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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.
Team space administration
You can find information about team spaces including the initial team space on IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server along with the tasks that you can perform to administer a team space.
License management
You as a server administrator can configure and manage licenses. As a licensed user you can only view the details of the licenses configured. If you are not a licensed user you cannot view or perform any operations on Rational® Test Automation Server.

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 the 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.
- Team space administration
  You can find information about team spaces including the initial team space on IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server along with the tasks that you can perform to administer a team space.
  - Team Space overview
    You can find information about the initial Team Space that is displayed when you log in to IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server. After you install Rational Test Automation Server, you enter a Team Space. Team Space is a logical partition of Rational Test Automation Server to share a single installation among multiple teams.
  - Tasks in a team space
    You can find information about the tasks that you can perform as a Member, Project Owner, Architect, or Team Space Owner in a team space on IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server.
  - Tasks in projects in a team space
    You can find information about the roles that you can assign in a project for members of a team space and the tasks that you can perform in projects in a team space.
  - License management
    You as a server administrator can configure and manage licenses. As a licensed user you can only view the details of the licenses configured. If you are not a licensed user you cannot view or perform any operations on Rational® Test Automation Server.
    - Licensing overview
      You can find information about the licensing on Rational® Test Automation Server.
    - Configuring floating licenses
      As an administrator, you must configure the number of floating licenses that you have purchased in Rational® Test Automation Server so that licensed users can perform various operations such as creating a project, running tests, and so on.
    - Adding users to the Prioritized Floating Users list
      As an administrator, you can add users to the Prioritized Floating Users list so that the licenses are always available for those users.
    - Removing or replacing floating users
      When you want to remove a user from the list of prioritized users or you want to replace an existing user with another prioritized user, you as an administrator can perform these changes from the License Configuration page.
    - Viewing license details
      You can find information about the number of licenses configured, licensed users, or details of the license server on the License Configuration page.

License management

You as a server administrator can configure and manage licenses. As a licensed user you can only view the details of the licenses configured. If you are not a licensed user you cannot view or perform any operations on Rational® Test Automation Server.

When you log in to Rational® Test Automation Server after you install the server software, you can encounter the following conditions:

The No licenses configured dialog box is displayed.
The No licenses configured dialog box is displayed if you click Manage > Licenses.
The New Project button is disabled.

Depending on your privileges you can perform the following tasks in Rational® Test Automation Server:


Privileges	Tasks	More information
Server administrator	Read about licensing on Rational® Test Automation Server.	Licensing overview
	Configure licenses.	Configuring floating licenses
	Configure prioritized users.	Configuring floating licenses
	Remove or replace prioritized users.	Removing or replacing floating users
Licensed user	Perform tasks or operations in a Team Space.	Tasks or operations in a Team Space
Licensed user	Viewing details about licenses.	Viewing license details