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Administrator guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
Installing
In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
Installing the software by using stand-alone installer
This guide intended for an administrator, describes how to install the product by using stand-alone installer on different operating systems.
Installing IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Agent
To get started with IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Agent, you must install the product by using the stand-alone installer.

Administrator guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
- Installing
  In this section, you will learn about two ways to install the product. In the first approach, you use an executable file to directly install the product in an easy manner. In the second approach, you download and install IBM® Installation Manager and then use that tool to install the product.
  - Installation requirements
    This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run Rational® Functional Tester.
  - Installing the product using IBM® Installation Manager
    In this section, you will learn the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation tasks to install the product by using IBM® Installation Manager.
  - Installing the software by using stand-alone installer
    This guide intended for an administrator, describes how to install the product by using stand-alone installer on different operating systems.
    - Installation of the product software on Windows
      You can find information about installing the product software on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installation of the product software on Linux
      You can find information about installing the product software on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installing IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Agent
      To get started with IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Agent, you must install the product by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installation of the Agent on Windows
        You can find information about installing Rational® Performance Tester Agent on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installation of the Agent on Linux
        You can find information about installing Rational® Performance Tester Agent on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installation of the Agent on macOS
        You can find information about installing Rational® Performance Tester Agent on macOS by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installation of the product software on macOS
      You can find information about installing the product software on macOS by using the stand-alone installer.
  - Uninstalling the product software by using the stand-alone installer
    When you no longer require the software, you can use the stand-alone installer to uninstall the products that you have installed.
  - Upgrading and migrating
    No upgrade is supported from the previous version of the product to the current version. You must uninstall the product and install the current version.
  - Managing Licenses
    Licensing for your HCL software is administered through HCL® License & Delivery portal. This portal is FlexNet-based web application to manage software entitlements and licenses.
- Starting Rational® Functional Tester from the command line
  You can start Rational® Functional Tester from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
- Integrations in Web UI Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Web UI Test perspective.
- Integrations in Functional Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Functional Test perspective.

Installing IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Agent

To get started with IBM® Rational® Performance Tester Agent, you must install the product by using the stand-alone installer.