When you run a schedule with multiple agents, an agent might be lost, especially during the long load test run. Losing an agent is not common and occurs during some extreme cases such as when computer's memory is exhausted. When an agent is lost, by default, the schedule is stopped. When the schedule is stopped in this manner, you must fix the reason of agent loss or add more agents before running the schedule. To continue to run the schedule without the lost agent, in the Schedule editor, click the Advanced tab and clear the Loss of an agent halts execution check box. Typically, the agents divide the load among themselves. So, running a schedule without the lost agent might give unpredictable results. If you use a segmented datapool and if you run a schedule without the lost agent, the data is not redistributed among the surviving agents. Also, if the schedule has multiple stages, by default, the user load is distributed among the surviving agents at the next stage. But, if the Replace lost users in current stage check box is selected, then the user load is distributed evenly among the surviving agents in the current stage. If the check box is cleared and a percentage of users are allowed to exit during stage execution, the user load is distributed among the surviving agents in the next stage. Loss of an agent in a schedule run is logged in the Performance Report.
To stop a test gracefully without causing incomplete page hits, select the Active actions are allowed to complete if stop requested check box at .
To receive email notification for the status of the run, specify the email properties in
.After you run a test or a schedule, the Performance Test Runs view opens. In this view, you can add comments about the selected result and view the settings that were used to run the schedule. To add comments, in the lower left panel of the Performance Test Runs view, click User Comments. The comments that you enter are displayed on the Summary page of performance reports. To view the settings that were used for a schedule run, click Schedule Settings. The Performance Test Runs View Schedule Settings page displays and shows the statistics and test log settings that were used for the run.