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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester 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 from the Setup disk
The Setup disk includes the launchpad program, which provides you with a single location to start the installation process.

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 IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
- 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 Rational® Functional Tester.
- Samples
  This section describes about the sample project which can be used with Rational® Functional Tester to test the functionality of an application.
- Administrator Guide
  This guide describes how to install IBM® Rational® Functional Tester 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 Rational® Functional Tester.
    - 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 Rational® Functional Tester.
      - 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 Rational® Functional Tester
        To get started, you must install Rational® Functional Tester.
        Installing and upgrading Rational® Functional Tester in silent mode
        In silent mode installation, you can install or upgrade Rational® Functional Tester from the command line by using response files rather than using the IBM® Installation Manager graphical user interface.
      - 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 Rational® Functional Tester
        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
      When you want to use the enhanced functionality of Rational® Functional Tester, you must upgrade to the latest version of the product software.
  - Starting Rational® Functional Tester from the command line
    You can start Rational® Functional Tester 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 Rational® Test Control Panel.
- 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 Rational® Functional Tester.
- Reference Guide
  This guide describes the additional topics to gain more knowledge about Rational® Functional Tester.
- 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 from the Setup disk

The Setup disk includes the launchpad program, which provides you with a single location to start the installation process.

About this task

Use the launchpad program to start the installation of Rational® Functional Tester in these cases:

Installing from the product CDs
Installing from an electronic image on your local file system
Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive

By starting the installation process from the launchpad program, IBM® Installation Manager is automatically installed if it is not already on your computer. Furthermore, the installation process is already configured with the location of the repository that contains the installation package. If you install and start Installation Manager directly, then you must set repository preferences manually.

What to do next

Important: Installation notes for the Windows Vista operation system:

You must run the launchpad program as administrator.
If you are starting the installation of Rational® Functional Tester from the launchpad program, you must run the launchpad programs as administrator. If the launchpad program starts automatically (for example, if you are installing from a CD), stop the launchpad program and restart it by using the Run as administrator command (At the root level of the CD or disk image, right-click launchpad.exe and click Run as Administrator.).
Do not select installation directories within the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files). If you select either an Installation Location or Shared Resources Directory within the Program Files directory, the packages that you install must be run as administrator.