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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ UI software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
Installing
In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
Installing the product using IBM® Installation Manager
In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using IBM® Installation Manager.
Installing software
This section provides the instructions for installing IBM® Installation Manager and the product as well as installation verification.
Installing and upgrading HCL OneTest™ UI in silent mode
In silent mode installation, you can install or upgrade HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line by using response files rather than using the IBM® Installation Manager graphical user interface.

Rational® Functional Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known problems in and contact information of IBM Customer Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Getting Started Guide
  This guide provides an overview of Rational® Functional Tester. You can find the task flows to get you started with Rational Functional Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
- Tutorials
  This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with HCL OneTest™ UI to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ UI software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
  - Installing
    In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
    - Installation requirements
      This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run HCL OneTest™ UI.
    - Installing the product using IBM® Installation Manager
      In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using IBM® Installation Manager.
      - Installation terminology
        Understanding these terms can help you take full advantage of the installation information and your HCL OneTest™ UI.
      - Planning the installation
        Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install or update any of the product features. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.
      - Preinstallation tasks
        Before you install the product, you might need to prepare or configure your computer.
      - Installing software
        This section provides the instructions for installing IBM® Installation Manager and the product as well as installation verification.
        Installing from the Setup disk
        The Setup disk includes the launchpad program, which provides you with a single location to start the installation process.
        Installing HCL OneTest™ UI
        To get started, you must install HCL OneTest™ UI.
        Installing and upgrading HCL OneTest™ UI in silent mode
        In silent mode installation, you can install or upgrade HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line by using response files rather than using the IBM® Installation Manager graphical user interface.
        Creating a response file manually
        To silently install or upgrade HCL OneTest™ UI, you can use a response file that contains the data required to install the product.
        Sample response file
        You can use the sample response file in this topic to install HCL OneTest™ UI. You must modify the parameter values for your installation environment.
      - Post-installation tasks
        After you have installed your product package, complete the post-installation tasks or configure your product package as required.
      - Installation in the shell sharing mode
        You can install Rational® Functional Tester in the same package group with the other supported Eclipse-based products. These products share a common environment, or they are shell shared. Shell shared products have a common installation directory, <install_directory>\IBM\SDP. Rational Functional Tester installs as a perspective in the UI of the product with which it is shell-shared.
      - Modifying installations
        The Modify Packages wizard in the IBM® Installation Manager enables you to change the language and feature selections of an installed product package. You can also use the Modify Packages wizard to install new features that might be included in a package update, such as a refresh pack.
      - Uninstalling HCL OneTest™ UI
        The Uninstall Packages option in the Installation Manager enables you to uninstall packages from a single installation location. You can also uninstall all the installed packages from every installation location.
    - Upgrading and migrating
      You can upgrade to HCL OneTest™ UI V10.1.2 either from V10.1.0 or V10.1.1.
  - Starting HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line
    You can start HCL OneTest™ UI from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
  - Integrations in Web UI Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Web UI Test perspective.
  - Integrations in Functional Test perspective
    In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Functional Test perspective.
- Test Author Guide
  This guide describes how to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
- Test Execution Specialist Guide
  This guide describes how to automate the playback of the tests by using different methods such as Docker, IBM Cloud Private, Jenkins and so on. The test results can be pushed to HCL Quality Server.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. Following topics cover how you can work with the test results.
- Troubleshooting
  This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL OneTest™ UI.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about HCL OneTest™ UI.
- All Guides (PDF)
  You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of IBM® Rational® Functional Tester as a PDF file.
- Security Considerations
  You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
- Notices
  This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Installing and upgrading HCL OneTest™ UI in silent mode

In silent mode installation, you can install or upgrade HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line by using response files rather than using the IBM® Installation Manager graphical user interface.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Verified that your computer meets the system requirements.
Ensured that your computer is connected to the internet.
Downloaded the product bits.
Downloaded and installed IBM® Installation Manager.

About this task

You can install HCL OneTest™ UI from the installation media or from a download package that is on the IBM® Passport Advantage® site .

Note: You can upgrade the product to V10.0.1 from the previous version. After installing V10.0.1, at any time if you want to use V10.0.0, you can roll back from V10.0.1 to V10.0.0.

Procedure

To installor upgrade HCL OneTest™ UI in silent mode:

Create a response file that contains the commands and inputs for the installation process.
Install HCL OneTest™ UI by using the response file and IBM® Installation Manager installer:
- If you have already installed IBM® Installation Manager:
  1. Change to the following directory: eclipse\tools. For example: cd C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\tools.
  2. Enter the installation command:
    - On Windows™ systems: imcl.exe input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense
    - On Linux™ systems:./imcl input response_file_path_and_name -log llog_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense
- If you have a complete HCL OneTest™ UI package that also contains IBM® Installation Manager, you can browse to the folder that contains the installation file of IBM® Installation Manager. You can also download IBM® Installation Manager that is required for installing HCL OneTest™ UI from the IBM website.
  1. Change to the following directory: InstallerImage_platform directory.
  2. Enter the installation command:
    - On Windows™ systems: installc.exe input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense
    - On Linux™ systems: ./installc input response_file_path_and_name -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense