Test run considerations for schedules
Before you configure a Rate Schedule or VU Schedule run, you must first read the considerations that you need to take into account.
Important information about JMeter tests in schedules
When you want to run JMeter tests as part of the VU Schedule or Rate Schedule on IBM® DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must have
completed the following tasks:
- Installed the IBM DevOps Test Performance Agent on a computer.
- Installed the JMeter application on the computer where you have installed the IBM DevOps Test Performance Agent.
- Set the environment variable JMETER_HOME that points to the JMeter installation directory.
Important information about Resource Monitoring sources in schedules
When you want to run schedules on Test Hub, you must have
completed the following tasks in Test Performance:
- Created a performance schedule of Rate or VU type.
- Added Resource Monitoring sources, or the labels of Resource Monitoring sources to a schedule. Refer to Adding resource monitoring sources to a performance schedule by using labels .
Before you configure a run of a Schedule, you must complete the following tasks in
Test Hub:
- Add Resource Monitoring sources to your project in Test Hub. See Monitoring an NGINX server.
- Enable Test Hub as Resource Monitoring service only if you want to replace Resource Monitoring labels set in Test Performance with the labels that you created in Test Hub. See Controlling resource monitoring sources in a schedule.
- Perform the following steps when you want to override the Resource
Monitoring labels in the test asset with the Resource Monitoring labels that
you create in Test Hub:
- Click the Resource
Monitoring tab.Note:
The Resource Monitoring tab displays only if you enabled the Resource Monitoring from Service option in Test Performance when you created the test asset.
- Click
, and press the Ctrl + Space bar keys, or enter the initial letter of a label to select a label in the list.
Note:You can select or add labels only if you added the labels in the Resource Monitoring Sources page in Test Hub.
- Click the Resource
Monitoring tab.
For running a Rate Schedule or VU Schedule, see Configuring a run of a Rate Schedule or VU Schedule.