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To add a remote machine from manually, complete the following:
- Right-click the Machines node.
Choose folder and choose New Machine from the shortcut menu. A New Machine Machine node appears in the Machines node of the Load Tests treefolder. - To change the New Machine name of the new machine, enter a name it in the right GUI panel’s Host field.
- To change the New Machine port numberport of the new machine, enter a port number it in the right GUI panel’s Port field.
- To configure a machine to run in High Throughput Mode, select the high throughput mode, enable High Throughput Mode checkbox within the machine configuration panel. For details on high throughput mode, see Using High Throughput Mode.
Adding Machines
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from the Machines List
To add a remote machine from the Machines List, complete the following:
- Select Click the Machines node from folder on the Load Tests tab. A list of a available machines is displayed in shown on the Machines List of tab in the Project Configuration panel. If no machines are displayedshown, this means no Load Test Windows Services were found on your network.
- Select the machines you wish to add , then and click the Add button.
- To refresh the list of available machines, click the Refresh button.
Adding Machines in the Advanced View
To add a remote machine from in the Advanced View, complete the following:
- Select Click the Machines node from folder on the Load Tests tab. The Machines List and Advanced View tabs display are shown in the Project Configuration panel.
- Select Click the Advanced View tab.
- Right-click a remote machine row in the Advanced View taband choose Add to Machine List. The selected machine must be running in order to add it to the Machine List.
Choose Add to Machine List from the shortcut menu. A new machine node corresponding to the with selected machine's host name appears in the Machines node of the Load Tests tree.
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Configuring Options in the Advanced View Tab
The Advanced View tab lists all remote machines on the local network that were installed as a Load Test Windows service. All of these machines can be used to run additional load tests.
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Even if you did not install Load Test as a Windows service, you will always have access to the Advanced View tab and will always be able to configure the remote machines that display are shown in this panel. However, if you did not install Load Test as a Windows service, your machine will not display appear in the Advanced View tab and other remote machines will be prevented from configuring your machine.
The following options are available in the Advanced View tab:
- Refresh: Click to find all Load Test Windows service installations on the local network. A table displays the attributes of each remote machine installation and is sortable by column title. The following is displayed in the table:
- Host: Displays the name of the remote machine.
- Process State: Displays if whether the Load Test Server process is running or not running.
- Process Port: Displays the port number on which the Load Test Server is listening.
- Check Process State: Click to view the process state of the selected machine.
- Start: Click to start the Load Test Server process on the selected remote host.
- Stop: Click to stop the Load Test Server process on the selected remote host.
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To view remote installation details, first click the Check Process State button, then double-click the desired row from the table. The Starter Properties dialog box displaysopens. From this dialog box, you can view the version and build date, the installed applications files, and the port name and port number of the selected installation. |
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You can verify that the remote machines added to the Machines node folder of the Load Tests tab are running and can communicate with your machine in one of two ways:
- Right-click the Machines node folder and select choose Verify Machines from the shortcut menu. All of the machines under the Machines node folder will be sequentially verified.
- Right-click one of the remote machine nodes beneath in the Machines node folder and selectchoose Verify from the shortcut menu. Only the selected that remote machine will be verified.
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- In the Load Test Configuration tree, select Machines> localhostclick localhost in the Machines folder.
- In Machine Dependencies tab of the localhost configuration panel, select the resources you want transferred to the remote machines.
- If the dependencies table is empty, it means that the application cannot find any external dependencies or cannot find the current project.
- All resources are selected by default. You can unselect uncheck some or all of the resources if you use custom dependency transfer mechanisms outside of Load Test that are tailored to the specifics of your project setup and testing environment.
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- Right-click the appropriate machine node , then and choose Check Synchronization.
To check synchronization of all enabled machines in the configuration:
- Right-click the Machines node, then folder and choose Check Synchronization.
The remote machine synchronization state is reported in the resource tree - table, which is located in the Machine Dependencies tab of the remote machine configuration panel. If you select a row in the tree table, synchronization details will be shown in the Resource State sub panel.
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- Right-click the appropriate machine node , then and choose Synchronize.
To synchronize all enabled machines in the configuration:
- Right-click the Machines node, then folder and choose Synchronize.
A separate dialog will show the synchronization progress for the machines selected for synchronization.
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If the SOAtest project you’re using in Load Test leverages a file data source, be sure to enable that data source’s Refresh Dynamically Based on Last Import option if you want the file data source to use all files that are in the import directory at the time the file data source is used. If you do not enable this option, the file data source will only use the files that are listed in the table in the file data source—even source, even if the import directory has additional files.
Enabling or Disabling Remote Machines
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- Right-click the appropriate node in the Machines branch , then and choose Disable/Enable from the shortcut menu.
If a machine is disabled, it will not run with the load test until it is enabled again.
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To configure a machine to run in High Throughput Mode:
- Select Enable the High Throughput Mode checkbox option within the machine configuration panel.
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By default, Load Test will apply the same ratio of profiles and number of virtual users or hit rate to all machines involved in a test. However, you can customize a scenario for different machines by clearing the disabling Machine Independent box in the scenario settings panel; for details, see Customizing Test Suite Scenarios.
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Talk to your system or network administrator about the network configuration issues. The configuration should allow any TCP traffic exchange for that port. The network equipment that bridges networks A and B can either pass the traffic from one network to the other or it can block it. This network equipment can be configured to pass the TCP traffic associated with a certain port between the networks (i.e.that is, "opening the port"). However, this may not be sufficient. Sometimes, communication between networks A and B associated with a certain port can be allowed only for certain network protocols. For instance, communication between A and B may be open on port 80, but only for HTTP protocol traffic. If the Load Test controller and server are on different networks, the network equipment that bridges the two networks should be configured to:
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To start the Load Test Server from the GUI (Windows only):
- Choose Start> Programs> Parasoft> Load Test> Go to Start > Programs > Parasoft > Load Test > Load Test Server.
Running Load Tests
After you have started the test machines in Load Test server mode, you can start your test by clicking the Load Test button in the client machine’s toolbar.
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See Load Test Command Line Interface - cli .