Before you attempt to install the current version of Rational® Performance Tester, you must uninstall Rational Performance Tester versions 7.0.2.3 and earlier. If you attempt to install the latest version of Rational Performance Tester, an error message is displayed indicating that you must uninstall the older version before proceeding. If you install Rational Performance Tester and Rational Service Tester into the same package group, you must install the same versions of both products. If you install into an existing instance of Eclipse, or if you install in the same package group as another product other than Rational Service Tester, streamlined Eclipse mode is not available. Only Full Eclipse mode is available.
Before you attempt to install Rational Performance Tester, you must uninstall any version of the Rational Agent Controller or TPTP Agent Controller from your computer. If you have other Rational products installed on your computer, you should uninstall any versions of Rational Agent Controller that were installed with those products. If you have a previous version of the Rational Agent Controller installed and you have instrumented a server for data collection, you must stop data collection and uninstrument the server first, and then uninstall Rational Agent Controller.
To learn more about instrumenting and uninstrumenting servers, see the Data collection infrastructure overview.
The current version of the product includes an updated version of the IBM Rational License Key Administrator (LKAD). The Installation Manager uninstalls any existing version of LKAD before installing the new version of LKAD, and LKAD settings are not preserved. Before you install the product, back up your LKAD settings. Start the LKAD by clicking Settings to find the product settings. If you are comfortable editing the Windows Registry, you can back up and then restore the following Registry branches to back up your LKAD settings: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Rational Software\Licensing and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rational Software\Licensing. For more information, see the LKAD help.
. The LKAD main window and wizard page open simultaneously. ClickIf you have the Rational License Server or Rational License Client installed, do not uninstall those packages. Uninstalling Rational License Server or Rational License Client might disable some of the Rational products on your computer or on other computers.