Before running a schedule or test, you can check whether
the agents are active and connected to the workbench.
Before you begin
Ensure that the
Rational® Performance Tester agent
is running and points to the correct workbench. When installing the
agent, ensure to specify the correct non-secure port number where
the workbench listens for the agent. You can view or change the non-secure
port number of the current workbench at .
About this task
An agent can be in one of the following statuses:
Agent status |
Description |
Ready |
Majordomo is running on an agent computer and is in regular
(default 5 seconds) contact with a workbench. |
Busy |
Agent is participating in the schedule execution. |
Lost Contact |
Agent has not contacted the workbench for the past 10 seconds. |
If you want an agent to take direction from more than
one workbench, you can share the agent with those workbenches. Also,
if you no longer wish for an agent to contact a workbench you can
disconnect it.
Note: The majordomo.config file
located at installationDir/Majordomo in
the Rational Performance Tester agent
computer contains the host name and the port number of the workbench
the agent polls for work to do. By default, the agent polls for work
at the interval of every 5 seconds.