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.

Prerequisites

You must be familiar with the installation and licensing of the following products that are compatible for installation in the shell shared mode with Rational® Functional Tester:
Compatible product Refer to
IBM® Engineering Workflow Management Installing IBM® Engineering Workflow Management
IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Installing IBM® Rational® Performance Tester
IBM® Rational® Test Workbench Installing IBM® Rational® Test Workbench
IBM® Rational® Team Concert™ Installing IBM® Rational® Team Concert™

Shell sharing with IBM® Engineering Workflow Management

You can install Rational® Functional Tester in the shell sharing mode with Engineering Workflow Management Client Extension for Eclipse 4.x by using the following method:
  1. Add the repositories of Rational® Functional Tester and Engineering Workflow Management Client Extension in the IBM Installation Manager to install the products together in the shell sharing mode.
  2. Select Rational® Functional Tester and Engineering Workflow Management Client Extension to install the products together.

Shell sharing with Rational® Performance Tester

You can install Rational® Performance Tester with Rational® Functional Tester in any sequence for the shell sharing mode. You can use one of the following methods:
If Then
Rational® Functional Tester is not installed You must follow these steps:
  1. Add the repositories of Rational® Functional Tester and Rational® Performance Tester in the IBM Installation Manager to install the products together in the shell sharing mode.
  2. Select Rational® Functional Tester and Rational® Performance Tester to install the products together in a package group.
Rational® Functional Tester is already installed You must follow these steps:
  1. Install Rational® Performance Tester and while installing Rational® Performance Tester, consider the following points:
    • Choose the IMShared directory where Rational® Functional Tester is already installed.
    • Choose the SDP directory where Rational® Functional Tester is already installed.

Shell sharing with Rational® Test Workbench

You can install Rational® Functional Tester in the shell sharing mode with the other packages of Rational® Test Workbench by using the following method:

  • In the package group of Rational® Test Workbench, you can install Rational® Functional Tester with the other packages simultaneously.

Shell sharing with IBM® Rational® Team Concert™

You can install Rational® Functional Tester in the shell sharing mode with Rational® Team Concert™ 6.06 Client Extension for Eclipse by using the following method:
If Then
Rational® Functional Tester is not installed You must follow these steps:
  1. Add the repositories of Rational® Functional Tester and Rational® Team Concert™ Client Extension in the IBM Installation Manager to install the products together in the shell sharing mode.
  2. Select Rational® Functional Tester and Rational® Team Concert™ Client Extension to install the products together.
Rational® Functional Tester is already installed

Install Rational® Team Concert™ Client Extension and while installing it, choose the SDP directory where Rational® Functional Tester is already installed.