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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration, user management, security, memory, and disk usage management, back up and restore user data. This guide is intended for administrators.
Licensing
You must configure the number of purchased floating licenses in Rational® Test Automation Server for the users to create a project and perform other tasks in the project.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration, user management, security, memory, and disk usage management, back up and restore user data. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation of server software
  To get started with IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you must first install the server software.
- Server software upgrade methods
  When you want to use the enhanced functionalities of Rational® Test Automation Server, you must upgrade to the latest version of the server software.
- Backing up and restoring the user data
  You might want to restore an earlier environment state if you install a new version of Rational® Test Automation Server, move environments to different systems (both real and virtual), or set up a test environment ready for testing. To address any of these needs, you can back up and restore Rational Test Automation Server user data installed either on Ubuntu or on Red Hat OpenShift platform.
- Uninstallation of the server software
  When you no longer require Rational® Test Automation Server, you can uninstall the server software. You can uninstall the server software depending on the platform on which you installed the server software.
- Configuration of the server software
  You can find information about the tasks that you must perform after you installed the server software to configure Rational® Test Automation Server.
- Licensing
  You must configure the number of purchased floating licenses in Rational® Test Automation Server for the users to create a project and perform other tasks in the project.
  - Floating licenses
    You can purchase floating licenses for Rational® Test Automation Server and install the licenses on the Rational License Key Server. You must be an administrator to configure the purchased floating licenses in Rational Test Automation Server.
  - Configuring floating licenses
    As an administrator, you must configure the number of purchased floating licenses in Rational® Test Automation Server so that users can create a project and perform other tasks in the project.

Licensing

You must configure the number of purchased floating licenses in Rational® Test Automation Server for the users to create a project and perform other tasks in the project.

Important:

Processor Value Unit (PVU) licenses are not supported for running Rational® Performance Tester schedules in Rational® Test Automation Server. You must configure floating licenses to run Rational® Performance Tester schedules in Rational® Test Automation Server.