About Sunvts; Sunvts Software And Security - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V445 Server Administration Manual

About SunVTS

SunVTS is a software suite that performs system and subsystem stress testing. You
can view and control a SunVTS session over a network. Using a remote machine,
you can view the progress of a testing session, change testing options, and control all
testing features of another machine on the network.
You can run SunVTS software in four different test modes:
Connection test mode provides a low-stress, quick testing of the availability and
connectivity of selected devices. These tests are nonintrusive, meaning they
release the devices after a quick test, and they do not place a heavy load on
system activity.
Functional test mode provides robust testing of your system and devices. It uses
your system resources for thorough testing and it assumes that no other
applications are running.
Exclusive test mode enables performing the tests that require no other SunVTS
tests or applications running at the same time.
Online test mode enables performance of SunVTS testing while other customer
applications are running.
Auto Config automatically detects all subsystems and exercises them in one of two
ways:
Confidence testing – Performs one pass of tests on all subsystems, and then
stops. For typical system configurations, this requires one or two hours.
Comprehensive testing – Tests all subsystems repeatedly for up to 24 hours.
Since SunVTS software can run many tests in parallel and consume many system
resources, you should be cautious when using it on a production system. If you are
stress-testing a system using the Functional test mode, do not run anything else on
that system at the same time.
To install and use SunVTS, a system must be running a Solaris OS compatible for the
SunVTS version. Since SunVTS software packages are optional, they may not be
installed on your system. See
page 217 for instructions.

SunVTS Software and Security

During SunVTS software installation, you must choose between Basic or Sun
Enterprise Authentication Mechanism™ security. Basic security uses a local security
file in the SunVTS installation directory to limit the users, groups, and hosts
"To Find Out Whether SunVTS Is Installed" on
Chapter 8 Diagnostics 215