A list of tools such as scrips and free software that will enable the tester to work more effectively.
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Determine the Windows patches installed using Windows 2003 Resource Kit |
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Written by TnT Admin
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Monday, 04 August 2008 19:02 |
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 Before going to any data center, we are required to ensure that the Windows have its appropriate service packs and patches installed. Using the utility, srvinfo.exe from a bigger suite of tool kit, Microsoft Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools, you will be able to collect information from remote machines such as (a) services installed, running and stopped, (b) disk capacity and usage, (c) installed hotfixes, (d) their installation date and (e) installed network protocol. This are all essential information that data center officers would like to know prior the machine is being plug into the network. What's Microsoft Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools then? It is a set of tools to help administrators streamline management tasks such as troubleshooting operating system issues, managing Active Directory, configuring networking and security features, and automating application deployment.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 20:38 )
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Introducing WireShark Network Protocol Analyzer |
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Written by TnT Admin
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 00:00 |
WireShark is a powerful network protocol analyzer (or network packet sniffer), formally known as Ethereal Network Analyzer that allows the user to capture and determine the network traffic between the client (source) and server (destination). It is a free tool under the GNU General Public License and is readily available for download. What are the key features (filterd list from the WireShark "About" page in our opinion for performance testing)? |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 July 2008 14:26 )
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Local Unix monitoring made possible? |
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Written by TnT Admin
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Saturday, 24 May 2008 00:00 |
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 Have you ever come across an attempt to monitor Unix resources with just only rstatd? Where there are no options available to use SiteScope via telnet or SSH? Or simply because of the time factor that you must monitor the Unix resources in the load test conducted the following day?
Check out this script from Bad Penguin.co.uk. This script at it's latest version when placed in a Unix machine, collects performance statistics at desired intervals and convert them into CSV report which can be imported to a spreadsheet, database and LoadRunner Analysis to perform analyzing work. It uses standard unix utilities (iostat, vmstat, netstat and uptime) and has been tested on Linux and Solaris systems. The usage of vmstat, netstat, iostat and uptime is far more comprehensive than those used by rstatd. Click on the link below to get a copy of the script! |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 06 July 2008 11:41 )
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