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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.
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.
Server software upgrade on Ubuntu
When you want to use the latest version of the server software on Ubuntu, you must upgrade Rational® Test Automation Server from the previous version of the software.

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.
  - Server software upgrade methods on Red Hat OpenShift
    When you want to use the latest version of the server software on Red Hat OpenShift, you must upgrade Rational® Test Automation Server from the previous version of the software.
  - Server software upgrade on Ubuntu
    When you want to use the latest version of the server software on Ubuntu, you must upgrade Rational® Test Automation Server from the previous version of the 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.

Server software upgrade on Ubuntu

When you want to use the latest version of the server software on Ubuntu, you must upgrade Rational® Test Automation Server from the previous version of the software.

Important: On the Ubuntu platform, the in-place upgrade is not available. You must use the upgrade (by new install) method to install the latest version of the server software.

In upgrade (by new install) method, depending on the existing version of the software, you can upgrade the server software by using any of the following options. The following table describes the options that are available in the this method:

Table 1. Upgrade options
Existing version	Upgrade methods
Rational® Test Automation Server V10.0.2, Fix Pack 1 or earlier	Option 1
Rational® Test Automation Server V10.1.0	Option 2

Table 2. Option 1
Tasks	Task description	More information
1	Back up the user data, and then uninstall the server software.	Uninstalling the server software
2	Install the server software, and then restore the user data on the existing version of the server software.	Installing the server software on Ubuntu using microk8s

If your existing version of server software is V10.0.2, Fix Pack 1, or earlier, then you cannot directly upgrade to the latest version of the server software due to the steps involved in the migration process. Therefore, you must perform the tasks in sequence as listed in the following table:

Table 3. Option 2
Tasks	Task description	More information
1	Back up the user data from V10.1.0.	Backing up the user data
2	Uninstall the V10.1.0 of the server software.	Uninstalling the server software on Ubuntu
3	Install the latest version of the server software, and then restore the user data on the existing version of the server software.	Installing the server software on Ubuntu using microk8s