Handling many RunTests instances
When you start a number of stubs with IBM® Rational® Test Virtualization Server,
you see that many RunTests instances are running and the amount of
available system memory is reduced.
About this task
When you start a stub, IBM Rational Integration Tester Agent downloads a copy of the project from IBM Rational Test Control Panel and starts a RunTests instance to run it. Rational Test Control Panel attempts to use an instance of RunTests that is already running in the selected domain/environment, if possible. Each instance of RunTests can run only one version of a project in one environment.
For example,
suppose that you start version 2.0 of stub X from project A in environment
Test and you have one instance of RunTests running. Next, you start
more stubs. You can see what happens when each stub starts.
Action | Result |
---|---|
You start version 2.0 of stub Y from project A in environment Test. | The existing RunTests instance is used as the stub version is already loaded for this environment. |
You start version 3.0 of stub Y from project A in environment Test. | A new RunTests instance is started as this stub is a different version from the one already loaded. |
You start stub Y from project A in environment UAT. | A new RunTests instance is started as this environment is new. |
You start stub Y from project B in any environment. | A new RunTests instance is started as this project was not loaded for this environment. |
You can view the RunTests instances and stop them.
Procedure
To view the current running status of RunTests instances in Rational Test Control Panel: