Starting and stopping the Rational Quality Manager adapter as a Windows service

You can run the Rational® Performance Tester adapter for Rational Quality Manager as a Windows® service.

Before you begin

Before running the Rational Quality Manager adapter, you must have configured the test workbench and the adapter.

When you install the test workbench, you also install the adapter as a Windows service. By default, the service is set to start manually.

RPT adapter as a Windows service

The adapter service for Windows requires the computer to have Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 or later.

Note: Do not open the test workbench in the same workspace while the adapter is running as a Windows service. Doing so might interfere with the ability of the adapter to run test scripts. Stop the adapter before opening the workbench in the configured workspace.

About this task

To start or stop the Rational Quality Manager adapter as a Windows service:

Procedure

  1. Open the Windows service manager.
  2. To start the service, right-click IBM RPT adapter for RQM (for Rational Performance Tester) or IBM RST adapter for RQM (for Rational Service Tester), and click Start.
  3. To stop the service, right-click IBM RPT adapter for RQM or IBM RST adapter for RQM, and click Stop.

What to do next

Optionally, you can configure the service to start automatically by right-clicking the adapter listing, selecting Properties, and selecting Automatic as the startup type. With this setting, the adapter can start automatically when the computer restarts, without requiring a user to log in.

When running the adapter as a service, status is printed to rpt_install_dir\RPT-RST_RQMAdapter\logs\adapter.log., You can also print the status by entering the following command: rpt_install_dir\RPT-RST_RQMAdapter\bin\RQMAdapter.bat STATUS.


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