Installing HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent
You must install HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent on different computers to apply load on the server that hosts the application under test.
Before you begin
- To install the software using Installation Manager, download and install Installation Manager from https://jazz.net/downloads/ibm-installation-manager/.
About this task
For more information about installing the product from the command prompt in the silent mode, see IBM Installation Manager Knowledge Centre.
Notes:
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To use the response time breakdown feature in HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent 8.7 or later, uninstall the existing version of the agent and install it afresh.
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Currently, collection of response time breakdown data from macOS system is not supported.
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You cannot upgrade to the latest version of the product. You must uninstall the existing version of the product before installing the latest version of the product.
Procedure
- In the Installation Manager, click , and add a repository link to the product's setup disk and click OK.
- Click Install.
- Click a product package. Its description is displayed in the Details pane at the end of the screen.
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To search for updates to the product packages, click Check for Other Versions,
Fixes, and Extensions. Make sure you are connected to the Internet. If updates for a
product package are found, they are displayed in the Installation Packages
list on the Install Packages page under their corresponding product. Only
recommended updates are displayed by default.
- To view all of the updates that are found for the available packages, click Show all versions.
- To display a package description under Details, click the package name. 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. Click the link to display the additional information in a browser. To fully understand the package that you are installing, review all of the information.
- Select the product package and updates to the package to
install. Updates that have dependencies are automatically selected
and cleared together. Click Next to continue.
Note: If you install multiple packages at the same time, all the packages are installed into the same package group.
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On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the selected
package:
- Read and understand the terms of all of the license agreements before clicking I accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Location page, in the Shared
Resources Directory field, type the path for the shared
resources directory or accept the default path. The shared resources
directory contains resources that one or more package groups can share.
Click Next to continue.The following default paths are provided:
- C:\Program Files\HCL\HCLIMShared
- /opt/HCL/HCLIMShared
- /Applications/HCL/HCLIMShared
Important: 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 to help ensure adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages. -
On the Location page, create a package group to install the product. If
you are updating the product, use the existing package group. A package group represents a directory
in which packages share resources with other packages in the same group. To create a package group,
complete these steps:
- HCL OneTest™ Performance Agent does not support extending an existing Eclipse IDE, so you can ignore this page.
- On the Features page, under Translations, select the languages for the package group. The corresponding translations for the user interface and documentation for the product package will be installed.
- On the next Features page, select
the features to install.
Note:
- The Load Generation Agent is used to generate a load on the system under test and gather data for the Response Time Breakdown feature.
- Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies with other features and displays updated download sizes and disk space requirements for the installation.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief description under Details.
- After you are finished selecting features, click Next to continue.
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On the next Features page, configure the agent:
- On the Summary page, review your choices
before installing the product package. To change the choices that
you made on previous pages, click Back, and
make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices,
click Install to install the package.
A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation that is complete.
- When the installation process is complete, a message confirms
the completion of the process.
- Click the View log file button to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
- Click Finish to install the selected package.