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Administrator Guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
Installation of Rational® Integration Tester Agent
You can find information about installing IBM® Rational® Integration Tester Agent from the IBM Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server, or package.
Uninstalling the product software
When you no longer require the software, you can use IBM® Installation Manager to uninstall the product software. If no other software products are installed, you can also uninstall the IBM Installation Manager client.

Administrator Guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
- Installation of Rational® Integration Tester Agent
  You can find information about installing IBM® Rational® Integration Tester Agent from the IBM Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server, or package.
  - Installation planning for Rational® Integration Tester Agent
    IBM® Rational® Integration Tester Agent can be installed as part of the IBM Rational Performance Test Server product offering. There are planning requirements for the hardware, software, and installation of Rational Integration Tester Agent.
  - Hardware and software requirements
    Before you begin the installation, verify that your hardware and software meet the minimum requirements.
  - Installing Rational® Test Virtualization Server
    This section provides topics that are specific to installing Rational® Test Virtualization Server by using Installation Manager or in the console mode.
  - Uninstalling the product software
    When you no longer require the software, you can use IBM® Installation Manager to uninstall the product software. If no other software products are installed, you can also uninstall the IBM Installation Manager client.
- Installation of Rational® Test Control Panel
  You can find information about installing IBM® Rational® Test Control Panel from the IBM Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server, or IBM Rational Performance Test Server package.
- Upgrading Rational® Integration Tester Agent
  In general, you can upgrade from earlier versions of Rational® Integration Tester Agent to the most recent version without having to uninstall the software. Use the IBM® Installation Manager Update option to upgrade the software.
- License management
  As a purchaser of an IBM® Rational® software product, you can choose from the different types of product licenses that you can deploy to use the product.
- Configuring Rational® Integration Tester Agent
  After you install Rational® Integration Tester Agent, you must edit or modify the attributes in the Agent.config file for the features that you want to test by using the agent. You need to configure the libraries to enable testing the SUT based on certain technologies and also set up the required proxies for enabling testing.
- Running Rational® Integration Tester Agent on Microsoft™ Windows™
  On computers running Microsoft™ Windows™, the agent is typically installed and run as a Windows service.
- Running Rational® Integration Tester Agent on Unix-like systems
  On Unix-like systems, you can start Rational® Integration Tester Agent by running the Agent executable in the root of the Rational Integration Tester Agent installation directory (for example, /opt/IBM/RIT-Agent/).
- Rational® Integration Tester Agent
  You can use workarounds to common problems that you might encounter when you install and run the Rational® Integration Tester Agent.
- HTTP/TCP proxy setup
  The process of configuring applications to use the HTTP/TCP proxy varies according to the application.
- Setting up the JDBC proxy
  After you install the JDBC proxy, you must deploy the proxy into the Java™ virtual machine (JVM) of the relevant applications, set up the proxy for use, and verify that it is deployed.
- Administering Rational® Test Control Panel
  IBM® Rational® Test Control Panel is a server-based web application providing a central repository for virtualized services. The Rational Test Control Panel allows you to use virtual services published with Rational Integration Tester to create, share, and deploy virtualized test environments in IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server.

Uninstalling the product software

When you no longer require the software, you can use IBM® Installation Manager to uninstall the product software. If no other software products are installed, you can also uninstall the IBM® Installation Manager client.

Uninstallation requirements

If you are uninstalling Rational® Test Control Panel or Rational® Integration Tester Agent, you must stop the server or the service before you start the uninstallation process.