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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.
Configuration of Rational® Performance Test Server
Configuring the temporary storage location used by the agents
By default, project files are stored in the temporary folder for the username who is running the Rational® Integration Tester Agent. In a few scenarios, however, the temporary folders might get cleaned up by automated processes, for example, when a stub stops running. To avoid losing data, you can change the default setting.

Rational® Performance Test Server
- Release Notes
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- System Requirements
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- Getting Started
  This guide provides an overview and describes the tasks to get you started with IBM® Rational® Performance Test 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
    You can find information about installing IBM® Rational® Integration Tester Agent from the IBM Rational Performance Test Server package.
  - 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.
  - Configuration of Rational® Performance Test Server
    - Configuring Rational® Integration Tester Agent
      After you install the Rational® Integration Tester Agent, perform the following tasks.
    - Configuring agents to support token licensing
      In versions 8.5.0.2 and later, if you install or upgrade the agent software and select the Agent mode option to enable support for token licensing, you must configure the agent to point to a single domain before the agent can start.
    - Configuring the temporary storage location used by the agents
      By default, project files are stored in the temporary folder for the username who is running the Rational® Integration Tester Agent. In a few scenarios, however, the temporary folders might get cleaned up by automated processes, for example, when a stub stops running. To avoid losing data, you can change the default setting.
    - Working with Rational® Integration Tester Agent logs
      To configure the Rational® Integration Tester Agent logs, including those for the RunTests command when run from the command line, update the Rational Integration Tester Agent logging properties file.
  - Licenses for Rational® Performance Test Server
    You can find information about the licenses that you can purchase to use Rational® Performance Test Server.
  - Upgrading Rational® Integration Tester Agent
    In general, you can upgrade from earlier versions of Rational® Integration Tester Agent to the most recent version without having to uninstall the software. Use the Installation Manager Update option to upgrade the software.
  - Running agents
    The Rational® Integration Tester Agent is normally configured to run continuously, listening for HTTP connections from the Performance Test Controller.
- 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.
- 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
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Configuring the temporary storage location used by the agents

By default, project files are stored in the temporary folder for the username who is running the Rational® Integration Tester Agent. In a few scenarios, however, the temporary folders might get cleaned up by automated processes, for example, when a stub stops running. To avoid losing data, you can change the default setting.

About this task

Configure the temporary storage location used by the Rational® Integration Tester Agent as follows:

Procedure

Open the Agent.config file, which is in the following directory:
- product-installation-directory\config
- product-installation-directory/config
In the <rtcp> section, uncomment the temporaryFiles element and edit the dir attribute to point to a suitable location.
For example:
- <temporaryFiles ="C:\agentTemp" />
- <temporaryFiles ="/opt/agentTemp" />
Save and close the file.
Start the agent:
- Running Microsoft™ Windows™ agents
- Running Unix-like system agents

Results

The temporary storage location used by the Rational® Integration Tester Agent is updated.