August 2008 - Posts

• Collecting SQL counters from a non-default SQL instance in a VSTS Load Test

  If you want to collect performance counters from a SQL Server instance while running a load test, you can do this easily by selecting checking the SQL counter set in the "Manager Counter Sets" dialog in the VSTS load test editor. Doing this includes the Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:24 PM by billbar@microsoft.com | 0 Comments Filed under: VSTS, Load test, tsbt-tst, testing

• Article posted: Diagnosing OutOfMemoryExceptions that occur when running load tests

  I've posted a new article on diagnosing problems running out of memory while running a VSTS load test: http://blogs.msdn.com/billbar/pages/diagnosing-outofmemoryexceptions-that-occur-when-running-load-tests.aspx . Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:14 PM by billbar@microsoft.com | 0 Comments Filed under: VSTS, Load test, tsbt-tst, testing

• Bug in VSTS 2008 SP1 causes think time for redirected requests to be ignored in a load test

  Unfortunately, late last week we discovered a nasty bug with load testing in VSTS 2008 SP1 that is a regression from the original RTM version of VSTS 2008: for Web test requests that result in redirects, any think time that is specifed on the request Read More... Posted Monday, August 04, 2008 8:08 PM by billbar@microsoft.com | 7 Comments Filed under: VSTS, Load test, testing, Web test