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Administrator guide
This guide, which is intended for an administrator, describes how to install IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server software. After you install the software, you can administer the server. Administration tasks can include License configuration, User management, Security, Memory and disk usage management, Backup and restore user data.
Backing up and restoring the user data
You might want to restore an earlier environment state if you install a new version of Rational® Test Automation Server, move environments to different systems (both real and virtual), or set up a test environment ready for testing. To address any of these needs, you can back up and restore Rational Test Automation Server user data installed either on Ubuntu or on Red Hat OpenShift platform.

Administrator guide
This guide, which is intended for an administrator, describes how to install IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server software. After you install the software, you can administer the server. Administration tasks can include License configuration, User management, Security, Memory and disk usage management, Backup and restore user data.
- Installation of Rational® Test Automation Server
  To get started with IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you must first install the server software.
- Backing up and restoring the user data
  You might want to restore an earlier environment state if you install a new version of Rational® Test Automation Server, move environments to different systems (both real and virtual), or set up a test environment ready for testing. To address any of these needs, you can back up and restore Rational Test Automation Server user data installed either on Ubuntu or on Red Hat OpenShift platform.
  - Backing up and restoring the user data on Red Hat OpenShift
    To secure the user data in IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server that is installed on the OpenShift server, you can back up the user data. At any point in time, after you install IBM Rational Test Automation Server, you can restore the backed-up user data.
  - Backing up and restoring the user data on Ubuntu
    To secure the user data in IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server that is installed on the Ubuntu server, you can back up the user data. At any point in time, after you install IBM Rational Test Automation Server, you can restore the backed-up user data.
- Uninstallation of the server software
  When you no longer require HCL OneTest™ Server, you can uninstall the server software. You can uninstall the server software depending on the platform on which you installed the server software.
- Configuration of the server software
  You can find information about the tasks that you must perform after you installed the server software to configure HCL OneTest™ Server.
- Licensing
  You can purchase named user licenses for Rational® Test Automation Server and install the licenses on the FlexNet Operations server.

Backing up and restoring the user data

You might want to restore an earlier environment state if you install a new version of Rational® Test Automation Server, move environments to different systems (both real and virtual), or set up a test environment ready for testing. To address any of these needs, you can back up and restore Rational® Test Automation Server user data installed either on Ubuntu or on Red Hat OpenShift platform.