Deploying IBM Rational Performance Test Server Pattern

To run performance tests and examine the results, deploy this pattern. This pattern uses agent mode licensing or PVU mode licensing. Agent mode licensing requires the IBM® Rational® License Key Server Pattern.

Before you begin

You must have a supported installation of the appliance that is being used to manage resources in a cloud-computing environment.

To deploy IBM Rational Performance Test Server Pattern on the appliance, you must install its pattern type. For more information, see Installing the pattern type. You must also be assigned the Create new catalog content role or the Workload resources administration role with full permissions. For more information about user roles, see Managing system users.

To connect to this deployed instance or use licensing, complete the tasks at Preparing to deploy.

Request the following details about the environment to deploy into from your appliance system administrator:
  • The environment profile
  • The cloud group
  • The IP group
For more information, see Administering cloud resources.

Procedure

  1. Go to the virtual system patterns by clicking Patterns > Virtual System Patterns.
  2. From the list of patterns on the Virtual System Patterns page, select IBM Rational Performance Test Server Pattern.
  3. Click the Deploy icon.
  4. Complete the required fields to deploy the pattern.
    1. On the Deploy Pattern page, leave the default name for the virtual system. If you change the name, make note of this information for future use.
      Restriction: The name can have no more than 64 characters.
    2. Enter any other required information:
      1. Select the environment profile to use for the deployment. Internally or externally managed environment profiles can be used for single-system deployments.
      2. Specify, or accept the default cloud group and IP group to deploy into. These fields are displayed only for internally managed environment profiles.
      3. Set a priority for the deployment.
      4. Optional: Set up Secure Shell (SSH) access to the deployment either by generating an SSH public/private key pair, or by specifying an externally generated SSH public key. The generated or specified public key is uploaded to the virtual machines during deployment. If you generated a key pair, be sure to download the private key file to a secure location. You can distribute this file later to users who are allowed to access the deployed virtual machines in the cloud group for troubleshooting and maintenance purposes.
      5. Set the schedule for the deployment to be at the current time or a later time that you specify.
      6. Click the component names to set the parameters for the individual software components. Fields that have a red asterisk next to the name are required parameters that you must set before the pattern is deployed.

        You can accept all or most of the default values, although you might prefer to override some of them. For example, you might want to override the cell name or node name to conform to your site naming conventions. In most cases, only passwords need to be additionally specified.

        For more information about the parameters in the predefined pattern, see Rational Performance Test Server pattern parameters.

  5. Click Quick Deploy to start the deployment process. The length of time that is required for the deployment to complete depends on the complexity of the pattern that is being deployed.

What to do next

View the status of the deployed instance, and administer it from the Virtual System Instances page, which you can access by clicking Patterns > Pattern Instances > Virtual System Instances. For more information, see Working with deployed instances.
Important: If you selected PVU mode licensing, you can track this license usage with the workload console. For more information, see Tracking license usage. If you selected agent mode licensing, you must disable PVU license tracking. For more information, see Disabling PVU license tracking.
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