Running a Load Test

Run a load test after you set up your testing environment and configure all test settings.

  1. Click Run Test on the workflow bar. The Workflow - Workload Configuration dialog box appears.
  2. Configure the workload that you plan to use in your load test.
  3. (Optional) Click Connect on the Workload Configuration dialog box to initialize the agent connection without starting the test.
    1. Click OK on the New Results Files Subdirectory dialog box.
    2. Click Start all on the Silk Performer toolbar to manually start the test from monitor view.
  4. Click Run to start the load test.
  5. Click OK on the New Results Files Subdirectory dialog box. (Optional) To specify a name for the results subdirectory, uncheck the Automatically generate unique subdirectory check box and enter a name for the new subdirectory in the Specify subdirectory for results files text box.
Monitor test progress and server activity by viewing the Silk Performer tabular monitor view and the Performance Explorer graphical monitor view.
Parent topic: Running Tests
Parent topic: Running Load Tests
Related concepts
Adjusting Workload
Getting Started