.

    The corresponding translations for the user interface and documentation for the product package will be installed.

  16. On the next Features page, select the package features to install.

    1. To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.

    2. Click a feature to view its brief description under Details .

    3. 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.

    4. To use Processor Value Unit (PVU) licensing capability, click checkbox...

        IBM Rational Test Workbench Processor Value Unit (PVU) support

      Rational Performance Tester supports the PVU licensing capability available with the following newly introduced offerings:

      All of these offerings include either RPT or the RPT Agent. When you use any of these new offerings, RPT utilizes PVU licensed agents to generate virtual user load without the need for Virtual Tester Pack licenses. This virtual user load is limited only by the capacity of the PVU licensed agents.

    5. When you are finished selecting features, click Next to continue.

  17. On the common licensing configuration page, set the TCP/IP port number and host name of the license servers to use to configure licensing on the workbench computer.

    Separate the port number and host name with the at sign (@). Separate the port-host pairs with semicolons (;). To use the default port, omit the port number. If you do not know the port numbers and names of license servers to use, you can configure the license servers after installation by using Rational License Key Administrator.

    For example, to configure three license servers that are named license1, license2, and license3 to use port 27000, the default port, and port 1765 respectively, enter:

      27000@license1;@license2;1765@license3

  18. On the help system configuration page, select one of these options, and then click Next:

    • Access help from the Web

    • Download help and access content locally

    • Access help from a server on your intranet

  19. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the product package.

    To change the choices made, click Back, and make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install to install the package. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation that is completed.

  20. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the completion of the process.

    1. 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.

    2. In the Install Package wizard, select whether to start the product when you exit.

    3. Click Finish to start the selected package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to launchpad.exe.

  21. License the product.


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