You can choose to delete or keep the deployment directory
for agents after schedule execution. By default, Rational® Performance Tester does
not delete the deployment directory.
About this task
The deployment directory stores the files that are required
for test execution. If you do not delete the deployment directory,
the next time that you run a schedule,
Rational Performance Tester only
retrieves the test assets that it does not have or that have changed
since the last execution. This mechanism reduces the launch time for
subsequent test executions.
However, if you have many schedules
and the accumulation of files in the deployment directory might create
a problem, you can choose to delete the deployment directory on the
agent computers. The deletion of the deployment directory depends
on the successful completion of a schedule. A schedule execution is
deemed successful when all the agents reach a state of inactivity
with no active users or when the schedule execution reaches the end
of the last stage and then stops.
Note: If the run is stopped manually,
the run encounters a severe error, or communication between the agents
and workbench stops, the deployment directory is not deleted even
if you specify to delete it.