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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance). After you install the product, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
License management
Licensing for HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
License configuration
You must first apply a license to start using the product.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the new features introduced, features deprecated or removed, defects fixed, and known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance). You can also find the installation and upgrade instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) 2023.12 (11.0.0).
Getting Started
This guide provides an overview and describes the task flows to get you started with HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance). This guide is intended for new users.
Tutorials
This section contains the tutorials which explains the main features of HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance).
Samples
This section describes about the sample project which can be used with HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) to test the functionality of an application.
Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance). After you install the product, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation of DevOps Test Performance
  Installation of the product involves verifying requirements, planning, managing licenses, and configuring web-based help. This section lists all such topics.
- License management
  Licensing for HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
  - License descriptions
    The usage of base product and test extensions are enabled by floating licenses, whereas schedule runs can be enabled by either floating or consumption-based licenses. With floating licenses, multiple users can use the product; however, the total number of concurrent users cannot exceed the number of floating licenses you purchase.
  - License configuration
    You must first apply a license to start using the product.
    - Configuring licenses by using a cloud-based License Server
      You can apply license by using a cloud-based License Server to use HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance).
    - Configuring licenses by using a Local License Server
      You might not be able to connect your computer to the internet due to certain restrictions. In such cases, you can configure a Local License Server (LLS) behind a firewall to use Test Performance.
    - Configuring licenses by using a Proxy Server
      You can connect directly to a cloud-based license server when you start HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) for the first time. As an alternative, you can configure Test Performance to use a Proxy Server.
  - Collecting usage metrics data
    To provide an insight into the usage patterns of the product itself and not necessarily the application that it is testing, the usage metrics are collected. The product can collect the metrics about the usage of the tool including and not limited to the number of tests executed, the number of actions performed against an application under test, the number of successful versus failed actions, verification points, and so on.
- Product upgrade and migration
  When you want to use the enhanced functionalities of HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance), you must upgrade to the latest version of the product software.
- Configuration of the product
  You must configure HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) when you want to run SAP tests, collect response time breakdown data, or use the product in the Docker container.
- Integration with other products
  You can integrate HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) with certain products to run tests, manage test assets, and create defects.
Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test scripts in HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) and enhances tests by applying different test elements such as dataset, variables, and verification points. This guide is intended for testers.
Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes tasks that you can perform on schedules, test execution with custom code, and Extending HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) to support other protocols. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
Test Manager Guide
This guide describes how to keep track of the performance of the application by evaluating the test results. This guide is intended for test managers.
Troubleshooting Guide
This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance).
Reference Guide
This guide describes, additional topics to gain more knowledge about HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance).
All Guides (PDFs)
You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of HCL DevOps Test Performance (Test Performance) as a PDF file.
Security Considerations
You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

License configuration

You must first apply a license to start using the product.

When you start the product for the first time, a licensing dialog is displayed. Specify the server ID that was provided to you or copy the ID from the HCL® License & Delivery portal. When you submit the server ID, the product connects with the HCL® License & Delivery portal to verify it and if there is a license available, it is checked out so that you can use the product. If the license is not available, a message is displayed about it. In most cases, you must not change the server URL in the licensing dialog.

Notes:

If the license is not used for 15 minutes, the license is returned to the server for others to consume it. If the product looses connectivity to the HCL® License & Delivery portal, you can use the product for two hours only if the server ID that you entered last time is correct.
After the product installation, when you apply the license to the product, the license information is cached in a system directory. If there are any permission issues accessing the directory or the directory is deleted, there can be licensing error when starting the product. The workaround is to create an environment variable HCL_LICENSING_STORAGE and specify a directory path. The licensing information is now stored in the new directory. For example,

You can also apply the license after you open the product by using any of the following methods based on your requirement:

To apply the license without opening the product, add the licensing parameters as environment variables:

Variables	Values
HCL_LICENSING_URL	https://hclsoftware.compliance.flexnetoperations.com
HCL_LICENSING_ID	Enter your server ID. The ID is a 12-character alphanumeric identifier.

When running the tests from command line, you do not have to specify any licensing argument. However, when running a schedule for Test Performance in an uninterrupted mode, you must specify vmargs -Dhptcostconfirm argument in the command. The uninterrupted mode refers to any of the non-GUI based test execution scenarios such as the following use cases:

Running a test from the command line
Running a test with Jenkins
Running a test with Ant
Running a test with Deploy
Running a test with IBM® Engineering Test Management