On the My Performance Center navigation bar, select Resources > Testing Hosts.

You can provision hosts from the cloud for use in performance testing. For details, see Provision cloud load generators.

• How to Design a Performance Test

• Manage Hosts

For My PC menus and buttons, see Performance Center user interface.

Check Host. Opens the Check Host dialog box, enabling you to check connectivity between the selected host and other machines in the system.

Note: Available for hosts in Idle state only.

Reboot Host. Enables you to remotely reboot host machines.

Note:

• You can only reboot Controller and Load Generator hosts when they are in the Idle state.

• You cannot reboot a UNIX load generator host.

• Available only for hosts with Performance purposes.

Data Processor Queue. Opens the Data Processor Queue window, enabling you to view the pending data processing requests.

Change Status. Opens the Change Host Status dialog box, enabling you to change the status of a selected host.

The possible statuses are:

• Operational. The host is working.
• Non-operational. The host is not working.
• Unavailable. The host is not available.

Reconfigure Host. Resets the following on the selected host machine:

• Host license

• System user (IUSR_METRO)

• Communication Security passphrase

Note: You can reconfigure only one host at a time.

Configure LoadRunner Agent. Opens the Configure LoadRunner Agent dialog box for the selected host. For details, see Reconfigure the LoadRunner Agent user.

Note: Available for Windows hosts that are Operational and in Idle state only.

<Quick Views>

Lists predefined filters for the testing hosts grid. The following quick views are available:

• All Hosts.

• Cloud Load Generators.

• Local Hosts.

• Custom. To customize the columns displayed in the grid, in the upper right corner, click Select Columns .

Enables you to filter the information being displayed in the testing hosts grid. Click the drop-down arrow to apply a filter.

The testing host's source:

• Local. The host exists in your testing lab.
• Cloud. The host was provisioned from a cloud provider.

The testing tools available on the host. For example:  Controller, Load generator, Data processor.

Note:

• If the host machine is located over a firewall, or is a UNIX machine, it cannot function as a Controller or Data processor.

• If you selected Windows Standalone LG or Unix Load Generator as the installation option, Load Generator is automatically selected as the purpose for the host and the other options are disabled.

The status of the host. The possible statuses are:

• Operational. The host machine is up and running.

• Non-operational. The host machine is down.

• Unavailable. There is no information available about the status of the host.

The current activity on the host.

Idle. Indicates that the host is not being used.

Installing. Indicates that a patch is being installed on the host.

Rebooting. Indicates that the host is rebooting.

<Run states>. Indicates the host state during a performance test run.

<Data processing states>. Indicates the state of the host during a data processing task.

<Provisioning states>. Indicates the provisioning status of a cloud host. Host State changes to idle once the host is provisioned.

The system attributes of the host.

Example: Memory, strength, installed components.

Tip: You can customize the host attributes in Lab Management. For details, see Customizing Project Entities in the ALM Lab Management Guide.

A rank assigned to the host. The higher the priority you give the host, the more likely the host will be allocated to a test. There are a number of criteria to consider when assigning priority. The main considerations are whether the host is a dedicated machine or a shared resource, and the type of hardware installed on the machine.

The privacy type of the host. You can modify all hosts in Lab Management, including private hosts. In ALM, you can only create and modify private hosts within the project's pool.

The IP address or name of the MI Listener that enables data collection. Relevant only for hosts located over a firewall.

The name of the cloud account from which the host was provisioned.

A unique ID for the host assigned by the cloud provider.

The machine image applied to the cloud host.

The hardware specs of the cloud host.

The region from which a cloud host was provisioned.

The cloud provider's ID for a single provision request. A provision request includes all requested batches of hosts. Each batch has its own Cloud Request Item ID.

Tip: You can filter by Cloud Request ID to see all hosts that were provisioned in a single provision request.

Available in: Cloud Load Generators

The host template used to provision the host. Changing a host template does not affect existing hosts that were provisioned from the template.

Available in: Cloud Load Generators

Indicates the host state during a performance test run.

Displays detailed information about the processes and resource usage of the selected host.