How to Connect to a Terminal Session

This task describes how to connect to an existing terminal session.

To learn about terminal sessions, see Terminal Sessions Overview.

1. Prerequisites

   • Ensure that a load generator host is installed on the terminal server machine.

     Note: You cannot use terminal sessions on Linux load generators.

   • Ensure that the Remote Desktop Connection client software is installed on the Controller machine.

2. Run the Performance Center agent as a process

   1. On the load generator machine, run <Performance Center Host installation>\launch_service\bin\Magentconfig.exe. The Agent Runtime Settings dialog box opens.

   2. Select Manual log in to this machine.

      Note: You must run the Performance Center agent as a process for each terminal session that you are running.

3. Configure the Performance Center agent on the load generator

   1. Select Start > All Programs > Performance Center Host > Advanced Settings > Performance Center Agent Configuration. The Agent Configuration dialog box opens.

   2. Select Enable Terminal Services and click OK.

   3. When prompted to restart the agent, click OK.

4. Add the load generator to the system

   Use the New Host dialog box to add the load generator to the system. For user interface details, refer to the HPE ALM Lab Management Guide: New Testing Host Dialog Box.

5. Launch a terminal session from the Controller

   Note: You must open a terminal session for each terminal that you want to run Vusers on during the performance test.

   1. Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Communication > Remote Desktop Connection, or select Start > Run and run the mstsc command. The Remote Desktop Connection dialog box opens.

   2. Click Options.

   3. In the General tab, enter the name or IP address of a terminal server, or select a terminal server from the list of available servers.

   4. Enter you user name, password, and domain name (if required) for login onto the terminal server.

   5. Click Connect to open a Terminal Client window.

6. Configure the terminal session

   You configure the terminal session from the Terminal Services dialog box. For user interface details, see Terminal Services Dialog Box.