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This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Performance Tester.
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Rational® Performance Tester
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about what's new, installation instructions, known issues in IBM® Rational® Performance Tester and contact information of IBM Customer Support.
- System Requirements
  This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for IBM® Rational® Performance Tester.
- Getting Started
  This guide provides an overview and describes the task flows to get you started with Rational® Performance Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
- Tutorials
  This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of Rational® Performance Tester.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with Rational® Performance Tester to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install Rational® Performance Tester. 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.
- Test Author Guide
  This guide describes how to create test scripts in Rational® Performance Tester and enhances tests by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points. This guide is intended for testers.
- Test Execution Specialist Guide
  This guide describes tasks that you can perform on schedules, test execution with custom code, and Extending Rational® Performance Tester to support other protocols. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
- Test Manager Guide
  This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. This guide is intended for test managers.
- Troubleshooting Guide
  This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with Rational® Performance Tester.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes, additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Performance Tester.
- All Guides (PDFs)
  This page contains the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides for Rational® Performance Tester in PDF format.
- 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.

Host prerequisites

You can find the host prerequisites that support the operating capabilities for IBM® Rational® Performance Tester.

Contents

Licensing


License Server	Version	Components
License Server	Version	Desktop	Agent
Rational License Key Server	8.1.6 and future fix packs		Not applicable

Terminal services


Supported software	Version	Components		Notes
Supported software	Version	Desktop	Agent	Notes
Citrix Receiver	4.9		Not applicable	For remote terminal access
	4.8		Not applicable
	4.7		Not applicable
	4.6		Not applicable
Citrix XenApp	6.5		Not applicable
Citrix XenDesktop	7.8		Not applicable
Microsoft Windows Server	2003 Terminal Services and future fix packs		Not applicable

Virtualization Management


Containers	Version	Components
Containers	Version	Desktop	Agent
Docker Community Edition (CE)	20.1 and future fix packs
Docker Community Edition (CE)	19.3 and future fix packs
Docker Compose	1.27.4 and future fix packs
Docker Compose	1.25.5 and future fix packs

Web Browsers

The following versions of web browsers support the viewing of performance reports. See Recording support to know the browsers that are supported to record the HTTP tests.


Browsers	Version	Components
Browsers	Version	Desktop	Agent
Apple Safari	12 or later		Not applicable
Google Chrome	78 or later		Not applicable
Microsoft Edge (Chromium)	80 or later		Not applicable
Microsoft Edge (HTML)	44 and future fix packs		Not applicable
Microsoft Internet Explorer	11 and future fix packs		Not applicable
Mozilla Firefox (includes Mozilla Firefox ESR)	68 or later		Not applicable