Rational Integration Tester Agent

IBM® Rational® Integration Tester Agent can be installed as part of the IBM Rational Performance Test Server and IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server product offerings. There are planning requirements for the hardware, software, and installation of Rational Integration Tester Agent.

Product offerings

Rational Integration Tester Agent is included in two offerings:

Rational Performance Test Server
Rational Test Virtualization Server

The steps that are described apply to both offerings. You use the IBM Installation Manager application to install this product.

The Setup disk includes the launchpad program, which provides you with a single location to start the installation process.

Use the launchpad program to start the installation of software in these cases:

Installing from product CDs
Installing from an electronic image on your local file system
Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive

Hardware and software requirements

For a list of hardware and software requirements for Rational Integration Tester Agent 8.7.0, see the system requirements document at http://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity-reports/report/html/softwareReqsForProductByComponent?deliverableId=1408030938939&duComponent=Desktop_E05EDEF093BE11E38A544EBFE82A623B.

Installation planning

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

Rational Integration Tester Agent employs a decoupled, plug-in architecture to provide maximum flexibility for the messaging transport software that you are testing. This architecture also allows the application to load and execute additional components, such as functions, at run time.

The program code for each transport is contained in one or more JAR files that must be reside in the Rational Integration Tester Agent plug-ins directory. You can make the libraries on which the transports depend available to the application by using Library Manager. (For information about using Library Manager, see Working with the Library Manager.) At run time,Rational Integration Tester Agent loads each available plug-in, making these available from the appropriate menus.

Functions are loaded dynamically as well on a per-project basis. At the root of each project is a folder named classes that contains one or more JAR or CLASS files. The files that conform to the functions interface are made available from within the function action in test sequences.

Note the following network connectivity and deployment requirements:

Each computer that runs a probe or a test engine instance must have an agent on it to manage these processes, launching the processes when required and shutting them down at the end.
Each computer that runs an agent must be able to connect to the database.
The performance controller computer must be able to communicate with the database and the agents.

Library Manager settings

Library Manager settings are preserved during the uninstall/reinstall process. During the installation of 8.7, run Library Manager at the end of the process and confirm that the settings are correct. After installation, you must configure the Agent.config file (for example, for Rational Test Control Panel and IBM Rational Quality Manager settings). Copy this file before uninstalling so that you can copy over values.

Preserving the configuration file

Upgrading the Rational Integration Tester Agent software overwrites the Agent.config file in your existing Rational Integration Tester Agent installation. If there are settings in the Agent.config file that you would like to preserve, for example, IBM Rational Test Control Panel domains and environments settings, you can copy the existing Agent.config file to a temporary location before upgrading the Rational Integration Tester Agent software and then overwrite the new Agent.config file with the old Agent.config file after the upgrade of the software has completed.

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