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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.

Rational® Test Virtualization Server
- Release Notes
  This document contains information about What's new, installation, known issues, and contact information of IBM Support.
- Getting Started
  This guide provides an overview and describes the tasks to get you started with Rational® Test Virtualization Server.
- 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 HCL OneTest™ API Agent
      HCL OneTest™ API Agent can be installed as part of the __PTS_RR_NAME__ product offering. There are planning requirements for the hardware, software, and installation of HCL OneTest API Agent.
    - Hardware and software requirements
      Before you begin the installation, verify that your hardware and software meet the minimum requirements.
    - Installing HCL OneTest™ Virtualization
      This section provides topics that are specific to installing HCL OneTest™ Virtualization 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 HCL OneTest™ API Agent
    In general, you can upgrade from earlier versions of HCL OneTest™ API 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 HCL OneTest™ API Agent
    After you install HCL OneTest™ API 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 HCL OneTest™ API Agent on Microsoft™ Windows™
    On computers running Microsoft™ Windows™, the agent is typically installed and run as a Windows service.
  - Running HCL OneTest™ API Agent on Unix-like systems
    On Unix-like systems, you can start HCL OneTest™ API Agent by running the Agent executable in the root of the HCL OneTest API Agent installation directory (for example, /opt/IBM/RIT-Agent/).
  - HCL OneTest™ API Agent
    You can use workarounds to common problems that you might encounter when you install and run the HCL OneTest™ API 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 HCL Quality Server
    HCL Quality Server is a server-based web application providing a central repository for virtualized services. The HCL Quality Server allows you to use virtual services published with HCL OneTest™ API to create, share, and deploy virtualized test environments in HCL OneTest Virtualization.
- Tester Guide
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
- Test Manager Guide
  Typically, a user with the Test Manager role is responsible for certain tasks that includes tracking the quality of the application. This guide lists all such topics.
- 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 product documentation.

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 HCL Quality Server or HCL OneTest™ API Agent, you must stop the server or the service before you start the uninstallation process.