You can set up a group of computers that generates simulated load for testing. The group consists of a single controller and one or more agents. Collectively, this group is called a rig. An agent is the part of the rig that is used to run tests and generate simulated load. The controller is the part of the rig that is used to coordinate the agents and collect the test results. For information about how to set up your controller and agents, see Setting Up the Controller and Agent Functionality.
The controller and agent functionality is only available in the Visual Studio Team System Test Load Agent product, not in Visual Studio Team System. For more information about the different Team System products, see Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Test Load Agent (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64719) and Visual Studio Team System Product Information (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=64718).
Describes the use of controllers and agents to generate simulated load for testing and to run tests remotely and simultaneously on multiple computers.
To set up controllers and agents, you need the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Load Agent installation disk. This topic provides tips for installing controllers and agents and refers to the installation guide that you can find on the installation disk.
Describes the user security groups and services that are created by the setup program for controllers and agents.
Describes how to add agents to and remove agents from controllers.
Describes the administrative functions for rigs, including changing agent properties, restarting an idle rig, and deleting temporary files.
Describes how to run tests on rigs by editing the test run configuration to select the location to run tests.
Describes how to view the status of a test run, the owner of a run, and the results of test runs that have completed.
Describes how to let agents send requests to servers by using a range of IP addresses. One purpose for this is to promote good load balance when you load-test a Web farm.
Discusses issues and errors that you might encounter when you work with controllers and agents, and gives workarounds for problems.