Installing Rational® Performance Tester

You must install Rational® Performance Tester to test the performance of an application.

About this task

If you use the Launchpad program to install the product, IBM Installation Manager is installed automatically if you do not have it on your computer. After the installation is complete, Installation Manager starts the product installation by using the preconfigured repository that contains the product package.

If you install Installation Manager and then install the product, you must set the repository preferences manually.

Procedure

  1. Perform one of the following steps to install the product:
    1. Perform the following steps to install the product from compressed files, such as .zip or ISO files:

      1. Extract the files into a common directory, and then navigate to Common_Directory/RPT/disk1/Platform_Directory.

      2. Double-click the install.exe file

      3. Select a language in which to run the launchpad and Installation Manager.

      4. Select the product to install from the launchpad menu.

        The Install Packages window opens.

    2. Perform the following steps to install the product from Installation Manager:

      1. Open Installation Manager.

      2. Click File > Preferences > Repositories to add a repository link to the product's setup disk, and then click OK.

      3. Click Install.

  2. Click a product package to highlight it.
    The description of the package is displayed in the Details pane at the end of the window.
  3. Optional: Click Check for Other Versions, Fixes, and Extensions to search for any updates to the product packages.
    If updates for a product package are found, they are displayed in the Installation Packages list under their corresponding product. Installation Manager displays only the recommended updates by default.
  4. Optional: Select the Show all versions checkbox to view all the updates that are available for the packages.
    You can click the package name to view the package description under the Details pane. If additional information about the package is available, such as a readme file or release notes, a More info link is included at the end of the description text. You can click the link to view additional information in a browser.
    Note: For Installation Manager to search the predefined IBM® repository locations for the installed packages, you must select the Search service repositories during installation and updates checkbox on the Repositories preference page. This checkbox stays selected as the default value. A progress indicator shows the status of the ongoing process. You can install updates simultaneously when you install the base product package.
  5. Select the product package and its updates to install it on your computer, and then click Next.
    Note: Updates with dependencies are automatically selected and cleared together. If you install multiple packages simultaneously, all the packages are installed into the same package group.
  6. Read and understand the terms of all of the license agreements for the selected package, and then perform the following steps:
    1. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  7. Select a location for the shared resources directory, and then click Next.

    The shared resources directory contains resources that can be shared with one or more package groups. You can either browse the location in the Shared Resources Directory field or enter the path of the location for the shared resources directory.

    The default path of the Shared Resources Directory is as follows:

    • For win_icon: C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared

    • For lin_icon: /opt/IBM/IBMIMShared

    • For mac_icon: /Applications/IBM/IBMIMShared

    Remember: You can specify the shared resources directory only for the first time when you install a package. You must use your largest disk for this directory. The largest disk ensures that you have adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the location of the directory unless you uninstall all packages.
  8. Select one of the following options to use an existing or new package group:
    • Use the existing package group: You can use this option if you already created the package group.
    • Create a new package group: You can use this option either to install or update the product.
    A package group represents a directory in which packages share resources with other packages in the same group.
    Note: The Use the existing package group option is disabled when you install a package for the first time.
  9. Perform the following steps to create a new package group:
    1. Select Create a new package group.
    2. Enter the path in the Installation Directory field for the package group.
      The name for the package group is created automatically.
      The default paths are as follows:
      • For win_icon: C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP
      • For lin_icon: /opt/IBM/SDP
      • For mac_icon: /Applications/IBM/SDP
    3. Select 32-bit or 64-bit as Architecture Selection.
    4. Click Next.
  10. Click Next.
    Rational® Performance Tester does not support extending an existing Eclipse IDE.
  11. Select the languages for the package group, and then click Next.

    The corresponding translations for the user interface and documentation for the product package are installed.

  12. Select all the features that you want to install, and then click Next.

    You can perform the following actions to install or view information about the features:

    • Select or clear checkboxes to enable or disable the features.

    • Select the Show dependencies checkbox to view the dependency relationships between features.

    • Click a feature to view its brief description under the Details section.

    Important: When you integrate Rational® Performance Tester along with Rational® Application Developer or Rational® Software Architect in a shell-shared mode, you must clear Java 8 OpenJDK with Eclipse OpenJ9 checkbox during the installation. If you not clear this checkbox, multiple instances of OpenJDK are installed as Rational® Application Developer and Rational® Software Architect already have an existing OpenJDK.

    If you install Rational® Application Developer or Rational® Software Architect in a separate package, you can select the Java 8 OpenJDK with Eclipse OpenJ9 checkbox.

    You can select the IBM Rational Test Workbench Processor Value Unit (PVU) support checkbox to use Processor Value Unit (PVU) licensing capability. Rational® Performance Tester supports the Processor Value Unit (PVU) licensing capability available with the following newly introduced offerings:
    Notes:

    • All of these offerings include either Rational® Performance Tester or Rational® Performance Tester Agent.

    • When you use any of these new offerings, Rational® Performance Tester utilizes PVU licensed agents to generate virtual user load without the need for Virtual Tester Pack licenses. This virtual user load is limited only by the capacity of the PVU licensed agents.

  13. Enter the TCP/IP port number and hostname of the license servers to configure licenses on the Common Configurations page, and then click Next.
    You must separate the port number and host name with the at sign (@). You can also separate the port-host pairs with semicolons (;). To use the default port, omit the port number. If you do not know the port numbers and names of license servers to use, you can configure the license servers after installation by using Rational® License Key Administrator.
    For example, to configure three license servers that are named as license1, license2, and license3 to use port 27000, the default port, and port 1765, then enter the value as 27000@license1;@license2;1765@license3 in the License server elements field.
  14. Review your choices, and then click Install.
    You can click Back to change the choices that you made on previous pages and make your changes.
    A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation that is complete.
  15. Optional: Click View Log File to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window.
    Note: You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
  16. Click Finish to exit the installation wizard.

Results

You have installed Rational® Performance Tester.

What to do next

You can configure licenses for Rational® Performance Tester. See License enablement.