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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install Rational® Performance Tester. After you install the product, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
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.
License enablement
If you are installing the software for the first time or want to extend a license to continue using the product, you have options on how to enable licensing for your product.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install Rational® Performance Tester. After you install the product, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation of Rational® Performance Tester
  Installation of the product involves verifying requirements, planning, managing licenses, and configuring web-based help. This section lists all such topics.
- 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.
  - License descriptions
    As a purchaser of an IBM® Rational® software product, you can choose from three types of product licenses:
  - Runtime license examples
    To run tests, you must have the correct license keys installed.
  - Purchasing licenses
    You can purchase new licenses if your current product license is about to expire or to acquire additional product licenses for team members.
  - License enablement
    If you are installing the software for the first time or want to extend a license to continue using the product, you have options on how to enable licensing for your product.
  - Viewing license information for installed packages
    You can review license information for your installed packages, including license types and expiration dates, from IBM® Installation Manager.
- Product upgrade and migration
  When you want to use the enhanced functionalities of Rational® Performance Tester, you must upgrade to the latest version of the product software.
- Configuration of the product
  You must configure Rational® Performance Tester when you want to run SAP tests, collect response time breakdown data, or use the product in the Docker container.
- Integration with other products
  You can integrate IBM® Rational® Performance Tester with certain products to run tests, manage test assets, and create defects.

License enablement

If you are installing the software for the first time or want to extend a license to continue using the product, you have options on how to enable licensing for your product.

Licenses for this product are enabled in two ways:

Importing a product activation kit
Enabling Rational® Common Licensing to obtain access to floating license keys

Activation kits

The Product Activation Kit CD contains the permanent license key for you product. You use IBM® Installation Manager to import the activation kit to your product.

To enable the PVU licensing capability, download the PVU activation kit from the Rational® Common Licensing server, unzip it, and use Installation Manager to import the activation kit.

Floating license enforcement

Optionally, you can obtain floating license keys, install IBM® Rational® License Server, and enable floating license enforcement for your product. Floating license enforcement provides these benefits:

License compliance enforcement throughout the organization
Fewer license purchases
License keys served for IBM® Rational® Team Unifying and Software Delivery Platform desktop products from the same license server

Note: Some 7.0 and later versions of Rational® products require an upgraded version of the Rational® License Server. See this support article for license upgrade information: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21250404

For more information about obtaining activation kits and floating licenses, see Purchasing licenses.