The software requirements list is also available as IBM TechDoc.
| 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) |
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.
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.
The GNU Image Manipulation Program Toolkit (GTK+),
Version 2.2.1 or later, and associated libraries (GLib, Pango).
Microsoft Internet
Explorer 8.0 or 9.0
Apple Safari 5.1.2
and
Firefox 3.5 or
later
and
Google Chrome 18.0
and
Opera 11.0
Adobe Flash
Player Version 6.0 release 65 or later
Adobe Flash
Player Version 6.0 release 69 or later