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 .
Note: The agent status feature checks the status of agents that are available on
premises, and not on the cloud.
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.
Procedure
- To check the status of agents, on the toolbar, click . The Agent Status window lists the
agents that are connected to the workbench and their status.
- To share an agent with other workbenches, in the Agent
Status window, select an agent and click Share
Agent with New Workbench.
- Specify the host name and port number of the new workbench
and click OK.
- To disconnect an agent from the workbench, select an agent
and click Disconnect Agent from this Workbench. To disconnect the agent from all the workbenches, you must perform
the disconnection from each workbench.