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Rational® Performance Tester
Getting Started
This guide provides an overview and describes the task flows to get you to start with Rational® Performance Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
Product overview
You can gain the conceptual understanding of Rational® Performance Tester and its test extensions with these topics.

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 to start with Rational® Performance Tester. This guide is intended for new users.
  - Task flows for performance testing
    The task flows are designed to help you understand the end-to-end process of some of the capabilities of performance testing. For some of the technologies, there are specific task flows that you can follow to gain a clear understanding of the process.
  - Product overview
    You can gain the conceptual understanding of Rational® Performance Tester and its test extensions with these topics.
    - HTTP performance testing overview
      There are five stages when performance testing HTTP applications: test creation, test editing, workload emulation with schedules, schedule execution, and evaluation of results.
    - SAP performance testing overview
      With IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Extension for SAP Solutions, you can test the performance of SAP applications.
    - Citrix performance testing overview
      IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Extension for Citrix Presentation Server allows you to test the performance of Citrix applications.
    - Service testing overview
      The service testing capabilities of IBM® Rational® Performance Tester or IBM Rational® Service Tester for SOA Quality automate the creation, execution and analysis of functional, regression and performance tests for SOAP-based web services, including support for Java Messagine Service (JMS), Websphere MQ, WebSphere Java MQ, and Microsoft .NET Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), as well as any service that produces XML, plain text, or binary data.
    - Generic service client overview
      The purpose of the generic service client is to send requests to any service that uses an HTTP, JMS, WebSphere® MQ, or Microsoft™ .NET transport. The generic service client also displays the response returned by the service.
    - Socket API performance testing overview
      With IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Extension for Socket Protocols, you can test the performance of any application that uses a TCP/IP socket-based protocol.
    - TN3270 performance testing overview
      With IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Extension for Socket Protocols, you can test the performance of TN3270 terminal server applications.
    - IBM® Engineering Test Management overview
      IBM® Engineering Test Management is a collaborative, web-based, quality management solution that offers comprehensive test planning, manual testing, and integration with other test tools.
  - Streamlined Eclipse and full Eclipse overview
    When you work in the streamlined Eclipse mode, only those functions that are directly related to the product are enabled in the workbench. When you install the product, by default, the check box to use the streamlined Eclipse mode is selected. With the full Eclipse mode, you have access to all Eclipse functions.
- 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 product, 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)
  You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of Rational® Performance 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.

Product overview

You can gain the conceptual understanding of Rational® Performance Tester and its test extensions with these topics.