Install the product software

Use these instructions to install Rational® Performance Tester.

About this task

By starting the installation process from the launchpad program, IBM® Installation Manager is automatically installed if it is not already on your computer, and it starts preconfigured with the location of the repository that contains the product package. If you install and start Installation Manager directly, then you must set repository preferences manually.

To learn how to install the product from a command prompt in silent mode, see the Installing Silently section of the IBM Installation Manager Information Center.

To install the product from the launchpad:

Procedure

  1. Review the Installation considerations, if you have not done so already.
  2. Complete one of the following steps:
    1. If you are installing from compressed files, such as .zip or ISO files, extract the files into a common directory. Navigate to Common_Directory/RPT/disk1/Platform_Directory and double click install.exe.
    2. If you are installing from a CD, insert the first product disc into your CD drive. If autorun is enabled on your workstation, then the launchpad starts automatically. Otherwise, start the launchpad program manually.
      • For Windows. Run the launchpad.exe command, which is located in the root directory of the Setup disk installation image.
      • For Linux. Run the launchpad.sh command, which is located in the root directory of the Setup disk installation image.
  3. Optional: Select a language in which to run the launchpad and Installation Manager.
  4. Select the product to install from the launchpad menu. The Install Packages window opens.
  5. Click a product package to highlight it. The description of the package is displayed in the Details pane at the bottom of the screen.
  6. To search for updates to the product packages, click Check for Other Versions, Fixes, and Extensions. If updates for a product package are found, then they are displayed in the Installation Packages list on the Install Packages page below their corresponding products. 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. If additional information about the package is available, such as a readme file or release notes, a More info link is included at the end of the description text. Click the link to display the additional information in a browser. To fully understand the package that you are installing, review all information.
      Note: For Installation Manager to search the predefined IBM update repository locations for the installed packages, the Search the linked repositories during installation and updates preference on the Repositories preference page must be selected. This preference is selected by default. Internet access is also required. A progress indicator shows that the search is taking place. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package.
  7. 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.
    Note: If you install multiple packages at the same time, then all the packages are installed into the same package group.
  8. On the Prerequisite page, if a supported version of IBM Rational License Key Administrator is not installed, a warning message is displayed. A supported version of Rational License Key Administrator comes with the product. To administer a license server, you must install a supported version of Rational License Key Administrator. If you use the launchpad program to install the product, Rational License Key Administrator is listed on the Install Packages page. If you start Installation Manager, you must add the repository for Rational License Key Administrator to install it at the same time as the product. Click Next to continue.
  9. On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the selected package. If you selected more than one package to install, there might be a license agreement for each package. On the left side of the License page, click each package version to display its license agreement. The package versions that you selected to install (for example, the base package and an update) are listed under the package name.
    1. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  10. On the Location page, type the path for the shared resources directory in the Shared Resources Directory field, or accept the default path. The shared resources directory contains resources that can be shared by one or more package groups. Click Next to continue.
    The default path to use follows:
    • For Windows. C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared
    • For Linux. /opt/IBM/IBMIMShared
    Important: 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.
  11. 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.
      The default path follows:
      • For Windows. C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP
      • For Linux. /opt/IBM/SDP
    3. Click Next to continue.
  12. Optional: On the next Location page, you can choose to extend an existing Eclipse IDE that is installed on your 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.
    Note: Rational Performance Tester does not support extending an existing Eclipse IDE.
  13. 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.
  14. On the next Features page, select the package features to install.
    1. Optional: To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.
    2. Optional: 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 IBM Rational Test Workbench Processor Value Unit (PVU) support checkbox. Rational Performance Tester supports the Processor Value Unit (PVU) licensing capability available with the following newly introduced offerings: All of these offerings include either Rational Performance Tester or the Rational Performance Tester Agent. When you use any of these new offerings, Rational Performance Tester 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.
  15. On the common licensing configuration page, type 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 this text: 27000@license1;@license2;1765@license3
  16. 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
  17. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the product package. To change the choices that you made on previous pages, 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.
  18. 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 the launchpad program.
  19. License the product.
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