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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
Installation
You can find information about the installation of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
Installing the product using Installation Manager
In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using Installation Manager.
Installing software
This section provides the instructions for installing Installation Manager and the product as well as installation verification.
Starting the launchpad
You can use the launchpad program that provides you with a single location to start the installation process.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation
  You can find information about the installation of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Installation requirements
    This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Installing the product using Installation Manager
    In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using Installation Manager.
    - Installation terminology
      Understanding these terms can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your Rational® Functional Tester.
    - Planning the installation
      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.
    - Preinstallation tasks
      Before you install the product, you might need to prepare or configure your computer.
    - Installing software
      This section provides the instructions for installing Installation Manager and the product as well as installation verification.
      - Starting the launchpad
        You can use the launchpad program that provides you with a single location to start the installation process.
      - Installing Rational® Functional Tester
        To get started, you must install Rational® Functional Tester.
      - Installing and upgrading Rational® Functional Tester in silent mode
        In silent mode installation, you can install or upgrade Rational® Functional Tester from the command line by using response files rather than using the Installation Manager graphical user interface.
    - Post-installation tasks
      After you have installed your product package, complete the post-installation tasks or configure your product package as required.
    - Installation in the shell sharing mode
      You can install Rational® Functional Tester in the same package group with the other supported Eclipse-based products. These products share a common environment, or they are shell shared. Shell shared products have a common installation directory, <install_directory>\IBM\SDP. Rational Functional Tester installs as a perspective in the UI of the product with which it is shell-shared.
    - 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.
    - Uninstalling Rational® Functional Tester
      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.
  - Upgrading and migrating
    When you want to use the enhanced functionality of Rational® Functional Tester, you must upgrade to the latest version of the product software.
- License management
  Licensing for your installed IBM® software and customized packages is administered through the Manage Licenses wizard in the IBM Installation Manager. The Manage Licenses wizard displays license information for each installed package.
- Starting Rational® Functional Tester from the command line
  You can start Rational® Functional Tester from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
- Integrations in UI Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Web UI Test perspective.
- Integrations in Functional Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Functional Test perspective.

Starting the launchpad

You can use the launchpad program that provides you with a single location to start the installation process.

About this task

Use the launchpad program to start the installation of Rational® Functional Tester in these cases:

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. Furthermore, the installation process is already configured with the location of the repository that contains the installation package. If you install and start Installation Manager directly, then you must set repository preferences manually.

To install the product from electronic disks downloaded from IBM Passport Advantage, open a command line and change to the directory where you extracted the disk images, and then do one of the following things:

On Windows, run RFT_SETUP\launchpad.exe.
On Linux, go to the RFT_SETUP directory and type ./launchpad.sh to start the launchpad.