You must have administrative and file access to a Tomcat server that is installed and running.
You can improve the performance and stability of Rational Asset Manager by installing its web applications and the application files for the included IBM Rational Team Concert on separate Tomcat servers. Throughout this document, the installation directory for the Tomcat server for Rational Asset Manager is referred to as tomcat_install_directory. The installation directory for the Tomcat server for Rational Team Concert is tomcat_for_rtc_install_directory. If you are installing all the web applications on the same Tomcat server, the directories are the same.