Software requirements

Before you install the product, verify that your system meets the software requirements.

Operating system

The software requirements list is also available as IBM TechDoc.

The following operating systems are supported for this product.
Operating system Rational® Performance Tester workbench Rational Performance Tester Agent
AIX® 6.1 and 7.1 No Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Desktop Editions (on Intel platforms): Yes Yes
Version 5, updates 1 through 8 Yes Yes
Version 6, update 1 through 3 Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Advanced Platform Version 5 updates 1 through 8(on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AS/ES updates 1 through 9 (on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) Version 10.0 to SP4, Version 11.0 to SP2 (on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Version 10 to SP4, Version 11 to SP2 (on Intel platforms) Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise/Standard Edition with Service Pack 1, 2, or 3 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP1 and SP2 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1, 2 or 3 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and 2 Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 Yes (see note) Yes
z/OS® 1.12, 1.13 System Z No Yes (see note)
Note:
  • Data collection and response time breakdown functions are not supported by the Rational Performance Tester Agent on z/OS.
  • The listed operating systems support all the languages that are supported by Rational Performance Tester.
  • The SAP and Citrix extensions are supported only on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Java requirements for Rational Performance Tester Agent on z/OS

Java™ 7 is required on the z/OS operating system. See http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/tools/java/products/sdk7_31.html#j6getting for more information.

Supported virtualization software

Rational Performance Tester supports Citrix XenApp 6.5 on Windows 2008 R2 64-bit, Citrix Presentation Server Version 4 or 4.5, running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Windows Server 2003 Professional Edition and XenApp5 with Citrix Client versions 9.0 to 11.0 running on Windows Server 2008. Although the client for Citrix Presentation Server is available on Linux, Rational Performance Tester does not support the Citrix extension on Linux.

Rational Performance Tester also supports Windows Terminal Server 2003 and later.

To reduce the likelihood of connection problems caused by firewalls between the workbench computer and the agent computers, locate the workbench computer and the agent computers on the same local network, and then use Remote Desktop to access the workbench computer. Do not use virtualized agent computers. Agent computers require full, real-time access to the hardware platform for accurate load generation and measurement.

Additional software requirements

  • For Linux. The GNU Image Manipulation Program Toolkit (GTK+), Version 2.2.1 or later, and associated libraries (GLib, Pango).
  • One of the following web browsers to record tests and to support the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) browser widget:
    • For Windows. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0
    • For Windows. Apple Safari 5.1.2
    • For Linux. and For Windows. Firefox 3.5 or later
    • For Linux. and For Windows. Google Chrome 18.0
    • For Linux. and For Windows. Opera 11.0
  • To view reports on a web browser:
    • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 or later
    • Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 or later
    Note:
    • If both Internet Explorer and Firefox is installed on a machine, Firefox is used.
    • For better performance of reports on a Windows XP or Windows 7 32-bit machine, use the latest Firefox browser. If you are using a Windows 7 64-bit machine, use Internet Explorer 9.
  • To view multimedia user assistance, such as tours, tutorials, and demonstration viewlets, you must install Adobe Flash Player.
    • For Windows. Adobe Flash Player Version 6.0 release 65 or later
    • For Linux. Adobe Flash Player Version 6.0 release 69 or later

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