Deploying probes

A Rational® Integration Tester probe measures variables from a particular component in the system and reports back its findings for processing and storage.

Probes are started by the agent on the local computer. Therefore, the agent software must be installed on that computer. More than one probe may be run from the same agent, but only one performance test controller at a time can use the probes of an individual agent.

The probe process will terminate if it cannot contact the performance test controller that started it by means of the agent. For Windows™ users, the probe process name is Probe.exe. For Unix-like system users, the probe process is a Java™ process that may be identified by using long ps output.

The probe process configuration file is Probe.config, which is located in Agent_installation_directory\config. This file can be edited to configure the level and location of the logging.