IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality Installation Guide
, Version 7.0
Installation Guide
Note
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First edition, January 2008
This edition applies to version 7.0 of IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality (part number
5724-S34) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise
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Overview
This installation guide provides instructions for installing, updating,
and uninstalling IBM(R) Rational(R) Tester for SOA Quality.
You can find the most recent version of this Installation
Guide online at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rtsoaq/70/docs/install_instruction/install.html.
Note:
Refer to
http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/documentation/ for updated documentation and troubleshooting information.
IBM Installation
Manager
IBM Installation Manager is
a program that helps you install the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package on your computer. It also helps you update, modify, and uninstall
any package that you install. A package can be a product, a group of components,
or a single component that is specifically designed for Installation Manager to
install.
IBM Installation Manager offers
several time-saving features, which you can use to complete the following
tasks:
- Install product packages
- Manage licenses for installed product packages
- Search for and install updates to installed product packages
- Modify installed product packages
- Revert installed product packages to earlier versions
- Uninstall product packages
For more information about IBM Installation Manager, visit the Installation
Manager Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1m0r0/index.jsp.
The IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform
is a common development environment that contains the development workbench
and other software components that share multiple products.
The delivery platform includes the following offerings:
- Rational Application Developer
- Rational Functional Tester
- Rational Performance Tester
- Rational Software Architect
- Rational Software Modeler
- Rational Systems Developer
- Rational Tester for SOA Quality
Also available but not part of the platform is Rational Manual Tester. Manual Tester is included
with Rational Functional Tester,
or it can be purchased separately.
About Rational Tester for SOA Quality
IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality automates
the creation, execution and analysis of functional, regression and performance
tests for services and SOA applications.
Installation requirements
This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements
that must be met in order to successfully install and run your software.
For the most up-to-date, detailed system requirements,
refer to www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/soa/sysreq/index.html.
Hardware requirements
Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets
the minimum hardware requirements.
Hardware |
Requirements |
Processor |
Minimum: 1.5 GHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4
(or higher for best results) |
Memory |
Minimum
for Rational Performance Tester:
768 MB RAM; minimum for just the Agent Controller: 500 MB of RAM |
Disk space |
Minimum: 1.5 GB of disk space is required for
product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources
that you develop.
Note:
- Disk space requirements can be
reduced or increased depending on the features that you install.
- Additional disk space is required if you download the product package
to install this product.
-
Additional
disk space is required if you use FAT32 instead of NTFS.
-
An additional 500 MB of
disk space is required in the directory pointed to by your environment variable
TEMP.
-
An additional 500
MB of disk space is required in the /tmp
directory.
|
Display |
1024 x 768 resolution minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best
results)
For just the Agent Controller: 800 x 600 display
minimum using 256 Colors (or higher for best results) |
Other hardware |
Microsoft(R) mouse or compatible pointing device |
Software requirements
Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets
the software requirements.
Operating system
The following operating systems
are supported for this product in 32-bit mode:
Table 1. Supported operating systems for Rational Tester for SOA Quality 7.0.x
Operating system |
Rational Tester for SOA Quality |
Performance Test Agent |
Performance Test Agent with DCI |
AIX(R) 5.2 TL7 or later |
No |
Yes |
No |
AIX 5.3 TL3 or later |
No |
Yes |
No |
RedHat Desktop Version 4.0 Update 1-5 (running in 32-bit
mode) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
RedHat Enterprise Version 4.0 Update 1-2 (running in
32-bit mode) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SuSE Linux(R) Enterprise Server Version 9.0 SP1
- SP4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop / Enterprise
Server Version 10.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Windows(R) 2000 Advanced Server with Service
Pack 3 or 4 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service
Pack 3 or 4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise/Standard
Edition with Service Pack 1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2 |
Yes |
yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
z/OS(R) 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 System Z |
No |
Yes |
No |
Note:
Rational Tester for SOA Quality is
not supported on Microsoft Windows operating systems running on
64-bit processors.
The listed operating systems support all of the languages
that are supported by Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Note:
Although
the client for Citrix Presentation Server is available on Linux, Rational Performance
Tester does not support the Citrix extension on Linux.
Software requirements
for extending an existing Eclipse IDE
The
products in this version of the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform were
developed for use with version 3.2.2, or later, of the Eclipse IDE. You can
only extend an existing Eclipse
IDE of version 3.2.2 with latest updates from eclipse.org.
To
extend an existing Eclipse IDE, you also require a JRE from one of the following Java(TM) development
kits:
-
IBM 32-bit
SDK for Windows, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 5.0 service
release 5; Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0 Update 12 for Microsoft Windows
-
IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2
Technology Edition, Version 5.0 service release 5; Sun Java 2
Standard Edition 5.0 Update 12 for Linux x86 (not supported for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server [SLES] Version 9)
Note:
- Sun Java 2 Standard Edition (Java SE) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6.0 is
not supported.
- You might need to update your Eclipse version in order to install updates
to Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Refer to the update's release documentation for information on changes to
the prerequisite Eclipse version.
Important:
To enable users who do not have Administrator
privileges to work with Rational Tester for SOA Quality on
a Windows Vista
system, do not install Eclipse inside the Program Files directory (C:\Program
Files\).
Additional software requirements
-
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:
-
Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1, or later
- Mozilla
- Firefox 1.0.x, 1.5, 2.0, or later
Note:
- On Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Version 4.0, you must set the environment
variable MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to the folder containing your Firefox or Mozilla
installation. For example, 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.
Note:
The Launchpad does not support Mozilla 1.6; if your browser is
Mozilla, you need version 1.7, or later, to run the launchpad.
- To properly view multimedia user assistance, such as tours, tutorials,
and demonstration viewlets, you must install Adobe(R) Flash Player.
-
Version
6.0 release 65, or later
-
Version 6.0 release 69, or later
- For information about supported
database servers, Web application servers, and other software products, see
the online help.
User privileges requirements
You must have a user ID that meets the following requirements before
you can install Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
- Your user ID must not contain double-byte characters.
-
You
must have a user ID that belongs to the Administrators group.
-
You must be able to log in as root.
Planning to install
Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install
or update any of the product features. Effective planning and an understanding
of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure
a successful installation.
Installation scenarios
There are a number of scenarios that you can follow when you install
or update Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
The following are some of the factors that might determine your installation
scenario:
- The format and method by
which you access your installation files (for example, from CDs or files downloaded
from IBM Passport
Advantage(R)).
- The location for your installation (for example, you can install the product
onto your own workstation, or make the installation files available to your
enterprise.).
- The type of installation (for example, you can use the Installation Manager
GUI, or install silently.).
These are the typical installation scenarios you might follow:
- Installing from the CDs.
- Installing from a downloaded electronic image on your workstation.
- Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive.
- Installing from
a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS Web server.
Note that in the latter three scenarios you can
choose to run the Installation Manager program in silent mode to install Rational Tester for SOA Quality. For details
on running Installation Manager in silent mode, see Installing silently.
Note also that you can install updates at the same time that you install
the base product package.
Installing from CDs
In this
installation scenario, you have the CDs that contain the product package files,
and typically you are installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality on
your own workstation. See Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
CDs: task overview for
an overview of the steps.
Installing from a downloaded electronic image on your workstation
In this scenario, you have
downloaded the installation files from IBM Passport Advantage and you
will install Rational Tester for SOA Quality on
your own workstation. See Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
an electronic image on your workstation: task overview for
an overview of the steps.
Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive
In
this scenario, you will place the electronic image on a shared drive so that
users in your enterprise can access the installation files for Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
a single location. See Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
an electronic image on a shared drive: task overview for
an overview of the steps.
Installing
from a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS Web server
This
scenario is the fastest method for installing the product on a network and
is different from the shared-drive installation. To place product package
files for Rational Tester for SOA Quality on
an HTTP or HTTPS Web server, you must use IBM Packaging Utility, a utility application,
to copy the installation files in a package format that you can use to install Rational Tester for SOA Quality directly
from an HTTP or HTTPS Web server. This utility is provided with Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
The directory on the HTTP or HTTPS Web server that contains the package is
called a repository. Note that any optional software included with the Rational Tester for SOA Quality installation
CDs are not placed in the package; only the Rational Tester for SOA Quality installation
files are placed in the package. See Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS Web server: task overview and Placing Rational Tester for SOA Quality on
an HTTP Web server: task overview for an overview of the steps.
Deciding which features to install
You can customize your software product by selecting which features
of Rational Tester for SOA Quality to
install.
When you install the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package by using IBM Installation Manager, the installation wizard displays
the features in the available product package. From the features list, you
can select which to install. A default set of features is selected for you
(including any required features). Installation Manager automatically enforces
any dependencies between features and prevents you from clearing any required
features.
Note:
After you finish installing the package, you can still add or remove
features from your software product by running the Modify Packages wizard
in Installation Manager. See
Modifying installations for
more information.
Upgrade and coexistence considerations
If you have a previous version of the product,
or if you plan to install multiple Rational Software Delivery Platform
products on the same workstation, review the information in this section.
Upgrading from IBM Rational Performance Tester v6.1.x
Note:
Uninstalling v6.1.x packages will not delete project assets.
Migrating IBM Rational Performance Tester v6.1.x
assets to v7.0
Performance Tester assets
are separated into two classifications:
- Renewable assets: generated test code, .java files, and test projects
- Non-renewable assets: records such as .rec and .recmodel files, test,
schedules, .testsuite fields, custom code, locations, datapools, execution
history files, statistical results, and reports
Renewable assets are automatically recreated if they are used across versions
6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, and 7.0. However, when they are moved to other machines,
their associated class paths may need to be updated.
Non-renewable assets that were developed in v6.1.x products are usable
in v7.0. When these assets are first opened in version 7.0, the user is warned
that the assets are about to be migrated and that the assets will be unusable
in earlier versions of the product. If the user accepts the warning, the assets
are upgraded to version 7.0 when they are saved.
Note:
Version 7.0 assets are
not compatible with version 6.1.x products.
The migration of assets created with IBM Performance Optimization Toolkit v6.1.x
for use with IBM Rational Performance Tester v
7.0 is not officially supported. In version 7, the Performance Optimization
Toolkit functionality has been integrated into the Performance Tester product
image and is no longer a separately installable package.
Offering coexistence considerations
Some products are designed to coexist and share function when they are
installed in the same package group. A package group is a location where you
can install one or more software products or packages. When you install each
package, you select whether you want to install the package to an existing
package group, or whether you want to create a new one. IBM Installation
Manager will block products that are not designed to share or do not meet
version tolerance and other requirements. If you want to install more than
one product at a time, the products must be able to share a package group.
At the time of release, the following products will share function when
installed to a package group:
- Rational Application
Developer
- Rational Software
Architect
- Rational Functional
Tester
- Rational Performance
Tester
- Rational Software
Modeler
- Rational Systems
Developer
- Rational Tester
for SOA Quality
Any number of eligible products can be installed to a package group. When
a product is installed, its function is shared with all of the other products
in the package group. If you install a development product and a testing product
into one package group, when you start either of the products, you have both
the development and testing functionality available to you in your user interface.
If you add a product with modeling tools, all of the products in the package
group will have the development, testing, and modeling functionality available.
If you install a development product and later purchase a development product
with increased functionality and add that product to the same package group,
the additional function will be available in both products. If you uninstall
the product with the greater functionality, the original product remains.
Note that this is a change from the "upgrade" behavior of version 6 products
in the Rational Software
Delivery Platform group.
Note:
Each product installed into a unique location may
be associated with only one package group. A product must be installed into
multiple locations in order to be associated with multiple package groups. Rational Functional Tester and Rational Performance Tester can be
installed into only one location on a computer, therefore one package group.
Installation repositories
IBM Installation Manager retrieves
product packages from specified repository locations.
If the launchpad is used to start Installation Manager,
the repository information is passed to Installation Manager.
If the Installation Manager is
started directly, you must specify an installation repository that contains
the product packages that you want to install. See Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager.
Some organizations bundle and host their own product packages on their
intranet. For information about this type of installation scenario, see Installing
from a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS Web server.
Your system administrators will need to provide you with the correct URL.
By default, IBM Installation Manager uses
an embedded URL in each Rational software development product to connect
to a repository server over the Internet. Installation Manager then searches
for the product packages as well as new features.
Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager
When you start the installation of Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
the launchpad program, the location of the repository that contains the product
package you are installing is automatically defined in IBM Installation Manager when it starts.
However, if you start Installation Manager directly (for example, installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from a repository
located on a Web server) then you must specify the repository preference (the
URL for the directory that contains the product package) in Installation Manager
before you can install the product package. Specify these repository locations
on the Repositories page of the Preferences window. By default, Installation
Manager uses an embedded URL in each Rational software development product
to connect to a repository server through the Internet and search for installable
packages and new features. Your organization may require you to redirect the
repository to use intranet sites.
Note:
Before starting the installation process, be sure to obtain
the installation package repository URL from your administrator.
To add, edit, or remove a repository location in Installation Manager:
- Start Installation Manager.
- On the Start page of Installation Manager, click File -> Preferences,
and then click Repositories. The Repositories
page opens, showing any available repositories, their locations, and whether
they are accessible.
- On the Repositories page, click Add
Repository.
- In the Add repository window, type the URL
of the repository location or browse to it and set a file path.
- Click OK. If you provided an HTTPS or restricted
FTP repository location, then you will be prompted to enter a user ID and
password. The new or changed repository location is listed.
If the repository is not accessible, a red x is displayed in the Accessible column.
- Click OK to exit.
Note:
For Installation Manager to search the default repository
locations for the installed packages, ensure the preference Search
service repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories
preference page is selected. This preference is selected by default.
Package groups and the shared resource directory
When you install the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
using IBM Installation Manager, you
must choose a package group and a shared resource directory.
Package groups
During the installation
process, you must specify a package group for the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package.
A package group represents a directory in which packages share resources with
other packages in the same group. When you install the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
using Installation Manager,
you can create a new package group or install the packages into an existing
package group. (Some packages might not be able to share a package group,
in which case the option to use an existing package group will be disabled.)
Note that when you install
multiple packages at the same time, all the packages are installed into the
same package group.
A package group is assigned a name automatically;
however, you choose the installation directory for the package group.
After
you create the package group by successfully installing a product package,
you cannot change the installation directory. The installation directory contains
files and resources specific to the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package installed into that package group. Resources in the product package
that can potentially be used by other package groups are placed in the shared
resources directory.
Shared resources directory
The shared resources
directory is the directory where installation artifacts are located so
that they can be used by one or more product package groups.
Important:
- You can specify the shared resources directory once: the first time that
you install a package. For best results, use your largest drive for this.
You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages.
Extending an existing Eclipse IDE
When you install the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package, you can choose to extend an Eclipse integrated development
environment (IDE) already installed on your computer by adding the functions
that the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
contains.
The Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
that you install using IBM Installation Manager is
bundled with a version of the Eclipse IDE or workbench; this bundled workbench
is the base platform for providing the functionality in the Installation Manager package.
However, if you have an existing Eclipse IDE on your workstation, then you
have the option to extend it, that is, add to the IDE the additional
functionality provided in the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package.
To extend an existing Eclipse IDE: in the Location page of the Install
Packages wizard, select the Extend an existing Eclipse IDE option.
You might extend your existing Eclipse IDE, for example, because you want
to gain the functionality provided in the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package,
but you also want to have the preferences and settings in your current IDE
when you work with the functionality from the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package.
You also might want to work with plug-ins that you have installed that already
extend the Eclipse IDE.
Your existing Eclipse IDE must be version 3.2.2
for the latest updates from eclipse.org to be extended. Installation Manager
checks that the Eclipse instance you specify meets the requirements for the
installation package.
Note:
You might need to update your Eclipse version in
order to install updates to Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Refer to the update release documentation for information on changes to the
prerequisite Eclipse version.
Preinstallation tasks
Before you install the product, complete these steps:
- Confirm that your system meets the requirements
described in the section Installation requirements.
- Confirm that your user ID meets the required access privileges
for installing the product. See User privileges requirements.
- Read the section Planning to install and give particular
attention to the topic Upgrade and coexistence considerations.
-
If you want to enable the product to be
used by users other than root, then you must set to 0022, the umask variable before
you install the product. To set this variable, log in as root user, start
a terminal session, and type umask 0022.
Installation tasks
The following sections provide an overview of the installation scenarios
that are described in the section Installation scenarios.
You can access detailed instructions from links in the main steps.
Note:
After the Agent
Controller and Data Collection Infrastructure are installed, they must be
configured to enable the Resource Monitoring and Response Time Breakdown features.
Refer to
http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/documentation/ for updated documentation and troubleshooting information.
Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
CDs: task overview
In this installation scenario, you have the CDs that contain the
installation files, and typically you are installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality on
your own workstation.
The following are the general steps for installing from CDs:
Note:
Rational Performance Tester must
be installed before you install Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
- Complete the preinstallation steps listed in Preinstallation tasks.
- Insert the first installation CD into your CD drive.
-
Mount the CD drive.
- If autorun is enabled on your system, the Rational Tester for SOA Quality launchpad
program automatically opens. If autorun is not enabled, start the launchpad
program. Refer to Starting the launchpad program for
details.
- Start the installation of Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
the launchpad. For details, see Starting an installation from the launchpad program.
- Click Install Packages and follow the instructions
in the Install Packages wizard to complete the installation. For details,
see Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality by
using the Installation Manager GUI.
- Configure your
license. By default, a trial license for Rational Tester for SOA Quality is
included. You must configure the license to ensure that you have continued
access to the product. Refer to Managing development seat licenses for workstations for
details.
-
Increase the number of file handles on
your workstation. For details, see Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations.
- Install optional software that
is included with Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
an electronic image on your workstation: task overview
The following are the general steps for installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
an electronic installation image:
Note:
Rational Performance Tester must
be installed before you install Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
- Ensure that your workstation has sufficient
space to store both the files you must download from IBM Passport Advantage and the
extracted installation image. Refer to Hardware requirements.
- Download all required parts for the product
image from IBM Passport
Advantage to a temporary directory.
- Extract the installation image from the downloaded file and verify
that the installation image is complete. See Verifying and extracting electronic images for
details.
- Continue with the steps in Installing from an electronic image below.
Installing from an electronic image
- Complete the preinstallation steps listed in Preinstallation tasks.
- Start the launchpad program. Refer to Starting the launchpad program for
details.
- Start the installation of Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
the Launchpad. For details, see Starting an installation from the launchpad program.
- Follow the instructions in the Install Packages wizard to complete
the installation. For complete details, see Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality by
using the Installation Manager GUI.
- Configure your
license. By default, a trial license for Rational Tester for SOA Quality is
included. You must configure the license to ensure you have continued access
to the product. Refer to Managing development seat licenses for workstations for details.
-
Increase the number of file handles on
your workstation. For details, see Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations.
- Install optional software that
is included with Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
an electronic image on a shared drive: task overview
In this scenario, you will place the electronic image on a shared
drive so that users in your enterprise can access the installation files for Rational Tester for SOA Quality from a single
location.
The following steps are performed by the person who places the installation
image on a shared drive.
- Ensure that your shared drive has sufficient
disk space to store both the files you must download from IBM Passport
Advantage and the extracted installation image. Refer to Hardware requirements for
details.
- Download all required parts for the product
image from IBM Passport
Advantage to a temporary directory on the shared drive.
- Extract the installation image from the downloaded files into an
accessible directory on the shared drive and verify the installation image
is complete. See Verifying and extracting electronic images for details.
To install Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
the installation files on the shared drive:
- Change to the disk1 directory on the shared drive containing the installation
image.
- Follow the steps in Installing from an electronic image.
Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality from
a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS Web server: task overview
In this scenario, the product packages are retrieved by IBM Installation Manager from
an HTTP or HTTPS Web server.
These steps assume the repository containing the package for Rational Tester for SOA Quality has
been created on the HTTP or HTTPS Web server.
To install the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
from a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS server:
Note:
Rational Performance Tester must be
installed before you install Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
- Complete the preinstallation steps listed in Preinstallation tasks.
- In this scenario, for example, the Installation Manager installation
files are available from a shared drive.
- Start Installation Manager.
Refer to Starting Installation Manager on Windows for
details.
- Set the URL of the repository containing the package of Rational Tester for SOA Quality as
a repository preference in Installation Manager. See Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager.
- Start the Install Packages wizard in Installation Manager and follow
the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages wizard to complete the
installation. For complete details, see Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality by
using the Installation Manager GUI.
- Configure your
license. By default, a trial license for Rational Tester for SOA Quality is
included. You must set the license to ensure you have continued access to
work with the product. Refer to Managing development seat licenses for workstations for
details.
-
Increase the number of file handles on
your workstation. For details, see Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations.
- Install optional software included
with Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Placing Rational Tester for SOA Quality on
an HTTP Web server: task overview
To prepare Rational Tester for SOA Quality for
installation from a repository located on an HTTP Web server:
- Ensure that your HTTP or HTTPS Web server has sufficient disk space
to store the product package. Refer to Hardware requirements.
- Ensure that your workstation has sufficient
disk space to store both the files you must download from IBM Passport
Advantage and the extracted installation image. Refer to Hardware requirements
- Download all required parts for the product
image from IBM Passport
Advantage to a temporary directory on your workstation.
- Extract the installation image from the downloaded files into another
temporary directory on your workstation and verify that the installation image
is complete. See Verifying and extracting electronic images for details.
- Install on your workstation the IBM Packaging
Utility from the Enterprise Deployment CD (or electronic disk) appropriate
for your platform.
- Using the Packaging Utility, copy the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package.
- Copy the output of the Packaging Utility to an HTTP or HTTPS Web
Server.
- Copy the installation files for IBM Installation Manager from the Enterprise
Deployment CD to a shared drive.
- Instruct users in your organization to install Installation Manager.
- Provide users the URL for the repository that contains the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package you created earlier.
Managing IBM Installation
Manager
This section deals with some common tasks relating to IBM Installation Manager.
For more information, see the Installation Manager online
help or the Installation Manager Information
Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1m0r0/index.jsp.
Installing Installation Manager on Windows
If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad
program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is
started automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation.
(For more information on this process, refer to Installing from the launchpad program.)
In other cases, you must manually start the installation of Installation Manager.
To
start the installation of Installation Manager manually:
- Run install.exe from the InstallerImage_win32
folder on the first installation disk.
- Click Next on the Install Packages page.
- Review the license agreement on the License Agreement page and
select I accept the terms in the license agreement to
accept. Click Next.
- Click the Browse button on the Destination
Folder page to change the installation location if required. Click Next.
- Click Install on the Summary page. When
the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the
process.
- Click Finish. IBM Installation Manager opens.
Installing Installation Manager on Linux
IBM Installation Manager is installed
by the launchpad. For more information on this process, refer to Installing from the launchpad program.
To
install Installation Manager manually:
- Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
- Run install from the InstallerImager_linux folder
on the first installation disk.
- Click Next on the Install Packages screen.
- Review the license agreement on the License Agreement page and
select I accept the terms in the license agreement to
accept. Click Next.
- If necessary, edit the installation directory location. Click Next.
- Click Install on the information summary
page. When the installation process is complete, a message
confirms the success of the process.
- Click Finish. IBM Installation Manager opens.
Starting Installation Manager on Windows
IBM Installation Manager should
be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts Installation Manager with
a configured repository preference and selected Rational Tester for SOA Quality packages.
If you start Installation Manager directly,
then you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually.
For more information, see Planning to install.
To
start Installation Manager manually:
- Open the Start menu from the Taskbar.
- Select All Programs -> IBM
Installation Manager -> IBM Installation Manager.
Starting Installation Manager on Linux
IBM Installation Manager should
be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts the Installation Manager with
a configured repository preference and selected Rational Tester for SOA Quality packages.
If you start Installation Manager directly,
then you must set repository preference and choose product packages manually.
For more information, see Planning to install.
To
start Installation Manager manually:
- Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
- Change directory to the installation directory for Installation Manager (by
default, /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse) and run IBMIM.
Uninstalling Installation Manager on Windows
To uninstall Installation Manager:
- Open the Start menu from the Taskbar.
- Select All Programs -> IBM
Installation Manager -> Uninstall IBM Installation Manager.
- Click Next on the Uninstall page. The IBM Installation Manager is selected
for uninstallation.
- Click Uninstall in the Summary page.
Note:
You can also uninstall Installation Manager
by using the Control Panel. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel,
and then double-click Add or Remove Programs. Select
the entry for IBM Installation
Manager and click Remove.
Uninstalling Installation Manager on Linux
IBM Installation Manager must
be uninstalled using the package management tool that is included with your Linux version.
To
uninstall Installation Manager manually on Linux:
- Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
- Change directory to the uninstallation directory of Installation
Manager. By default, this is /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall.
- Run ./uninstall.
Silently installing and uninstalling Installation Manager
IBM Installation
Manager can be silently installed and uninstalled.
Silently installing Installation Manager
To install Installation Manager silently, unzip the installer
and switch to the InstallerImage_platform subdirectory,
then use the following commands:
-
installc
--launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log <log file path and name> .
For example: installc --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log c:\mylogfile.xml
- install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini
-log <log file path and name>. For example, install --launcher.ini
silent-install.ini -log /root/mylogs/mylogfile.xml
After installation, you can use Installation Manager or the Installation
Manager installer to silently install packages.
Silently uninstalling Installation Manager from Windows
To silently uninstall Installation Manager on Windows:
- From a command line, go to the uninstall directory for the Installation
Manager. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\IBM\Installation Manager\uninstall.
- Enter the following command: uninstallc.exe --launcher.ini
silent-uninstall.ini
Silently uninstalling Installation Manager on other platforms
To silently uninstall Installation Manager on other platforms:
- From a terminal window, go to the directory uninstallation directory
of Installation Manager. By default, this is/var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall).
- Run the following command: uninstall --launcher.ini
silent-uninstall.ini
Verifying and extracting electronic images
If you
download the installation files from IBM Passport Advantage, you must
extract the electronic image from the compressed files before you can install Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
If you select the Download Director option
for downloading the installation files, the Download Director applet automatically
verifies the completeness of each file that it processes.
Extract each compressed file to the same
directory.
Do not include spaces in the
directory names, or you won't be able to run the launchpad.sh command to start
the launchpad from a command line.
Installing from the launchpad program
The launchpad program provides you with a single location to view
release information and start the installation process.
Note:
Rational Performance Tester must
be installed before you install Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Use the launchpad program to start the installation of Rational Tester for SOA Quality in
the following cases:
- Installing from the product CDs
- Installing from an electronic image on your local file system
- Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive
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 Rational Tester for SOA Quality package.
If you install and start Installation Manager directly,
then you must set repository preferences manually.
To
install from the launchpad:
- Complete the preinstallation tasks described in Preinstallation tasks,
if you have not done so already.
- Start the launchpad program. See Starting the launchpad program.
- Start the installation of Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
See Starting an installation from the launchpad program.
Follow the instructions in the Install Packages
wizard to complete the installation. For complete details, see Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality by
using the Installation Manager GUI.
Starting the launchpad program
Complete the preinstallation tasks described
in Preinstallation tasks, if you have not done so
already.
If you are installing from a CD and autorun
is enabled on your workstation, then the Rational Tester for SOA Quality launchpad
starts automatically when you insert the first installation disc into your
CD drive. If you are installing from an electronic image, or if autorun is
not configured on your workstation, then you must start the launchpad program
manually.
To start the launchpad program:
- Insert the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality CD
into your CD drive.
Ensure that you have mounted
the CD drive.
- If autorun is enabled on your system, the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality launchpad
program automatically opens. If autorun is not enabled on your system:
-
Run
launchpad.exe located in the root directory of the CD.
-
Run launchpad.sh located in the root directory
of the CD.
Starting an installation from the launchpad program
- Start the launchpad program.
- If you have
not done so already, read the release information by clicking Release
notes.
- When you are ready to begin the installation, click Install IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
- If IBM Installation Manager is not
detected on your system or if an older version is already installed, then
you must continue with the installation of the latest release.
- Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation
of IBM Installation Manager. Refer
to Installing Installation Manager on Windows for
more information.
- When the installation of IBM Installation Manager completes
successfully, click Finish to close the wizard. After the installation is complete, IBM Installation Manager opens
automatically.
- If this is a new installation, click Install Packages and
follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation process.
For complete details, see Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality by
using the Installation Manager GUI
- If this is a product update, click Update Packages and
follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the update process. For
complete details, see Updating Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality by
using the Installation Manager GUI
The following steps describe installing the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
with the Installation Manager graphical
user interface (GUI).
- From the Installation Manager Start
page, click Install Packages.
Note:
If a
new version of Installation Manager is
found, you are prompted to confirm that you want to install it before you
can continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation Manager
automatically installs the new version, stops, restarts, and resumes.
- The Install page of the Install Packages wizard lists all the packages
found in the repositories that Installation Manager searched.
If two versions of a package are discovered, only the most recent, or recommended,
version of the package is displayed.
- To display all versions of any package found by Installation Manager,
click Show all versions.
- To return to the display of only the recommended packages, click Show
only recommended.
- Click the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
to display its description in the Details pane.
- To search for updates to the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package,
click Check for Other Versions and Extensions.
Note:
For Installation Manager to search the predefined IBM update repository
locations for the installed packages, the preference Search the
linked repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories
preference page must be selected. This preference is selected by default.
Internet access is also required.
Installation Manager searches
for updates at the predefined IBM update repository for the product package.
It also searches any repository locations that you have set. A progress indicator
shows the search is taking place. You can install updates at the same time
that you install the base product package.
- If updates for the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
are found, then they will be displayed in the Installation Packages list
on the Install Packages page below their corresponding product. Only recommended
updates are displayed by default.
- To view all updates found for the available packages, click Show
all versions.
- To display a package description under Details,
click on 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 you
are installing, review all information beforehand.
- Select the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
and any updates to the package that you want 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 will
be installed into the same package group.
- 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.
- If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements,
click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next to continue.
- 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 is:
-
C:\Program
Files\IBM\SDP70Shared
-
/opt/IBM/SDP70Shared
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.
- On the Location page, create a package group to install the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality 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 new package group:
- Click Create a new package group.
- Type the path for the installation directory for the package
group. The
name for the package group is created automatically.
The default path is:
-
C:\Program
Files\IBM\SDP70
-
/opt/IBM/SDP70
- Click Next to continue.
- On the next Location page,
you can choose to extend an existing Eclipse IDE already installed on your
system, adding the functionality in the packages that you are installing.
You must have Eclipse Version 3.2.1 with the latest updates from eclipse.org
to select this option.
- If you do not want to extend an existing Eclipse IDE, click Next to
continue.
- To extend an existing Eclipse IDE:
- Select Extend an existing Eclipse.
- In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate to the
location of the folder containing the eclipse executable file (eclipse.exe
or eclipse.bin). Installation Manager will
check if the Eclipse IDE version is valid for the package that you are installing.
The Eclipse IDE JVM field displays the Java Virtual
Machine (JVM) for the IDE that you specified.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Features page under Languages, select the
languages for the package group. The corresponding national language translations
for the user interface and documentation for the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
will be installed.
- On the next Features page,
select the package features that you want to install.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships between
features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief description
under Details.
- Select or clear features in the packages. Installation Manager will
automatically enforce any dependencies with other features and display updated
download size and disk space requirements for the installation.
- When you are finished selecting features, click Next to
continue.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package. If
you want 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 completed.
- When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the
success of the process.
- 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.
- In the Install Package wizard, select whether
you want IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality to
start when you exit.
- Click Finish to launch the selected package.
The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page of Installation Manager.
- If the Data Collection Infrastructure software
is installed, follow these steps to enable the test server for data collection:
- From the Start menu, select IBM Software Delivery Platform -> IBM Rational
Data Collection Infrastructure -> Application Server Instrumenter to open the instrumentation application.
- Click the Add Local button and select
the type of application server that you have running on the server.
- Fill in the server type specific fields including the location
of the server if required and click OK.
- Stop and start the server for the instrumentation to take effect.
- From the Start menu, select IBM Software Delivery Platform -> IBM Rational
Data Collection Infrastructure -> Start Data Collection.
Note:
All Rational Performance Tester systems
involved with the Data Collection Infrastructure must have the data collection
software running for the transaction breakdown functionality to be available
within the results of an Rational Performance Tester test
schedule.
Note:
The Application Server Instrumenter or the instrumentServer.bat
(or instrumentServer.sh) batch file can fail with a generic error message
("Error during install/uninstall") when instrumenting or uninstrumenting a
server. If this occurs, you can find more information to help troubleshoot
the error in the log files in the IBM Tivoli(R) common directory. On Windows,
the default location of this directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\tivoli\common.
On Linux,
the default location of this directory is /var/ibm/tivoli/common. If the IBM Tivoli common
directory is not in the default location, search for a path containing tivoli/common,
or for any of these log files: trace-install.log, trace-ma.log, or trace-tapmagent.log.
Note:
For
Websphere Application Server 6.x, if you create a new profile and then use
the Application Server Instrumenter to instrument this profile without first
starting WebSphere
(R) Application
Server, the Application Server Instrumenter will report that the server is
instrumented and will request that you re-start the server manually. This
message is incorrect; the server is not actually instrumented. To work around
this problem:
- Close and then re-start Application Server Instrumenter.
- Select the entry you just added from the list of instrumented servers
and click Remove.
- Re-start WebSphere Application
Server.
- Re-start Application Server Instrumenter and use it to instrument the
server.
To avoid this problem, after creating a new profile, start the WebSphere Application
Server profile manually. Then, use the Application Server Instrumenter to
instrument the server.
Installing silently
You can install the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package by running Installation Manager in silent installation mode. When
you run Installation Manager in silent mode, the user interface is not available;
instead, Installation Manager uses a response file to input the commands that
are required to install the product package. You can also install Installation
Manager silently using the Installation Manager installer. You can then use
the installer to silently install product packages.
Running Installation Manager in silent mode is helpful
because it enables you to use a batch process to install, update, modify and
uninstall product packages through scripts.
Note
that you must install Installation Manager before you can silently install
the Rational Tester for SOA Quality package.
Refer to Managing IBM Installation
Manager for details
on installing Installation Manager.
There
are two main tasks required for silent installation:
Note:
To
install the Data Collection Infrastructure silently with Rational Performance Tester,
an additional response file must be created.
- Create the response file.
- Run Installation Manager in silent installation mode.
Creating a response file with Installation Manager
You can create a response file by recording your actions as you
install a Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package using Installation Manager, or the Installation Manager installer.
When you record a response file, all of the selections that you make in the
Installation Manager GUI are stored in an XML file. When you run Installation
Manager in silent mode, Installation Manager uses the XML response file to
locate the repository that contains the package, select the features to install,
and so on.
To record a response file for installation (or uninstallation):
- On a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory
where you installed Installation Manager. For example:
-
cd
C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
- For other platforms: cd
/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse
- On a command line, type the following command to start the Installation
Manager, substituting your own file name and location for the response file
and (optionally) the log file:
Note:
Ensure the file paths you enter exist; Installation Manager will
not create directories for the response file and the log file.
- Follow the instructions in the Install Packages wizard to make
your installation choices. For details, see Installing Rational Tester for SOA Quality by
using the Installation Manager GUI.
- Click Finish, then close Installation Manager.
An XML response file is created and resides in the location specified
in the command.
Creating the Data Collection Infrastructure response file
The following UTF-8 text file (rpt_dci.rsp) must
be placed in the operating system's temporary directory in order to include
Data Collection Infrastructure during a silent installation:
-V VAccessAll=true
-V VAccessLocal=false
-V VAccessCustom=false
-V VHosts=" "
Note:
VHosts must be a list of valid host systems
separated by comas.
- Determine the temporary directory used by your operating system
or login profile. For example, on Windows, from a command line, enter set. The list of set variables will be displayed. Look for the value
assigned to tmp. This is the temporary directory in which
the silent installation routine will look for the rpt_dci.rsp response
file.
- Change directories to temporary directory.
- Create a UTF-8 text file named rpt_dci.rsp that
contains the arguments previously listed.
Recording a response file with the Installation Manager installer
You can use the Installation Manager installer to record the installation
of Installation Manager and other products.
To record the installation of Installation Manager, follow these
steps:
- Unzip the Installation Manager, then go to the InstallerImage_platform directory.
- To start recording, enter install -record <response
file path and name> -skipInstall <agentDataLocation> -vmargs -Dcom.ibm.cic.agent.hidden=false
Recording a product install with the installer
To start recording a product install with the Installation Manager
installer, follow these steps:
- Go to the InstallerImage_platform directory
in location where you unzipped the Installation Manager.
- Open the install.ini file by removing the following lines: -input and @osgi.install.area/install.xml
- Enter the following command: install -record <response
file path and name> -skipInstall <agentDataLocation>, for example:
install -record
- Start the Installation Manager and complete the Install Packages
wizard.
Installing and running Installation Manager in silent mode
Use the Installation Manager installer to install Installation
Manager, then use Installation Manager to install product packages in silent
installation mode from a command line.
Refer to the Installation Manager Web site for additional documentation on how to run
it in silent mode. For example, silently installing from a repository that
requires authentication (user ID and password).
The following table
describes the arguments used with the silent installation command:
Argument |
Description |
-vm |
Specifies the Java launcher. In silent mode, always use
java.exe on Windows, and java on other platforms. |
-nosplash |
Specifies that the splash screen should be suppressed. |
--launcher.suppressErrors |
Specifies that the JVM error dialog should be suppressed. |
-silent |
Specifies that the Installation Manager installer or Installation
Manager should be run in silent mode. |
-input |
Specifies an XML response file as the input to
Installation Manager installer or the Installation Manager. A response file
contains commands that installer or Installation Manager runs. |
-log |
(Optional) Specifies a log file that records the result of the silent
installation. The log file is an XML file. |
Both the Installation Manager installer and the Installation
Manager have an initialization or .ini file silent-install.ini that
includes default values for the arguments in the table.
The Installation
Manager installer is used to install the Installation Manager. Follow these
steps to install the Installation Manager silently.
To install Installation
Manager silently, unzip the installer and switch to the eclipse subdirectory,
then use the following commands:
-
installc
--launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log <log file path and name> .
For example: installc --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log c:\mylogfile.xml
- install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini
-log <log file path and name>. For example, install --launcher.ini
silent-install.ini -log /root/mylogs/mylogfile.xml
After Installation Manager is installed, you can use it to install
other products. You can also use the Installation Manager installer to install
the products.
To run Installation Manager in silent mode run the following
command from the eclipse subdirectory:
-
IBMIMc.exe
--launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name>
-log <log file path and name>. For example: IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini
silent-install.ini -input c:\mylog\responsefile.xml -log c:\mylog\silent_install_log.xml
- IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response
file path and name> -log <log file path and name>. For example:
IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input /root/mylog/responsefile.xml
-log /root/mylog/silent_install_log.xml
If you want to silently install products using the Installation
Manager installer, from the eclipse directory, enter the following command:
-
installc.exe
--launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input <response file path and name>
-log <log file path and name>. For example: installc --launcher.ini
silent-install.ini -input c:\mylog\responsefile.xml -log c:\mylog\silent_install_log.xml
- install.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini
-input <response file path and name> -log <log file path and name>.
For example: IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input /root/mylog/responsefile.xml
-log /root/mylog/silent_install_log.xml
When the Installation Manager installer, or Installation Manager runs
in silent installation mode; it reads the response file and writes a log file
to the directory you specified. While you must have a response file when running
in silent installation mode, log files are optional. The result of this execution
should be a status of 0 on success and non-zero number on failure.
Searching for and silently installing all available products
You can silently search for and install updates for all available
products.
To search for and silently install all available products:
- On a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory
where you installed Installation Manager.
- Enter and run the following command, substituting your own locations
for the response file and, optionally, the log file:
-
IBMIMc.exe
--launcher.ini silent-install.ini -installAll -log <log file path and name>
- IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -installAll
-log <log file path and name>
All available products known to Installation Manager are installed.
Silently installing updates to all currently installed products
You can silently search for and install updates for all currently
installed products.
To search for and silently install updates for all available products:
- On a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory
where you installed Installation Manager.
- Enter and run the following command, substituting your own locations
for the response file and, optionally, the log file:
-
IBMIMc.exe
--launcher.ini silent-install.ini -updateAll -log <log file path and name>
- IBMIM --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -
-updateAll -log <log file path and name>
All available product updates known to Installation Manager are installed.
Response file commands
If you want to use the silent installation capabilities of Installation
Manager, you need to create a response file that contains all of the commands
that Installation Manager must run. The recommended way to do this is to create
a response file by recording your actions as you install the IBM Rational Tester for SOA Quality package.
However, you can create or edit a response file manually.
There are two categories of commands for the response file:
- Preference commands are used to set preferences that are found
in Installation Manager under File -> Preferences, such as repository location information.
- Silent installation commands are used to emulate the Install Packages
wizard in Installation Manager.
Silent installation preference commands
While you typically specify preferences using the Preferences window,
you can also specify preferences (identified as keys) in a response file for
use during a silent installation.
Note:
You can specify more than one preference in a response file.
When
you define preferences in a response file, your XML code will look similar
to the following example:
<preference
name = "the key of the preference"
value = "the value of the preference to be set">
</preference>
Use the following table to identify keys and their associated
values for silent installation preferences:
Key |
Value |
Notes(R) |
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.logLocation |
Specifies the location of Installation Manager log file. |
Important:
This key is optional and is designed for testing
and debugging. If you do not specify a location for the log file, both silent
installation and the UI version of Installation Manager will use the same
location. |
com.ibm.cic.license.policy.location |
Specifies a URL that defines where the remote license policy file
resides. |
|
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyEnabled |
True or False |
False is the default value. |
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyHost |
Host name or IP address |
|
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyPort |
Port number |
|
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyUseSocks |
True or False |
False is the default value. |
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.SOCKS.proxyHost |
Host name or IP address |
|
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.SOCKS.proxyPort |
Port number |
|
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyEnabled |
True or False |
False is the default value. |
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyHost |
Host name or IP address |
|
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyPort |
Port number |
|
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.eclipseCache |
c:\IBM\common (Windows)
/opt/IBM/common (Linux)
Note:
The
paths above are default values for this preference; typically, install packages
provide their own values for this preference. |
You cannot change this location if you have already installed a package. |
com.ibm.cic.agent.core.pref.offering.service.repositories. areUsed |
True or False |
Change this preference to 'False' to disable it. When 'True', all
linked repositories will be searched when products are installed or updated. |
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences. preserveDownloadedArtifacts |
True or False |
Change this preference to 'False' to disable it. When true, the files
required to roll the package back to a previous version are stored on your
system. When false, these files are not stored. If you do not store these
files, you must connect to your original repository or media to roll back. |
Silent installation commands
You can use this reference table to learn more about response file
commands for use during a silent installation.
Response file commands |
Description |
Profile
<profile
id="the profile (package group) id"
installLocation="the install location of
the profile">
<data key="key1" value="value1"/>
<data key="key2" value="value2"/>
</profile> |
Use this command to create a package group (or installation location).
If the specified package group already exists, then the command has no effect.
Currently, when creating the profile, the silent installation will also create
two installation contexts; one for Eclipse and one for native.
A profile is an installation location.
You can use the <data> element
for setting profile properties.
The following list contains the keys
currently supported keys and related values:
- The eclipseLocation key specifies an existing Eclipse
location value, such as c:\myeclipse\eclipse.
- The cic.selector.nl key specifies the Natural Language
(NL) locale selections, such as zh, ja,
and en.
Note:
Separate multiple NL values with commas.
The following
list contains the currently supported language codes:
- English (en)
- French (fr)
- Italian (it)
- Simplified Chinese (zh)
- Russian (ru)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) (zh_TW)
- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) (zh_HK)
- German (de)
- Japanese (ja)
- Polish (pl)
- Spanish (es)
- Czech (cs)
- Hungarian (hu)
- Korean (ko)
- Portuguese (pt_BR)
|
Repositories
<server>
<repository location="http://example/
repository/">
<repository location="file:/C:/
repository/">
<!--add more repositories below-->
<...>
</server> |
Use this command to specify the repositories used during a silent
installation. Use a URL or UNC path to specify remote repositories; use directory
paths to specify local repositories. |
Install
<install>
<offering profile= "profile id"
features= "feature ids"
id= "offering id" version= "offering
version"></offering>
<!--add more offerings below>
<...>
</install> |
Use this command to specify the installation packages that will be
installed.
The profile ID must match an existing profile or a profile created
by the set profile command.
Feature IDs can be optionally specified
by a comma-delimited list, such as "feature1, feature2" and so on. If no feature
IDs are specified, all the default features in the specified offering will
be installed.
The version number is not required. If no version is specified,
the Installation Manager will install the most recent product with the specified
id and any available updates and fixes.
Note:
Required features will
be included for installation, even if they are not explicitly specified in
the comma-delimited list. |
<install modify="true"> or <uninstall
modify="true"> (optional attribute)
<uninstall modify="true">
<offering profile="profileID"
id="Id" version="Version"
features="-"/>
</uninstall> |
Use the <install modify="true"> attribute
on install and uninstall commands to indicate that you want to modify an existing
install. If the attribute is not set to true, the value
defaults to false. If the intent of the modify operation
is only to install additional language packs, then a hyphen "-" should be
used in the offering feature id list to indicate no new features are being
added.
Important:
You must specify "modify=true" and
a hyphen "-" feature list as specified in the example;
otherwise, the install command will install the offering's default features
and the uninstall command will remove all the features. |
Uninstall
<uninstall>
<offering profile= "profile id"
features= "feature ids"
id= "offering id" version= "offering
version"></offering>
<!--add more offerings below>
<...>
</uninstall> |
Use this command to specify the packages that will be uninstalled.
The
profile ID must match an existing profile or a profile specified in a profile
command. Further, if there are no feature IDs specified, all the features
in the specified offering will be uninstalled; if there are no offering IDs
specified, all the installed offerings in the specified profile will be uninstalled. |
Rollback
<rollback>
<offering profile= "profile id"
id= "offering id"
version= "offering version">
</offering>
<!--add more offerings below
<...>
</rollback> |
Use this command to roll back to the specified offerings from the
version currently installed on the specified profile. You cannot specify
features in a roll back command. |
InstallAll
<installALL/>
Note:
This
command is equivalent to using
-silent -installAll . |
Use this command to silently search for and install all available
packages. |
UpdateAll
<updateALL/>
Note:
This
command is equivalent to using
-silent -updateAll . |
Use this command to silently search for and update all available
packages. |
License
<license policyFile="policy file
location"/>
For example:
<license policyFile="c:\mylicense.opt"/> |
Use this command to generate a response file containing a license
command by starting the license wizard after starting Installation Manager
in record mode.
During record mode, if you set flex options through the
license management wizard, the options you set will be recorded in a license
policy file named "license.opt" in the same directory as the generated response
file; the response file will contain a license command that references the
policy file. |
Wizard
<launcher -mode wizard -input
< response file > |
Use this command to start Installation Manager in UI mode. The UI
mode starts Installation Manager in either the install wizard or the uninstall
wizard. However, in this case, the response file can only contain preference
commands and install commands or preference command and uninstall commands;
you can not mix install and uninstall commands in the same response file when
you run Installation Manager in UI mode. |
Additional response file attributes
Response file attribute |
Description |
Clean
<agent-input clean="true">
</agent-input> |
By default, clean="false". Installation Manager
will use the repository and other preferences specified in the response file
as well as the existing preferences set in the Installation Manager. If a
preference is specified in the response file and the Installation Manager,
the one in the response file takes precedence.
If set to clean="true",
Installation Manager will use the repository and other preferences specified
in the response file; the existing preferences set in the Installation Manager
will not be used. |
Temporary
<agent-input clean="true" temporary="false">
</agent-input> |
By default, temporary is set to 'false' and the
preferences set in your response file will be persisted. When you set temporary="true",
the preferences set in the response file will not be persisted.
You can
use the temporary and clean attributes together, for example, if you set clean
to true and temporary to false, after running the silent install the repository
setting specified in the response file will override the preferences set in
the previous sessions using Installation Manager. |
License agreement acceptance
<agent-input acceptLicense="false">
</agent-input> |
By default, you agree to accept whatever license an installation
package carries when using Installation Manager in silent installation mode.
If you do not want to accept the license agreement, you can use an additional
attribute in the <agent-input> element that automatically
fails the silent installation operation, <agent-input acceptLicense="false">.
If the installation package you are installing has a license agreement that
must be accepted, the silent installation operation will fail. |
Reference: Sample response file
You can use an XML-based response file to specify predefined information
such as silent installation preferences, repository locations, installation
profiles, and so on. Response files are beneficial for teams and companies
that want to install installation packages silently and to standardize the
locations and preferences for installation packages.
Sample response file |
<agent-input >
<!-- add preferences -->
<preference name="com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences. http.proxyEnabled"
value="c:/temp"/>
<!-- create the profile if it doesn't exist yet -->
<profile id="my_profile" installLocation="c:/temp/my_profile"></profile>
<server>
<repository location=
"http://a.site.com/local/products/sample/20060615_1542/repository/"></repository>
</server>
<install>
<offering profile= "my_profile" features= "core" id= "ies"
version= "3.2.0.20060615">
</offering>
</install>
</agent-input> |
Silent install log files
You can use silent install log files to examine the results of
a silent installation session.
The silent installation functionality creates an XML-based log
file that records the result of the silent install execution (as long as a
log file path is specified using -log <your log
file path>.xml). If your silent installation session
is successful, the log file will contain just the root element of <result> </result>.
However, if errors occur during the installation, the silent install log file
will contain error elements with messages such as:
<result>
<error> Cannot find profile: profile id</error>
<error> some other errors</error>
</result> |
For detailed analysis, you can look at the logs
generated in the Installation Manager data area.
By using a preference command, you can optionally set the data area to your
preferred location, as shown in the response file topic.
Managing development seat licenses for workstations
Development seat licenses for your installed IBM software and
customized packages are administered with the Manage Licenses wizard in IBM Installation Manager. The Manage
Licenses wizard displays license information for each installed packages.
The development seat licenses that come with Rational Performance
Tester Version 7.0 and later are trial licenses and expire 30 days
after installation. You must purchase and activate a development seat license
to continue to use Rational Performance Tester after the
expiration date.
Using the Manage Licenses wizard, you can upgrade the
trial version of an offering to a licensed version by importing a product
activation kit or you can enable floating license enforcement to use floating
development seat license keys from a license server.
Important:
Rational Performance
Tester also uses floating licenses to enable the use of protocol
extensions and virtual testers during test playback. These floating licenses
can be retrieved from the same license server that delivers the development
seat floating licenses. However, the following provisions apply:
- The development seat floating licenses can only be delivered by either
a UNIX(R) 7.0.0.1
or the Rational License
server v7.0.1 for Windows or a later version.
- The floating licenses for test playback can be delivered along with the
development seat floating licenses from the newer servers, or they may be
delivered apart from the development seat floating licenses from older servers.
In this topic, floating licenses refer to development seat floating licenses.
References to other licenses in this topic are identified.
For information
about managing test playback floating licenses, see Managing protocol keys and virtual tester license key packs.
For
more information about managing development seat licenses for your Rational product,
see the following information:
Licenses
With the purchase of IBM Rational software products, you select
from three types of product licenses: an Authorized User license, an Authorized
User Fixed Term License (FTL), and a Floating License. The best choice for
your organization depends upon how many people use the product, how often
they require access, and how you prefer to purchase your software.
Authorized User License
An IBM Rational Authorized User license permits
one individual to use a Rational software product. Purchasers obtain an
Authorized User license for each individual who uses the product in any manner.
An Authorized User license cannot be reassigned unless the purchaser replaces
the original assignee on a long-term or permanent basis.
For example,
if you purchase one Authorized User license, you can assign that license to
one individual, who can then use the Rational software product. The Authorized
User license does not entitle a second person to use that product at any time,
even if the licensed individual is not using it.
To install an Authorized
User license, see Importing a product activation kit.
Authorized User Fixed Term License
An IBM Rational Authorized
User Fixed Term License (FTL) permits one individual to use a Rational software
product for a specific length of time (the term). Purchasers obtain an Authorized
User FTL for each individual who uses the product in any manner. An Authorized
User FTL cannot be reassigned unless the purchaser replaces the original assignee
on a long-term or permanent basis.
Note:
When you purchase an Authorized
User FTL under the Passport Advantage Express program, IBM will
automatically extend the license term for an additional year at the prevailing
price unless you notify IBM before the license expires that you do not want an
extension. The subsequent FTL term starts when the initial FTL term expires.
The price for this subsequent term is currently 80% of the initial FTL price
but is subject to change.
If you notify IBM that you do not want to extend the license
term, then you must stop using the product when the license expires.
To
install an Authorized User Fixed Term license, see Importing a product activation kit.
Floating License
An IBM Rational Floating License is for a
single software product and can be shared among multiple team members; however,
the total number of concurrent users cannot exceed the number of floating
licenses that you purchase. For example, if you purchase one Floating License
for a Rational software
product, then only one user in your organization can use the product at any
given time. Another person who wants to use the product must wait until the
current user logs off.
To use floating licenses, you obtain Floating
License keys and install them on a Rational License Server. The server
responds to user requests for access to the license keys; it grants access
to the number of concurrent users that matches the number of licenses the
organization purchased.
You can review license information for installed packages, including
license types and expiration dates, from IBM Installation Manager.
To view license information:
- Start IBM Installation Manager.
- On the main page, click Manage Licenses.
The package vendor, current license types, and expiration dates are
displayed for each installed package.
Purchasing licenses
You can purchase new licenses if your current product license is
about to expire or if you want to acquire additional product licenses for
team members.
To purchase licenses and use your product, complete the following
steps:
- Determine the type of license you want to purchase.
- Go to ibm.com(R) or contact your IBM sales representative to purchase the
product license. For details, visit the IBM Web page on How to buy software.
- Depending on the type of license you purchase, use the Proof of
Entitlement that you receive and do one of the following to enable your product:
- If you purchase Authorized User licenses for your product, go to Passport Advantage and follow the
instructions there for downloading your product activation kit. After you
have downloaded the activation kit, import the product activation .jar file
using Installation Manager.
- If you purchase Floating licenses for your product, click the link
to the IBM Rational Licensing and Download site, login
(IBM registration
is required), and then select the link to connect to the IBM Rational License
Key Center. There you can use your Proof of Entitlement to obtain floating
license keys for your license server.
Optionally, you can go to Passport
Advantage to download the activation kit for your product. After importing
the activation kit, you can switch from a floating to a permanent license
type if you use your computer offline for long periods.
When you want to import the activation kit or enable Floating License
support for your product, use the Manage Licenses wizard in IBM Installation
Manager.
License enablement
If you are installing a Rational software product for the first
time or want to extend a development seat license to continue using the product,
you have options for enabling licenses for your product.
You can enable licenses for Rational Software Delivery Platform offerings
two ways:
- Importing a product activation kit
- Enabling Rational Common
Licensing to obtain access to Floating License keys
Importing a product activation kit
To install your permanent license key, import the activation kit
from the download location or the product media by using IBM Installation
Manager.
If you have not purchased an activation kit, download the activation
kit first. If you have purchased a product or a product activation kit, insert
the appropriate CD or download the activation kit from IBM Passport Advantage to an
accessible workstation. The activation kit is a compressed file that contains
a Java archive
(.jar) file. The .jar file contains the permanent license key and must be
imported to activate your product.
To import an activation kit .jar file and enable the new license
key:
- Start IBM Installation Manager.
- On the main page, click Manage Licenses.
- Select a package, and click the Import Activation Kit button.
- Click Next. Details for
the selected package are shown, including the current license kind and the
product version range of the license.
- Browse to the path on the media CD or download location for the
activation kit; then select the appropriate Java archive (.jar) file and click Open.
- Click Next. The Summary
page displays the target installation directory for the activation kit, the
product that the new license applies to, and version information.
- Click Finish.
The product activation kit with its permanent license key is imported
to the product. The Manage Licenses wizard indicates whether the import is
successful.
Enabling floating licenses
If your team environment supports Floating license enforcement,
you can enable Floating Licenses for your product and configure a server connection
to obtain access to Floating License keys.
Before enabling Floating License enforcement, you must obtain the
license server connection information from your administrator. For details
on license server, license key, and Rational Common Licensing administration,
see the IBM Rational License
Management Guide.
Note:
Enabling Floating License enforcement on a workstation
disables licenses that product activation kits include.
You can find
the most recent version of the License Management Guide online: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rcl/701/docs/install_instruction/install.html
To enable Floating Licenses as the license type for specified packages
and configure license server connections:
- In the IBM Installation Manager for the Rational Software Delivery Platform,
click File -> Open -> Manage Licenses.
- Select a version of a package, and then select the Configure
Floating License support button.
- Click Next.
- Click the Enable Floating License enforcement button.
- Configure one or more license server connections.
- Click an empty field in the Servers table
or click the Add button.
- If your administrator provided information for a redundant server
environment, click the Redundant Server button. Fields for the primary, secondary, and tertiary server names and
ports are displayed.
- Enter the host name of the license server in the Name field.
- Optional: Enter a value in the Port field
for environments where a firewall is used. Do not assign a value to this port
unless your administrator instructs you to do so.
- For redundant server environments, enter the names and ports
(if required) for the secondary and tertiary servers.
- Optional: You can click the Test Connection button
to confirm that the connection information is correct and that the server
is available.
- Click OK.
- Click Next.
- Optional: Configure the license usage order for your shell shared
or custom packages. The order of licenses in the list determines the order
in which your package obtains access to license keys for a given licensed
package.
- Click Finish.
The Manage Licenses wizard indicates whether the floating licenses
configuration is successful.
When you open the enabled product, a connection is created to the
license server to obtain a license key from the pool of available Floating
License keys.
Managing protocol keys and virtual tester license key packs
Rational Performance
Tester checks for the correct protocol keys and virtual tester license key
packs when you run a performance schedule.
In addition to product activation, Rational Performance Tester also checks
for the correct protocol keys and virtual tester license key packs when you
run a performance schedule. You need a protocol key to run tests with any
protocol other than HTTP. You need a virtual tester license key pack to run
tests with more than five virtual users. You can check out these keys from
the same Rational License
Server that you use for Floating License product activation.
To check
out protocol and virtual tester license keys in Windows, you must use the IBM Rational License
Key Administrator program to point to a Rational License Server:
- Click Start -> Program -> IBM Rational -> IBM Rational License Key Administrator.
- Type the name of your Rational License Server.
To learn more about IBM Rational License Key Administrator, select Help -> Contents and Index.
There
is no Linux version
of the IBM Rational License
Key Administrator. To check out protocol and virtual tester license keys in Linux,
create and edit the .flexlmrc file. Create the file .flexlmrc in the home
directory of every user who runs more than five virtual testers, uses a protocol
other than HTTP, or uses the Floating License product activation. Edit the
.flexlmrc file, adding a line with the computer name or the IP address of
the Rational License
Server. For example, add one of the following lines to the file: RATIONAL_LICENSE_FILE=@license-server-name.com or RATIONAL_LICENSE_FILE=@license-server-ip-address.
Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations
Important: For best results, before you work with your Rational product,
increase the number of file handles available for Rational Tester for SOA Quality,
because it uses more than the default limit of 1024 file handles per process.
(A system administrator might need to make this change.)
Exercise caution
when using the following these steps to increase your file descriptors on Linux.
Failure to follow the instructions correctly might result in a computer that
will not start correctly. For best results, have your system administrator
perform this procedure.
To increase your file descriptors:
- Log in as root. If you do not have root access you will need to
obtain it before continuing.
- Change to the etc directory
- Use the vi editor to edit the initscript file in the etc directory.
If this file does not exist, type vi initscript to create
it.
Important: If you decide to increase the number
of file handles, do not leave an empty initscript file on your computer.
If you do so, your machine will not start up the next time that you turn it
on or restart.
- On the first line, type ulimit -n 4096 (the key
here is that the number is significantly larger than 1024, the default on
most Linux computers). Caution: do
not set this too high, because it can seriously impact system-wide performance.
- On the second line, type eval exec "$4".
- Save and close the file after making sure you have done steps 4
and 5.
Note:
Ensure you have followed the steps correctly, as
not doing this correctly will result in a machine that does not boot.
- Optional: Restrict your users or groups by modifying
the limits.conf file in the etc/security directory. Both SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server (SLES) Version 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4.0 have this file by default.
If you do not have this file, you might consider a smaller number in step
4 above (for example, 2048). You need to do this so that most users have
a reasonably low limit on the number of allowable open files per process.
If you used a relatively low number in step 4, it is less important to do
this. However, if you choose to set a high number in step 4, refraining from
establishing limits in the limits.conf file can seriously impact computer
performance.
The following is a sample limits.conf file would
look that restricts all users and then sets different limits for others afterwards.
This sample assumes you set descriptors to 8192 in step 4 earlier.
* soft nofile 1024
* hard nofile 2048
root soft nofile 4096
root hard nofile 8192
user1 soft nofile 2048
user1 hard nofile 2048
Note that the * in the example
above sets the limits for all users first. These limits are lower than the
limits that follow. The root user has a higher number of allowable descriptors
open, while user1 is in between the two. Make sure you read and understand
the documentation contained within the limits.conf file before making your
modifications.
For more information on the ulimit command, refer to the man page
for ulimit.
Updating Rational Tester for SOA Quality
You can install updates for packages that were installed with IBM Installation
Manager. Package updates provide fixes and updates to installed features and
might also include new features that you can install using the Modify Packages
wizard.
By default, Internet access is required unless your repository preferences
points to your local update site.
Each installed package has the location
embedded for its default IBM update repository. For Installation Manager to search
the IBM update
repository locations for the installed packages, the preference Search
service repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories
preference page must be selected. This preference is selected by default.
See
the Installation Manager help for more information.
Note:
Close all programs
that were installed using Installation Manager before updating.
To find and install product package updates:
- From the Start page of the Installation Manager, click Update
Packages.
- If IBM Installation Manager is not
detected on your system or if an older version is already installed, then
you must continue with the installation of the latest release. Follow the
instructions in the wizard to complete the installation of IBM Installation Manager
- In the Update Packages wizard, select the location of the package
group where the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package you want to update is installed or select the Update All check
box, and then click Next. Installation
Manager searches for updates in its repositories and the predefined update
sites for Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
A progress indicator shows the search is taking place.
- If updates for a package are found, then they are displayed in
the Updates list on the Update Packages page below
their corresponding package. Only recommended updates are displayed by default.
Click Show all to display all updates found for the
available packages.
- To learn more about an update, click the update and review its
description under Details.
- If additional information about the update is available, a More
info link will be included at the end of the description text.
Click the link to display the information in a browser. Review this information
before installing the update.
- Select the updates that you want to install or click Select
Recommended to restore the default selections. Updates that have
a dependency relationship are automatically selected and cleared together.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected
updates. On the left side of the License page, the
list of licenses for the updates you selected is displayed; click each item
to display the license agreement text.
- If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements, click I
accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the
updates.
- If you want to change the choices you made on previous pages,
click Back, and make your changes.
- When you are satisfied, click Update to
download and install the updates. A progress indicator shows the percentage
of the installation completed.
Note:
During the update process, Installation Manager might prompt
you for the location of the repository for the base version of the package.
If you installed the product from CDs or other media, they must be available
when you use the update feature.
- Optional: When the update process completes, a message
that confirms the success of the process is displayed near the top of the
page. Click View log file to open the log file for
the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window
to continue.
- Click Finish to close the wizard.
- Optional: Only the features that you already have installed
are updated using the Update wizard. If the update
contains new features that you would like to install, run the Modify
Packages wizard and select the new features to install from the
feature selection panel.
Modifying installations
The Modify Packages wizard in the IBM Installation Manager enables you to
change the language and feature selections of an installed product package.
You can also use the Modify Packages wizard to install new features that might
be included in a package update, such as a refresh pack.
By default, Internet access is required unless the repository preferences
points to a local update site. See the Installation Manager help for more
information.
Note:
Close all programs that were installed using Installation
Manager before modifying.
To
modify an installed product package:
- From the Start page of the Installation Manager, click the Modify
Packages icon.
- In the Modify Packages wizard, select the installation location
for the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package and click Next.
- On the Modify page, under Languages, select the languages for the
package group, then click Next. The corresponding
national language translations for the user interface and documentation for
the packages will be installed. Note that your choices apply to all packages
installed under this package group.
- On the Features page,
select the package features that you want to install or remove.
- To learn more about a feature, click the feature and review
the brief description under Details.
- If you want to see the dependency relationships between features,
select Show Dependencies. When you click a feature,
any features that depend on it and any features that are its dependents are
shown in the Dependencies window. As you select or exclude features in the
packages, Installation Manager will automatically enforce any dependencies
with other features and display updated download size and disk space requirements
for the installation.
- When you are finished
selecting features, click Next.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before modifying the installation
package, and then click Modify.
- Optional: When the modification process completes,
click View Log File to see the complete log.
Reverting updates to previous versions
You can remove an update to some packages to revert to a previous
version by using the Roll Back Packages wizard of IBM Installation Manager.
During the rollback process, Installation Manager must access files
from the earlier version of the package. By default, these files are stored
on your computer when you upgrade to a new package. If you have deleted the
files that are saved locally for rollback or cleared the Save files
for rollback check box in the Preferences page (File -> Preferences -> Files
for Rollback) while upgrading, you will not be able
to roll back to the previous version without the media or repositories that
were used to install that version of the package.
Use the rollback feature if you have applied an update to a product
package and decide later that you want to remove the update and revert to
the earlier version of the product. When you use the rollback feature, Installation
Manager uninstalls the updated resources and reinstalls the resources from
the previous version. You can only roll back one version level at a time.
For
more information, see the Installation Manager online help or Information
Center.
To revert an update to a previous version, do the following:
- On the Start page, click Roll back Packages.
- In the Rollback wizard, from the Installation Packages list,
select the package that you want to revert to the previous version.
- Follow the instructions in the wizard.
Uninstalling Rational Tester for SOA Quality
The Uninstall Packages option in the Installation Manager enables
you to uninstall packages from a single installation location. You can also
uninstall all the installed packages from every installation location.
To uninstall the packages, you must log in to the system using the
same user account that you used to install the product packages.
To uninstall the packages:
- Close the programs that you installed using Installation Manager.
- On the Start page click Uninstall Packages.
- In the Uninstall Packages page, select the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package that you want to uninstall. Click Next.
- In the Summary page, review the list of packages that will be uninstalled
and then click Uninstall. The Complete
page is displayed after the uninstallation finishes.
- Click Finish to exit the wizard.
IBM Packaging
Utility
Use IBM Packaging
Utility software to copy product packages to a repository that can be placed
on a Web server available over HTTP or HTTPS.
Packaging Utility software is located on the Enterprise Deployment CD that
is included with Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
If you want to place a repository that contains a Rational Tester for SOA Quality package
on a Web server that will be available over HTTP or HTTPS, you must use Packaging
Utility to copy the product package of Rational Tester for SOA Quality into
the repository.
Use this utility to perform the following tasks:
- Generate a new repository for product packages.
- Copy product packages to a new repository. You can copy multiple product
packages into a single repository, thereby creating a common location for
your organization from which product packages can be installed using IBM Installation
Manager.
- Delete product packages from a repository.
Refer to the online help for Packaging Utility for full instructions using
the tool.
Installing Packaging Utility
IBM Packaging
Utility must be installed from the Enterprise Deployment CD before it can
be used to copy the Rational Tester for SOA Quality product
package.
Use the following steps to install IBM Packaging Utility software from the
Enterprise Deployment CD:
- Navigate to the Enterprise Deployment CD for the appropriate platform
and extract the zip file from the CD.
- Navigate to the Packaging Utility directory and extract the Packaging
Utility installation package from the compressed file (pu.disk_win32.zip or
pu.disk_linux.zip).
- Locate the Packaging Utility installer executable.
-
Change
to the InstallerImage_win32 directory in the area where the pu.disk_win32.zip
file was unpacked. Locate the installer executable "install.exe".
-
Change to the InstallerImage_linux directory
in the area where the pu.disk_linuz.zip file was unpacked. Locate the installer
executable "install".
- Start the installer executable and follow the instructions in the
wizard to install the Packaging Utility.
Copying product packages to an HTTP server using Packaging Utility
To
create a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS server, you must use Packaging Utility
to copy the product package for Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
Note that this method
does not copy the optional software that is included with the Rational Tester for SOA Quality installation
image. Only the Rational Tester for SOA Quality files
that are installed using IBM Installation Manager are copied.
Note
also that Packaging Utility can be used to combine multiple product packages
into a single repository location. See the Packaging Utility online help for
more information.
To copy product packages with Packaging Utility:
- If you are copying from a CD image, perform
these tasks:
- Insert the first installation CD into your CD drive.
-
Mount the CD drive.
- If autorun is enabled on your system, the Rational Tester for SOA Quality launchpad
program automatically opens. Close the launchpad program.
- Start Packaging Utility.
- On the main page of the utility, click Copy Packages. The Prerequisite page opens, and presents two options:
- I will be downloading product packages from IBM Web
- I will be obtaining the product packages from other sources
- Click I will be downloading product packages from IBM
Web.
Note:
You can use the I will be obtaining
the product packages from other sources option if you have already
defined an accessible repository.
- Click Next to advance to the Source page.
If there are no product packages to select, you must open a repository that
contains product packages.
- To open a repository, click the Open repository button. The Open Repository window opens.
Note:
A
repository can be a path to a file on the local file system, a disk drive
containing the first CD of the product, or a URL to a file on a server.
- To define a repository location, click the Repository Location Browse button,
and then navigate to the Repository location (the common root directory) that
contains the disk images. For example, if the product files (disk1, disk2,
and so on) reside in C:\productA\unzip, you should navigate there and select
the repository.config file, the diskTag.inf, the jar file, or a zip file.
- Click OK to define the repository location
and to close the Browse to a repository directory window.
- On the Destination page, click the Browse button
and select an existing repository directory, or create a new folder to store
the products.
- After you specify a repository for the selected product packages
and any fixes, click OK to close the Browse
to a directory window. The file path that you
just defined is listed in the Directory field on the Destination page.
- Click Next to advance to the Summary page. The Summary page displays the selected product
packages that will be copied into the destination repository. This page also
lists the amount of storage space that the copy requires, as well as the amount
of available space on the drive.
- Click Copy to copy the selected product
packages to the destination repository. A status bar opens at the
bottom of the wizard indicating how much time is remaining in the copy process. After the copy process is finished, a Complete page
opens and displays all of the product packages that were copied successfully.
- Click Done to return to the Packaging Utility
main page.
Now that you have used Packaging Utility to copy the Rational Tester for SOA Quality installation
files into a repository, you can place the repository on a Web server and
make the directories and files available over HTTP. (The repository can also
be placed on a UNC drive.)
For the latest information about working
with IBM Packaging
Utility, visit the IBM Packaging Utility Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1m0r0/index.jsp.
Installing optional software
The following optional software is included on the Rational Tester for SOA Quality installation
image:
- IBM Rational Agent Controller Version 7.0.1
- IBM Rational ClearCase(R) LT
Version 7.0.1
Installing Agent Controller
Agent Controller is a daemon that allows client applications to launch
and manage local or remote applications and provides information about running
applications to other applications. You must install Agent Controller separately
before you can use the following tools:
- Profiling tools to profile your applications. Agent Controller must be
installed on the same system as the application that you are profiling.
- Logging tools to import remote log files. Agent Controller must be installed
and running on the remote system from which the log files are imported.
- Component testing tool to run test cases. Agent Controller must be installed
on the systems on which you run the test cases.
- Tools for remote application testing on WebSphere Application Server version
5.0 or 5.1. (Agent Controller does not have to be installed for remote publishing of
applications; or for local application publishing or testing.) Note that WebSphere Application
Server version 6.0 has this functionality built in, so Agent Controller is
not required on version 6.0 target servers.
Note:
Hardware prerequisites
Note:
For Rational Performance Tester,
the Agent Controller should be installed on Windows and Linux systems using the Installation Manager.
- AIX: PowerPC(R) 604e
233MHz (IBM RS/6000(R) 7043
43P Series) minimum
- z/OS,
LINUX/S39: zSeries(R) (as
required by the operating system)
- 512 MB RAM minimum (768 MB RAM is recommended)
- Disk space:
- You will require 100 MB minimum disk space for installing
- Display resolution:
- 800 x 600 display minimum (1024 x 768 recommended)
Supported platforms
Agent Controller v7.0.1 is supported on the following platforms:
- AIX v5.2,
v5.3, and 5L on PowerPC (32-bit)
- z/OS V1R4,
V1R5, V1R6 and V1R7 on zSeries (32-bit only)
Supported JVMs
IBM Java SDK v5:
Locating the installation files
The installation files are located on the Agent Controller disk in the
following directories:
- For AIX: <Agent
Controller CD>/aix_powerpc
- For z/OS: <Agent
Controller CD>/os390
Installing Agent Controller on an AIX workstation
Note:
For Rational Performance Tester,
the Agent Controller should be installed on Windows and Linux systems using the Installation Manager.
Uninstalling previous versions of Agent Controller
- Note:
- Before installing Agent Controller version 7.0.1, you must uninstall the
previous version of Agent Controller:
- If Agent Controller 7.0 or 6.x is found, the Agent Controller v7.0.1
installer will block the installation with a warning: Please remove any existing IBM Rational Agent
Controller and run the install again. When using the silent installer, the
Agent Controller v7.0.1 installer will exit the installation without any warning.
- If a previous installation of Agent Controller v7.0.1 is found, the installer
displays the following warning: This product is already installed at <rac_install_dir>.
To overwrite the existing installation, click "Next"." If you choose to continue
with the installation, the installer will overwrite the existing installation.
When using the silent installer, the existing installation will be overwritten
without any warning.
When uninstalling Agent Controller V6.x or V7.x on AIX platforms,
you will need to manually remove any residual files. To do this, stop the
Agent Controller, uninstall it, and clean up any of the following files which
may be left behind after uninstalling:
AIX:
$RASERVER_HOME/* (directory where Agent Controller is installed
/usr/lib/libLogAgent.so
/usr/lib/libhcbnd.so
/usr/lib/libhcclco.so
/usr/lib/libhccldt.so
/usr/lib/libhccls.so
/usr/lib/libhcclserc.so
/usr/lib/libhcclsert.so
/usr/lib/libhcclsm.so
/usr/lib/libhcjbnd.so
/usr/lib/libhclaunch.so
/usr/lib/libhcthread.so
Configuring the operating system environment
Execute the following commands to set the required environment variables:
PATH={path to java installation}/jre/bin:$PATH
export PATH
LIBPATH={path to java installation}/jre/bin: {path to java installation}/jre/bin/
classic:$LIBPATH
export LIBPATH
Note:
After the environment variables have been set, the command "java -fullversion"
can be used to verify the Java version.
Installing Agent Controller
- Log in as Administrator (or root).
- Change directory to the directory where you unzipped the installation
files for the appropriate platform.
- Close all Eclipse platforms before continuing with the installation.
- Run setup.bin.
- Click Next on the welcome screen to proceed.
- Read the license agreement.
- Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next to
proceed.
- Specify the path where Agent Controller should be installed and click
Next to proceed.
- Specify the path of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) executable
program java.exe or java which Agent Controller should be using. The JRE
entered here will be used by Agent Controller for launching Java applications.
Therefore, you may want to change the JRE path pre-filled by the installer
program.
Note:
The JRE you provide at this time will be used both to run
Agent Controller and for Agent Controller to launch Java applications.
You may, however, later configure Agent Controller to a use separate JRE
for each of these functions. For details, refer to Agent Controller help
topic Configuring Applications to be launched by Agent Controller.
Click Next to
proceed.
- Optional: Specify the version of IBM WebSphere Application Server if "Remote
Support for WebSphere Application
Server" was selected in step 9 above. Click Next to proceed.
- Optional: Specify the paths of IBM WebSphere Application Server version
5.0 (Windows only)
and 5.1 if "Remote Support for WebSphere Application Server" was
selected in step 9 above. Click Next to proceed.
- Specify which hosts can access Agent Controller.
For Rational Performance Tester,
you must select Specific computers.Click Next to proceed.
- Accept the default value (Disable) for the security
setting. Click Next to proceed.
- Click Next on the summary screen to install Agent Controller.
- Click Finish after the installation has completed.
Installing Agent Controller silently
You can run the installation process silently using the following parameters
with the setup command:
Parameter |
Description |
-silent
This
variable is required if silent is used:
-V licenseAccepted=true |
Optional: tells the installer to run
silently otherwise you will get an install wizard with passed inputs. |
-P installLocation |
Optional: specifies the installation
path. The default installation path is '$D(install)/IBM/AgentController'.
Examples:
for Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\AgentController
for
UNIX/Linux: /opt/IBM/AgentController |
-V VJavaPath |
Required: specifies the fully-qualified
path of the java executable |
-V VAccessLocal
-V VAccessCustom
-V VAccessAll |
Optional: specifies how clients
can connect to Agent Controller (ALL, LOCAL, CUSTOM). Set only one of the
variables to "true" and the others to false. By default, VAccessAll="true"
- Any computer: VAccessAll="true" : allow any client
- This computer only : VAccessLocal="true" : allow only localhost
(default)
- Specific computers : VAccessCustom="true" : allow a list of clients
(also requires the -V VHosts parameter)
|
-V VHosts |
Required if VAccessCustom="true
specifies
the client hostnames, separated by commas |
The following two variables must both
be specified and should be set as opposites:
-V VSecurity="true" or "false"
-V VSecurityDisable="false"
or "true" |
Optional: (true, false)
default:
VSecurity=true
VSecurityDisable=false |
-V VUsers |
Required: if VSecurity="true"
specifies
which users can connect to Agent Controller |
-V VWAS6
-V VWAS5 |
Optional:
-V VWAS6="true" (default)
: If WAS V6 is used
-V VWAS5="true" : If WAS V5.x is used |
-V VWAS_HOME_V50
-V VWAS_HOME_V51 |
Optional: if -V VWAS5="true"
specifies
the installed location of IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.1 and 5.0 |
Examples:
Installing from the command line:
-P installLocation="D:\IBM\AgentController"
-V VJavaPath=" D:\jdk1.4.2\jre\bin\java.exe "
-V VAccessLocal="false"
-V VAccessCustom="true"
-V VAccessAll="false"
-V VHosts="host1,host2"
-V VSecurity="true"
-V VSecurityDisable="false"
-V VUsers="user1,user2"
-V VWAS5="true"
-V VWAS_HOME_V51="D:\WebSphere5.1\AppServer"
-V VWAS_HOME_V50="D:\WebSphere5.0\AppServer"
Installing using a response file:
You can create a response file, for example setup.rsp, to store all the
parameters, instead of specifying them on the command line. Following is
a Windows example,
Linux/UNIX platforms would be similar:
setup.exe -silent -options setup.rsp
Contents of
the response file:
# Start of response file
-P installLocation="D:\IBM\AgentController"
-V licenseAccepted="true"
-V VJavaPath=" D:\jdk1.4.2\jre\bin\java.exe "
-V VAccessLocal="false"
-V VAccessCustom="true"
-V VAccessAll="false"
-V VHosts="host1,host2"
-V VSecurity="true"
-V VSecurityDisable="false"
-V VUsers="user1,user2"
-V VWAS5="true"
-V VWAS_HOME_V51="D:\WebSphere5.1\AppServer"
-V VWAS_HOME_V50="D:\WebSphere5.0\AppServer"
# End of response file
Starting and stopping Agent Controller
Uninstalling Agent Controller
- Run the program uninstall.bin from the installation location's
_uninst directory (for example, /opt/IBM/AgentController/_uninst).
- Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the uninstallation.
- To perform a silent uninstallation, use the command uninstall.bin
-silent.
Uninstalling Agent Controller that has multiple references on a workstation
Agent Controller version 7.0.1 prevents multiple instances of the product
from being installed on a single workstation. When additional installations
are performed, either by stand-alone install or as an embedded install inside
a product, Agent Controller records a reference to the name of the product
that is initiating the new installation.
If Agent Controller has been installed multiple times - in other words,
there are multiple reference counts - either by stand-alone install or as
an embedded install inside a product, it can be uninstalled only when the
last referencing product is uninstalled; the last referencing product still
requires Agent Controller.
If you attempt to uninstall Agent Controller while it is still required
by another product, the uninstallation will not proceed and you will receive
a message "This product cannot be uninstalled as it is required by another
product."
Installing Agent Controller on z/OS (OS/390(R))
Uninstalling previous versions of Agent Controller
If you have a previous version of Agent Controller, stop it and uninstall
it before installing this version.
Configuring the operating system environment
- Create the installation directory for the RAC. For example: mkdir /u/rpt/IBM/RAC.
- Set ASSIZEMAX=2147483647. This may require support from the system programmer.
- Add the following export commands to the .profile of the user ID that
will be used to start the RAC:
export RASERVER_HOME={install location}
export LIBPATH=$LIBPATH:{install location}/lib:{path to java installation}/bin:
{path to java installation}/bin/classic
export PATH=$PATH:{install location}/bin:{path to java installation}/bin
export _BPC_SHAREAS="NO"
Note:
After the environment variables have been set, the command "java -fullversion"
can be used to verify the Java version.
Installing Agent Controller
- In a UNIX System
Services shell, go to the directory where you want to install Agent Controller.
It is recommended that you install it in the /usr/lpp/ directory.
- Transfer the install images ibmrac.os390.pax, tptpdc.os390.pax to
the installation directory.
- Issue the following command to extract Agent Controller files:
pax -ppx -rvf ibmrac.os390.pax
- Issue the following command to extract the test and performance tools
(TPTP) Agent Controller files:
pax -ppx -rvf tptpdc.os390.pax
- Change the directory to the installation bin directory <rac_install_dir>/bin,
and run the script to create links to the Agent Controller libraries by typing:
./createLinks.sh
- Make the Agent Controller shared object files program controlled by issuing
the following commands in a UNIX System Services shell:
extattr +p /usr/lpp/IBM/AgentController/lib/*.so
If you wish to install the National Language packs, complete
steps 7 and 8 below. If not, proceed to step 9.
- Transfer the NL install images tptpdc.nl1.os390.pax, tptpdc.nl2.os390.pax,
ibmrac.os390.nl1.pax, ibmrac.os390.nl2.pax to the installation directory.
- Issue the following command to extract Agent Controller files:
pax -ppx -rf tptpdc.nl1.os390.pax
pax -ppx -rf tptpdc.nl2.os390.pax
pax -ppx -rf ibmrac.os390.nl1.pax
pax -ppx -rf ibmrac.os390.nl2.pax
- After you have installed Agent Controller, change the directory to the
installed location's bin directory /usr/lpp/IBM/AgentController/bin, and
run the setup script by typing:
./SetConfig.sh
- Follow the on-screen prompt to configure Agent Controller.
Starting and stopping Agent Controller on the z/OS (OS/390)
Note: RAServer requires the directories of the JRE that contain
executable libraries such as libjvm.so to be added to the LIBPATH environment
variable. For example, if you are using the IBM JRE 1.4.1, the LIBPATH variable would
be set as follows:
export LIBPATH=/usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.4/bin/classic:
/usr/lpp/java/IBM/J1.4/bin:$LIBPATH
- Start the server by logging in as root, opening the /usr/lpp/IBM/AgentController/bin
directory and issuing the command:
./RAStart.sh
- To stop the server, log in as root, open the /usr/lpp/IBM/AgentController/bin
directory, and issue the command:
./RAStop.sh
Uninstalling Agent Controller on the z/OS (OS/390)
Using the Agent Controller security feature
The following list contains hints and tips for using the Agent Controller
security feature on all platforms:
- Authentication is provided by the operating system. Only users specified
at installation time will be allowed to authenticate. If the user name ANY is
provided, any valid user name and password pairs will be forwarded to the
operation system for authentication, otherwise only listed pairs will be
forwarded.
- When security is enabled, the users you specified at installation time
are required to authenticate with the operating system before any information
can be exchanged with Agent Controller. The workbench user must provide a
valid user name and password combination that is an operating system user
name and password.
- (Windows only) Domain name passwords will not
be authenticated. You must provide local user name and password pairs.
- There are no key management capabilities provided. Agent Controller uses
Java keystores
for security.
- A default keystore and exported certificate are in the Agent Controller
directory <rac_install_dir>\security for Windows, and <rac_install_dir>/security
for Linux.
Where <rac_install_dir> is the installation directory of Agent Controller.These
are samples only. You should replace these with a keystore containing meaningful
certificates.
Workbench/Agent Controller compatibility summary
Backward compatibility (using an older workbench with a version
6.0.1 Agent Controller): Yes, they are compatible, in that the new Agent Controller
supports all the features in previous versions (for example, Security on the
control channel). However, you will not be able to use new features, including
multiplexing (returning data via the control channel so that it can be secure).
Forward compatibility (using a 6.0.1 workbench with an older Agent
Controller): No, in general, is not supported.
Cross-version Inter-Agent-Controller compatibility: Some products
or tools (such as IBM Performance Optimization Toolkit) require that Agent
Controllers on multiple hosts (apart from the workbench) "discover" and communicate
with each other. Changes made from one version to the next surrounding this
function mean that if you need to use this function, you must use either Agent
Controller version 6.0.0.1 or Agent Controller version 6.0.1 on all involved
hosts. That is, you cannot mix and match versions when using dynamic discovery
between Agent Controller instances.
Known problems and limitations
This section covers known problems and limitations related to installing
and uninstalling Agent Controller. Except where otherwise noted, the following
information applies to all operating systems that are supported for Agent
Controller.
Agent Controller may fail to start on non-Windows platforms
Agent Controller may fail to start on non-Windows platforms with the following
message:
RAServer failed to start.
This failure is usually caused when TCP/IP port 10002 is not free. Agent
Controller listens on this port by default. Another process running on the
system may be using this port when Agent Controller is started or perhaps
Agent Controller was just stopped and then restarted before the port could
be released.
If Agent Controller failed to start, you can start it as follows:
- If port 10002 is being used by another process, you can change the port
number by editing the serviceconfig.xml file. This is described in the documentation.
- Note:
- If the communication port number that is configured in the serviceconfig.xml
file has been changed, then the property INSTANCE_RAC_PORT_NUM_ID that is
defined in the WebSphere Application
Server configuration needs to be changed to the same port number.
- If Agent Controller was just stopped, wait a few minutes and try to start
it again.
Other errors during installation and uninstallation
If you encounter errors during installation or uninstallation, this may
be due to the fact that the object files of Agent Controller are loaded by
running processes. To ensure the object files can be modified, do the following:
- Shut down your Eclipse workbench.
- Terminate all java.exe processes that contain either the Java Profiling
Agent or the J2EE Request Profiler.
Installing ClearCase LT
Rational ClearCase LT
is a configuration management tool for small project teams. ClearCase LT
is part of the IBM Rational ClearCase product
family that can scale from small project workgroups to the distributed, global
enterprise.
Your installation media includes Rational ClearCase LT Version 7.0.1. It is
installed separately from Rational Tester for SOA Quality.
If
you already have ClearCase LT installed on your workstation, then
you might be able to upgrade it to the current version. Refer to the installation
documentation for ClearCase LT for information on upgrading from
previous versions.
To
enable Rational Tester for SOA Quality to
work with ClearCase LT,
you must install the Rational ClearCase SCM Adapter feature. By
default, this feature is selected when you install Rational Tester for SOA Quality;
however, if you did not include it, you can install it later using the Modify
Packages wizard in IBM Installation Manager. For details, refer to Modifying installations.
You
must enable the Rational ClearCase SCM
adapter before you can work with it. Refer to the online help for details
on enabling and working with the adapter.
Locating the ClearCase LT installation instructions and release
notes
For complete instructions on installing Rational ClearCase LT, refer to the installation
documentation provided with the ClearCase LT installation media. It
is also strongly recommended that you read the ClearCase LT release notes before
you install the product.
Some documentation is in Acrobat(R) PDF files. To open the files,
you require the Adobe Reader software, which you can download
from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
The
installation instructions and release notes can be viewed from the ClearCase LT
installation launchpad. See Starting an installation of Rational ClearCase LT.
To
open the installation instructions:
Getting documentation from the IBM Publications Center
You can also download the installation instructions and release
notes for Rational ClearCase LT
from the IBM Publications
Center.
- Go to http:http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/order.
- Select your country/region on the Welcome page of the Publications
Center.
- Click Search for Publications.
- Enter either the document title or publication number in the appropriate
search field.
- To search for a document by its title, enter the title in the Search
on field.
- To search for a document by its publication (Material ID) number,
enter the number in the Publication number field.
Table 2. ClearCase publication numbers
Document |
Publication number |
IBM Rational ClearCase, ClearCase MultiSite(R), and ClearCase LT
Installation and Upgrade Guide (Windows) |
GI11-6365-00 |
IBM Rational ClearCase, ClearCase MultiSite, and ClearCase LT
Installation and Upgrade Guide (UNIX) |
GI11-6366-00 |
IBM Rational ClearCase LT Release Notes |
GI11-6369-01 |
Starting an installation of Rational ClearCase LT
The installation instructions in this section are to help you start
the installation process for Rational ClearCase LT. You must refer to the
complete installation instructions found in the Rational ClearCase LT Installation Guide when
installing the product. Before installing, it is strongly recommended that
you read the release notes.
Starting an installation of Rational ClearCase LT on Windows
- Start the Rational ClearCase LT launchpad program using
one of the following methods:
- From the Rational Tester for SOA Quality launchpad
program (see Starting the launchpad program),
click Rational ClearCase LT.
- Insert the first CD of Rational ClearCase LT. The launchpad program
should start automatically. If it does not run, run setup.exe from
the root of the first CD or disk image.
- Read the release information if you have not done so.
- Click Install IBM Rational ClearCase LT. The Rational ClearCase LT Setup Wizard opens.
Follow the instructions in the Setup Wizard to complete the installation.
Installing Rational ClearCase LT on Linux
Complete instructions on installing Rational ClearCase LT version 7.0 on a Linux workstation
are available in the document IBM Rational ClearCase, ClearCase MultiSite, and ClearCase LT
Installation Guide, 7.0, Linux and UNIX, which you can download at 600.
Configuring Rational ClearCase LT licensing
When you have Rational Tester for SOA Quality installed
on the same computer as Rational ClearCase LT, you do not need to configure Rational ClearCase LT
licensing. However, if you install Rational ClearCase LT withoutRational Tester for SOA Quality,
then you will need to configure ClearCase LT Licensing.
See the ClearCase LT Installation Guide for details
about configuring licensing.
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