Installing Rational® Performance Tester Agent
You must install Rational® Performance Tester Agent on different computers to apply load on the server that hosts the application under test.
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
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Perform one of the following steps to install
Rational® Performance
Tester Agent:
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Click a product package to highlight it.
The description of the package is displayed in the Details pane at the end of the window.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
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Read and understand the terms of all of the license agreements for the selected
package, and then perform the following steps:
- Click I accept the terms in the license agreement.
- Click Next to continue.
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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 are as follows:
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For
: C:\Program
Files\IBM\SDP -
For
: /opt/IBM/SDP -
For
:
/Applications/IBM/SDP
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. -
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Select one of the following options to use an existing or new package group:
- Use the existing package group: You can use this package group if you already created the package group.
- Create a new package group: You can use this package group 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. -
Perform the following steps to create a new package group:
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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 :
C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP
- For :
/opt/IBM/SDP
- For : /Applications/IBM/SDP
- For
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Enter the path in the Installation Directory field for the
package group.
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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:
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Select or clear checkboxes to enable or disable the features.
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Select Show dependencies to view the dependency relationships between features.
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Click a feature to view its brief description under the Details section.
You can select the Windows desktop Application testing (Next Generation) and UI Test Agent checkboxes to install the UI Test Agent which provides the necessary prerequisites to test native and hybrid mobile applications, and Windows desktop applications.
The UI Test Agent is installed along with Rational® Performance Tester Agent on your computer.
Note: After the agent installation, the UI Test Agent starts to run automatically on your computer whenever you restart your computer. On Linux and macOS, you must set the environment variable to start the UI Test Agent automatically.Notes:-
The Load Generation Agent is used to generate a load on the system under test and gather data for the Response Time Breakdown feature.
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Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies with other features and displays updated download sizes and disk space requirements for the installation.
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Perform the following steps to configure the agent:
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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.
- 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.
- Click Finish to exit the installation wizard.