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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® 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.

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 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.
  - Installation considerations for Rational® Test Control Panel
    You can install Rational® Test Control Panel as part of Rational Test Workbench or Rational Test Virtualization Server.
  - Installing Rational® Test Control Panel by using the launchpad program
    You can use the launchpad program to install IBM® Rational® Test Control Panel when you want to use the IBM Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server, or IBM Rational Performance Test Server package.
  - Installing Rational® Test Control Panel by using IBM® Installation Manager
    You can use IBM® Installation Manager to install 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 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/).
- Troubleshooting: 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 IBM® Rational® Test Control Panel 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.

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.

You can find the information that you must review before you install Rational® Test Control Panel. See Installation considerations for Rational Test Control Panel.

Installing Rational® Test Control Panel

You can use any of the following methods to install Rational® Test Control Panel:

Use the launchpad program after you download the relevant package to start the installation on the computer without the need for an internet connection.
Use IBM® Installation Manager, after you download the relevant package to start the installation if you have installed Installation Manager on the computer.
You can install the product software by using Installation Manager in any of the following modes that depend on your ease of using the GUI or command line or your requirement to install on multiple computers:
- GUI mode
- Console mode
- Silent mode

If you want to use the launchpad program to install, go to Installing Rational Test Control Panel by using the launchpad program.

If you want to use Installation Manager to install, go to Installing Rational Test Control Panel by using IBM Installation Manager.