Software requirements

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

Operating system

The following operating systems are supported for this product in 32-bit mode:
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or 3
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 or 2
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 or 2
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 or 2
  • Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 (without Hyper V)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux® AS 4.0 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 Update 5 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 Update 8 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 Update 1 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 5.0 Update 3 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 Update 1 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 Update 7 (All functions except recording)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 Update 2 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0 SP4 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.0 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.0 SP1 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.0 SP2 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.0 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.0 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.0 SP1 (All functions except recording)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.0 SP2 (All functions except recording)
The listed operating systems support all of the languages that are supported by Rational® Functional Tester.
The following operating systems are supported for this product in 64-bit mode:
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64
  • Microsoft Windows Vista 64
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server 64
Note: Rational Functional Tester provides limited support for testing applications on 64-bit mode. You can test Windows and .NET 64-bit applications in the 64-bit Windows operating system. You can also test all the supported 32-bit applications that run in 32-bit mode in the 64-bit Windows operating system. For more information, see the product release notes and the tech. notes in the Support site.
Note: Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications runs on Microsoft Windows 2000 , Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Vista systems. It supports connection to zSeries® (TN3270 terminal types for MVS™ and VM), iSeries® (TN5250 terminal type for OS/400®) and pSeries® (VT terminal types for Unix) hosts.

Software requirements for extending an existing Eclipse IDE

To install Rational Functional Tester into an existing eclipse, the version of the existing eclipse should be 3.4.2 or higher.

To extend an existing Eclipse IDE, you also require a JRE from one of the following Java™ development kits:
  • For Windows: IBM® 32-bit SDK for Windows, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6 or Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 6
  • For Linux: IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel® architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6 or Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 6
Note: You might need to update your Eclipse version in order to install updates to Rational Functional Tester. Refer to the update's release documentation for information on changes to the prerequisite Eclipse version.
Important: To enable users who do not have Administrator privileges to work with Rational Functional Tester on a Windows Vista system, do not install Eclipse inside the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\).
Note: You can install Rational Functional Tester on an existing Rational Team Concert client and manage functional test assets using the Jazz source control management. Jazz Eclipse Client for Rational Team Concert/Rational Quality Manager is also provided as an optional feature installation. You must have the compatible Rational Team Concert or Rational Quality Manager server setup for using the Jazz source control management.

Supported virtualization software

The following virtualization software is supported:
  • Citrix Presentation Manager Version 4, running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Windows Server 2003 Professional Edition

Additional software requirements

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 or later for recording functional test scripts on any Windows applications
  • Microsoft Visual Studio.Net 2003, Standard Edition or Professional Edition, with VB.NET Project support for .NET 2003 scripting.
  • Microsoft Visual Studio.Net 2005, Standard Edition or Professional Edition, with VB.NET Project support for .NET 2005 scripting .
  • For Linux:
    • The GNU Image Manipulation Program Toolkit (GTK+), Version 2.2.1, or later
    • Libraries: libXp.so.6 must be available in the computer. If it is not available on the computer, you must install the appropriate libxp-1.rpm package for i386 or i586 that contains this library.
  • One of the following Web browsers to view the readme files and the installation guide, and to support the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) browser widget:
    • For Windows: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1, or later
    • Mozilla 1.6, or later
    • Firefox 1.0.x, 1.5, 2.0, or later
      Note:
      • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Version 4.0, you must set the environment variable MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME to the folder containing your Firefox or Mozilla installation. For example, setenv MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.
      • To support the SWT browser widget, your Firefox browser must have been compiled with linkable Gecko libraries. Firefox downloads from mozilla.org currently do not satisfy this criteria, but Firefox installations that are included in major Linux distributions often do.
    Note: The Launchpad does not support Mozilla 1.6; if your browser is Mozilla, you need version 1.7, or later, to run the launchpad.
Note: Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Application installs the IBM SWT HA Beans feature of IBM Host On-Demand in the system. If the latest version of IBM Host On-Demand is available in the system, the Extension for Terminal-based Application uses the IBM SWT HA Beans feature that is already installed. Do not uninstall the IBM Host On-Demand because the Extension for Terminal-based Application requires it.

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