Software requirements

Before you install the product, verify that your system meets the software requirements.

Operating system

The following operating systems are supported for this product.
Operating system Rational® Performance Tester version 8.2.1 workbench Rational Performance Tester version 8.2.1 Agent
AIX® 5.3 TL7 or later No Yes
AIX 6.1 No Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Desktop Editions (on Intel platforms): Yes Yes
Version 4, updates 1 through 9 Yes Yes
Version 5, updates 1 through 7 Yes Yes
Version 6, update 1 Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Advanced Platform Version 5 updates 1 through 7 (on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AS/ES updates 1 through 9 (on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) Version 9.0 SP3, Version 10.0 to SP4, Version 11.0 to SP1 (on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Version 9.0 to SP4, Version 10 to SP4, Version 11 to SP1 (on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise/Standard Edition with Service Pack 1, 2, or 3 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 and SP2 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1, 2 or 3 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and 2 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 Yes (see note) Yes
IBM® WebSphere® Application Server 64 bits Yes Yes
z/OS® 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 System Z No Yes (see note)
Note:
  • Data collection and response time breakdown functions are not supported by the Rational Performance Tester Agent on z/OS.
  • The listed operating systems support all the languages that are supported by Rational Performance Tester.
  • The SAP and Citrix extensions are supported only on Microsoft Windows operating systems. SAP is not supported on Microsoft Windows 7.
  • The 64-bit versions of Red Hat Desktop, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft Windows XP are supported, but run only in 32-bit mode.

Java requirements for Rational Agent Controller on z/OS

Java 6 is required on the z/OS operating system. See http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/software/java/products/j6pcont31.html#j6getting for more information.

Software requirements for extending an installed Eclipse IDE

The products in this version of the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform were developed for use with version 3.6 or later of the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE). You can extend an existing Eclipse IDE of version 3.6 only with the latest updates from eclipse.org.

To extend an installed Eclipse IDE, you must also have a Java runtime environment from one of these Java development kits:
  • For Windows. IBM 32-bit SDK for Windows, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6.0 service release 6; Oracle Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0 Update 6 for Microsoft Windows
  • For Linux. IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6.0 service release 6; Oracle Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0 Update 6 for Linux x86 (not supported for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server [SLES] Version 9)
Note: You might need to update your Eclipse version in order to install updates to Rational Performance Tester. See the release documentation of the update for information about changes to the prerequisite Eclipse version.

Supported virtualization software

Rational Performance Tester supports Citrix Presentation Server Version 4 or 4.5, running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Windows Server 2003 Professional Edition and XenApp5 with Citrix Client versions 9.0 to 11.0 running on Windows Server 2008. Although the client for Citrix Presentation Server is available on Linux, Rational Performance Tester does not support the Citrix extension on Linux.

Rational Performance Tester also supports Windows Terminal Server 2003 and later.

To reduce the likelihood of connection problems caused by firewalls between the workbench computer and the agent computers, locate the workbench computer and the agent computers on the same local network, and then use Remote Desktop to access the workbench computer. Do not use virtualized agent computers. Agent computers require full, real-time access to the hardware platform for accurate load generation and measurement.

Additional software requirements

  • For Linux. The GNU Image Manipulation Program Toolkit (GTK+), Version 2.2.1 or later, and associated libraries (GLib, Pango).
  • One of the following web browsers to view the readme files and the installation guide and to support the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) browser widget:
    • For Windows. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1, or later
    • For Linux. Mozilla 1.6 or later
    • For Linux. Firefox 1.5 or later
      Note:
      • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Version 4.0, set the MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME environment variable to the folder that contains your Firefox or Mozilla installation. For example, enter this command: setenv MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.
      • To support the SWT browser widget, your Firefox browser must have been compiled with linkable Gecko libraries. Firefox downloads from mozilla.org currently do not satisfy this criteria, but Firefox installations that are included in major Linux distributions often do.
  • The Launchpad does not support Mozilla 1.6; if your browser is Mozilla, you must have version 1.7 or later to run the launchpad.
  • To view multimedia user assistance, such as tours, tutorials, and demonstration viewlets, you must install Adobe Flash Player.
    • For Windows. Adobe Flash Player Version 6.0 release 65 or later
    • For Linux. Adobe Flash Player Version 6.0 release 69 or later

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