IBM® Rational® Test Workbench
Use IBM® Rational® Test Workbench to create, modify, and run different kinds of tests and to organize test assets. The various components of Rational Test Workbench are described below.
This section provides topics that are specific to installing IBM® Rational® Test Workbench
About the installation
The IBM® Rational® Test Workbench installation package includes several products and components. These can be installed together or separately.
Planning the installation
Read the topics in this section before you begin to install or update any of the features of your product. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.
Managing licenses
IBM® Rational® Test Workbench products are installed with a 30-day trial license by default. You must upgrade the trial licenses to permanent licenses before the expiry of the 30-day trial period. Use the IBM Installation Manager Manage Licenses wizard to administer your licenses.
Installing Rational® Test Workbench
Install the IBM® Rational® Test Workbench offering or any of its components. Rational Test Workbench delivers end-to-end functional, regression, load, and integration testing to address the quality challenges of highly complex and integrated applications.
Installing in other modes
Use non-graphical modes such as console mode and silent mode to install the software.
Upgrading Rational® Test Workbench
When a new version of IBM® Rational® Test Workbench is available, you can upgrade your existing software installation to the new version. You might also be required to migrate your data to the new version.
Uninstalling software
Use IBM® Installation Manager to uninstall your product. If no other software products are installed, you can uninstall the IBM Installation Manager client, too.
Integration Tester guide (New user)
Typically, a user with the Integration tester role is responsible for certain tasks including creating and running tests and virtual services to determine the quality of the API layer of the system. This guide lists all such topics to help the new Integration tester get started with the product.
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.
Integration Tester guide
Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role is responsible for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide lists all such topics.
Integration Tester reference
Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role can work in the user interface, use commands or scripts. This reference lists all such topics to help the Integration Tester use the product.
Technical Tester guide (Service Virtualization)
Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role is also responsible for using virtual services or stubs to simulate parts of an environment if the real services are not yet available or because they are difficult or expensive to use. This tester is also interested in reports, results and statistics for their testing. This guide lists all such topics.
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.
Release Notes
Read about new features, system requirements, installation, known issues, and support for Rational® Integration Tester, Rational Test Virtualization Server, and Rational Performance Test Server
Security considerations for Rational® Integration Tester
Ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls. Also, know about any security limitations that you might encounter with this application.
Security considerations for Rational® Test Control Panel
You must ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls. Also, you must know about any security limitations that you might encounter with this server application.
Getting started with the product
You can view the task-flow diagrams for some of the features and read the overview topics for the product and for each test extension.
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.
Test Author guide
As a test author, you are responsible to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Test Execution Specialist guide
A test executor automates 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
As a test manager, you can 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 and Support
Use these topics to learn how to troubleshoot issues with the product and understand the error messages of the product.
Reference
Use these additional topics to gain more knowledge about the product.
Release notes
This document contains information about what's new, installation, and known issues in Rational® Performance Tester.
Security considerations for the product
You can take actions to ensure that you customize your security settings and set up user access controls. You can also learn about any security limitations that you might encounter with this application.
Release notes
This document contains information about new features, system requirements, and known limitations in IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
Getting Started with functional testing
This section helps you get started with functional testing using Rational® Functional Tester.
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.
Test Author guide
As a test author, you are responsible to create test scripts and enhances them by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points.
Test Execution Specialist guide
A test executor automates 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
As a test manager, you can 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 Rational® Functional Tester
While working with Rational® Functional Tester, you might encounter some problems that you can easily troubleshoot. The topics in this section address some of these problems.
Release notes
This document contains information about new features, system requirements, and known limitations in IBM® Rational® Functional Tester.
Security considerations for Rational® Functional Tester
You can take actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls. You can also ensure that you know about any security limitations that you might encounter with this application.
This section provides topics that are specific to testing with IBM® Rational® Performance Test Server.
Rational Performance Test Server
This section provides topics that are specific to testing with Rational® Performance Test Server
This section provides topics that are specific to testing with IBM® 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.
Release notes
Read about the new features and enhancements in this release.