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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.
Installation of the product software on Windows
You can find information about installing the product software on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
Installing the product on Windows
You can also install desktop clients on Windows by using the silent mode installation method.

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.
      - Installing the product on Windows
        To get started with desktop clients on Windows, you must install the product in the GUI mode by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Creating the properties file on Windows
        To install testing products in the silent mode, you must first create a properties file that contains the data required to install the product. Alternatively, you can generate the properties file by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installing the product on Windows
        You can also install desktop clients on Windows by using the silent mode installation method.
      - Installing the product in Visual Studio IDE
        To integrate Rational® Functional Tester with the Microsoft Visual Studio and start using Rational Functional Tester in the Visual Studio environment, you must first install Rational Functional Tester 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 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 the product on Windows

You can also install desktop clients on Windows by using the silent mode installation method.

Before you begin

You must have uninstalled any older version of this product.
You must have installed OpenJDK 8 along with JVM OpenJ9. To download them, go to the AdoptOpenJDK portal.
You must have created the properties file that contains the inputs for the installer during the installation process.
Note: You must delete the installer.properties file generated from the previous installation if you are installing a newer version of the product.

About this task

The system requirements mentioned in the HCL Support portal provides more information about the software and hardware requirements.The 32-bit stand-alone installer of Rational® Functional Tester supports only SAP extension.Rational® Functional Tester installer. Test extensions such as SAP, Citrix, and Siebel are supported only for 32-bit stand-alone Rational® Performance Tester installer and 32-bit shell-shared installer that are installed on 64-bit Windows operating system. You cannot update, modify or roll back by using the stand-alone installer.

Procedure

Log in as an administrator.
Change to the directory where you have downloaded the zip file by entering the following command: cd Downloads\<directory path>For example, cd Downloads\HCL-OneTest-<Product Name>-Windows-x86-v10.0.2.exe_10.0.2.v20190110_0440
Extract the downloaded zip file.
Start the installation process by entering the following command:.\<installer name> -i silent -f \<location of properties file>\<properties file name>.propertiesFor example, HCL-OneTest-<Product Name>-Windows-x86-v10.0.2.exe -i silent -f C:\Program Files\installer.properties

Note: If the installation is terminated due to any reason, you must check the Installerror.txt to know more about the problem that occurred during the installation process. The error log is located at /<installation directory>/Logs

The product is installed on your machine.

What to do next

You must enter the license key when you launch the product.