Server Agent Commands

When running the Server Agent, the following commands are supported:

Frequently Used Commands

quit: Terminates the Server Monitoring Agent, making it unavailable for further data collection

License Management

As of version 4.2, it is no longer necessary to import any license onto the agent.

Performance Logging

These commands are used on the agent to create performance logs in parallel with a load test, but when Load Tester is unable to connect to the agent to coordinate test collection automatically. See Monitoring Through A Firewall.

start-log --sample-period=<period> (--name=<name>): Starts creating a new performance log, which may be imported later into a completed load test result. The --sample-period parameter sets the sample period at which data is collected by the agent, and should be the same as the sample period used in the load test. Use --name to specify a name for the test results, to assist in identifying log files.
stop-log (--force): Closes a performance log being collected, and turns off monitoring until a new test or log is started. Use --force to terminate a log even if it was started remotely by load tester; this is generally only used if the network connection is no longer usable for Load Tester to stop the log automatically.

Other Commands

commands: Lists all command names recognized by the agent
counters: Refreshes the list of performance counters that the agent is configured to collect