Editing Configuration file for running multiple tests

[Pradeep S-2]

Hello,
After reading the IOmeter users manual repeatedly, I could not find any specific advice on how to edit a .icf file so i can run multiple tests with IOmeter without user intervention. Here's what I am trying to do, I want to run IOmeter tests for multiple disks with multiple configurations which differ in the number of workers, number of outstanding I/O's, worker access specifications etc. Is there a way to accomplish this by editing a .icf file alone or will i have to write some sort of .exe file to run multiple command line statements to be run in a dos shell. I would like all the results to be written back to one .csv file for analysis purposes.

Thanks a ton in advance for answering my query!

Regards,
Pradeep
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM)
software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to
build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local
resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and
Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com
_______________________________________________
Iometer-user mailing list
Iometer-user@...
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iometer-user

[Joe Eiler-2]

Some parts of this message have been removed. Learn more about Nabble's security policy.

If you're having trouble figuring this out, you probably don't want to edit the initial icf file by hand, create the tests in iometer then save it to an icf.  Then use that was your base to start from.

 

You can create a bunch of workers, for any workers that you don't want to do anything, give them and "idle" access specification.

 

Remember that outstanding I/Os are set per worker and applies to all targets, so you may need to create "new" workers for different numbers of outstanding I/Os.

Also remember that while each worker can have multiple access specifications, those access specification are run against every target assigned to that worker.

 

What I would start with is 1 worker per target per outstanding I/O depth.

Then assign the access specifications you want, including "idle" for any worker you don't want to run for a given text line.  Make sure all workers have the same number of assigned access specifications.

 

 

Hope this helps,

Joe

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: pradeepsuresh@...

To: iometer-user@...

Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:38 AM

Subject: [Iometer-user] Editing Configuration file for running multiple tests

Hello,
After reading the IOmeter users manual repeatedly, I could not find any specific advice on how to edit a .icf file so i can run multiple tests with IOmeter without user intervention. Here's what I am trying to do, I want to run IOmeter tests for multiple disks with multiple configurations which differ in the number of workers, number of outstanding I/O's, worker access specifications etc. Is there a way to accomplish this by editing a .icf file alone or will i have to write some sort of .exe file to run multiple command line statements to be run in a dos shell. I would like all the results to be written back to one .csv file for analysis purposes.

Thanks a ton in advance for answering my query!

Regards,
Pradeep

---

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM)
software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to
build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local
resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and
Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com

---

_______________________________________________
Iometer-user mailing list
Iometer-user@...
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iometer-user

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM)
software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to
build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local
resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and
Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com
_______________________________________________
Iometer-user mailing list
Iometer-user@...
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/iometer-user