Running a user group at a remote location

You can run a user group at a remote location (also called an agent computer), rather than on your local computer, to prevent your workbench activity from affecting the ability to apply load.

Before you begin

Before you run a user group at a remote location, verify that:

About this task

Generally, you should run user groups at a remote locations. You must run a user group at a remote location in these cases:

To run a user group at a remote location:

Procedure

  1. In the Test Navigator, browse to the schedule and double-click it. The schedule opens.
  2. In the schedule, click the user group that you want to run on a different computer.
  3. In the Schedule Element Details area, click Run this group on the following locations.
  4. To declare a remote location:
    1. Click Add > Add New. The Add New Wizard opens. The first page of the wizard lets you specify general properties for the remote location.
    2. In the Hostname field, type the IP address or the fully qualified host name of the remote computer.
    3. In the Name field, type a descriptive name for the remote computer.
    4. In the Deployment Directory field, type the directory on the remote computer that will store the test assets. The directory, which will be created if it does not exist, stores the temporary files that are needed during a schedule run.
    5. In the Operating System field, select the operating system of the remote computer, and then click Next. The second page of the wizard lets you specify the IP aliasing properties for this location.
    6. Select Enable IP Aliasing: to make it appear as though each virtual user has its own IP address.
    7. Select Use IP addresses from all network interfaces: to use IP addresses from all network interfaces at the remote location.
    8. Only use IP addresses from the following network interfaces: Click to use addresses from a subset of network interfaces. Click Add to add the name of an interface and Edit to change the interface name. Specify network interfaces in the form eth0, eth1. If you do not use this form, the connection attempt fails.
    9. Click Next. The third page of this wizard lets you specify file locations.
    10. In the File name field, type the name of the file that will contain information about this computer, and then click Next.
      Note: The data stored in the file includes information such as the host name and deployment directory. You can change this information later by opening the Test Navigator and double-clicking the file.
  5. To add an already declared location:
    1. Click Add > Add Existing.
    2. In the Select Location window, select the computer on which the user group will run, and then click OK.

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