Re: [QF-Test] possible to run multiple QFTest instances on a server?

[Gregor Schmid <Gregor.Schmid@?.de>]

Hi Adesh,

it is possible to a limited degree. There's nothing preventing QF-Test
from running parallel tests on a single desktop but there's going to
be contention for keyboard focus and for the mouse cursor in case you
need hard events.

For the record: Running parallel tests on a single desktop is not
advisable and in many cases it simply won't work. If, however, your
tests are simple enough and appear to run fine in parallel then by all
means go ahead and implement that solution.

The only way to find out whether it works for your tests is to try.

How you start the tests is up to you. You can use Jenkins and run
multiple QF-Test instances in parallel or you can run a QF-Test daemon
and trigger multiple tests there. But before you invest a lot of time
setting up the perfect server you should simply create a bat file to
run multiple tests in parallel via qftest -batch and see how it works.

Of course our support will help trying to tune your tests if
necessary, but I can't make any promises.

Best regards,
    Greg

"Siddhu, Adesh" <Adesh.Siddhu@?.org> writes:

> Hi Michael – it is the opposite.
>
> We DO want to run multiple simultaneous occurrences of QFTest. Is that possible?
>
> Adesh Siddhu
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> From: Michael Wildenauer [mailto:dt0a24@?.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 12:13 AM
> To: Brasche, Rick; qftest-list@?.de
> Subject: Re: [QF-Test] possible to run multiple QFTest instances on a server?
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> Good morning Rick,
>
> if the scripts do not have to run simultaneously (at the same time), you should have a look at jenkins (https://
> jenkins.io/). We run our test scripts triggered by jenkins. You can configure the jenkins slave in order to run only
> one qf-test at the same time so you won't have any concurrencies.
>
> By the way, Jenkins is a much easier way to control your scripts compared to batch files.
>
> Best regards / Cordialement / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>
> Dipl.-Inform. Michael Wildenauer
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> From:        "Brasche, Rick" <Rick.Brasche@?.org>
> To:        "qftest-list@?.de" <qftest-list@?.de>
> Date:        25.01.2017 20:00
> Subject:        [QF-Test] possible to run multiple QFTest instances on a server?
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> Good morning all:
>
> We’ve been using QFTest as an automation tool to enter data and change records for systems where we do not have direct
> database access. We now have three or four scripts that are manually started on a scheduled basis. We have been
> successful in getting a single script to schedule in a batch file, but we’re now getting requests that are concurrent.
> We’re utilizing a few virtual machines to handle this now. What we want to do is have a single server that can run
> multiple scripts simultaneously from command line BAT file.
>
> We’d also like to be able to run multiple instances of the GUI if possible, to save on VM license and maintenance
> issues.
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