Managing Load Stations

Workstations are grouped into the following categories:

• Local Stations - It lists all the stations you add to the Stations collection manually. These can be remote computers that reside in your local network, or cloud computers you launch manually by using your cloud computer management tool.

  Each of these stations can simulate up to 2000 virtual users. If you need more users, add more stations to the list.

• <Amazon_Image_Item_Name> - where <Amazon_Image_Item_Name> is the name of the Amazon Image in your project’s Cloud collection. It lists all images launched from Amazon Images by LoadComplete. Items are added to this category automatically as you launch cloud instances.

  The maximum number of virtual users each cloud instance can simulate is specified by the Max VU number property of the appropriate Amazon Image (up to 2000 virtual users). The default value is 400.

To add a new workstation

To rename a workstation

To assign another remote computer to a station

To change the address of multiple stations

To delete a workstation

To terminate a cloud workstation

To verify workstations

To save or cancel changes

To add a remote computer to the list of local stations:

1. Click New Item on the editor’s toolbar, or right-click within the editor and then select New Item from the context menu.

2. Enter the workstation alias and the IP address or the network name of the needed remote computer.

Cloud workstations are added to the list automatically when you launch them from Amazon Images in your project. You cannot add them manually.

Enter a new name for the workstation in the Alias field.

In the Host column, enter the remote computer’s network name or IP address, or click the ellipsis button and browse for the needed computer in the resulting Select Host dialog.

If you need to change addresses of multiple workstations, you can do this in the following way:

1. Prepare the address list:

   • Open any text editor (for instance, Notepad) and write the desired addresses into multiple lines (one address per line):

     192.168.10.10
192.168.10.11
192.168.10.12
...

   • Select the addresses in the text editor and copy them to the clipboard.

2. Apply the addresses to stations:

   • Switch to the Stations editor of LoadComplete.

   • Under the Local Stations node, select the workstations to which you would like to assign the addresses. Use Ctrl+ or Shift+click for multiselection.

   • Click Apply Addresses on the toolbar. LoadComplete will assign the addresses to the selected workstations (one address to one station).

1. Select the remote workstation you want to delete. Use CTRL+ and SHIFT+ clicks for multiselection.

2. Right-click the selected workstation and then click Delete.

1. Select the cloud workstation you want to terminate. Use Ctrl+ and Shift+ clicks for multiselection.

2. Right-click the selected cloud workstation then click Terminate.

3. Click Yes to confirm the termination.

You verify workstations to check whether they are available and whether LoadComplete Remote Agent is running on them. You can verify both local and cloud workstations.

To verify a single workstation:

1. Select the needed workstation in the list.

2. Click Check Current Workstation on the editor’s toolbar or right-click the selected workstation and then select Check Current Workstation from the context menu.

To verify all the workstations in the list:

• Right-click within the editor and select Check All Workstations from the context menu.

– or –

• Click Check All Workstations on the editor’s toolbar.

To save the changes that you have made to the stations, choose File | Save from LoadComplete main menu.

To close the editor without saving the changes, close the editor and answer “No” when asked to save the changes.