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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.
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.
Uninstalling the server software
When you want to install a new version of server software or to reinstall when an installation fails, you can uninstall the server software and its components from the Red Hat OpenShift platform.

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.
  - Uninstalling the server software
    When you want to install a new version of server software or to reinstall when an installation fails, you can uninstall the server software and its components from the Red Hat OpenShift platform.
  - Uninstalling the server software
    When you want to install a new version of server software or to reinstall when an installation fails, you can uninstall the server software and its components from the Ubuntu platform.
- 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.

Uninstalling the server software

When you want to install a new version of server software or to reinstall when an installation fails, you can uninstall the server software and its components from the Red Hat OpenShift platform.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Installed Rational® Test Automation Server software.
Closed Rational® Test Automation Server, any open web browsers, and all other applications that are enabled by Rational® Test Automation Server.

Procedure

Open and log in to the terminal.
Run the following command to stop the workload that is running:
```
oc delete all,cm,secret -lexecution-marker -n test-system
```
Run the following command to uninstall the server software:
```
helm uninstall {my-rtas} -n test-system
```
The PersistentVolumeClaims and PersistentVolumes that were created during the installation are not deleted automatically. If you reinstall the server software, the user data is reused unless you specifically delete those volumes.

Note: You must substitute {my-rtas} with the release name of your choice.
Optional: Run the following command to delete everything including user data contained in PersistentVolumeClaims and PersistentVolumes:
```
oc delete project test-system
```

Results

You have uninstalled the server software from the Red Hat OpenShift platform.