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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://mvolo.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx</link><description>The NT Performance team just publically released the latest version of WCAT (Web Capacity Analysis Tool), the web performance test tool that the IIS team and NT Performance team use to conduct internal performance and scalability testing of IIS and ASP.NET.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)</generator><item><title>WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released </title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1432</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 20:08:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1432</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky's WebLog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The NT Performance team just publically released the latest version of WCAT (Web Capacity Analysis Tool),&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released </title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1434</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 20:22:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1434</guid><dc:creator>iis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The NT Performance team just publically released the latest version of WCAT (Web Capacity Analysis Tool&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1451</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 03:55:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1451</guid><dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator><description>It'd be really nice to have some sort of GUI for this tool. Or a recorder ... or heck open source it. There's a definte hole in this space.</description></item><item><title>WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released!</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1462</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 11:13:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1462</guid><dc:creator>Maor David's Blog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The latest version of WCAT (Web Capacity Analysis Tool - the web performance test tool that the IIS team&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1501</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 00:25:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1501</guid><dc:creator>Steve Schofield</dc:creator><description>Is there a reason why WAST was been not updated vs. a command line tool?</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1503</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 02:07:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1503</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Steve,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am not sure whether WAST is being maintained internally - WCAT is being actively developed and is used by the Windows performance team and by the IIS team to do performance testing, so we thought it would be great to release the tool publicly for customers to do performance testing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is there something particular about WAST that you are interested in?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>【IIS7】 紹介しっぱなしでした、WCAT</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1669</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 00:29:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1669</guid><dc:creator>Hiroshi Okunushi's Blog ☆ミ</dc:creator><description>セミナーでWebサーバーに負荷をかけるツールとしてWCATを紹介していますが、そのフォローを少ししておかないといけませんね。 IIS Resource Kit に入っているWCATはV5.2というもので、最近もっと新しいものがリリースされています。</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1707</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 11:51:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1707</guid><dc:creator>Falco</dc:creator><description>WAST is still great to do some fast testings...
But I miss the ability to script for e.g. forms logon.</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1734</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 23:24:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1734</guid><dc:creator>Sanjay</dc:creator><description>Any comparison benchmarks with Visual studio Load testing tool?</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#1745</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:35:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:1745</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Sanjay,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I dont have any comparison information right now, but I'll be playing with the VS tools in the near future and post something ...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#3397</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:39:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:3397</guid><dc:creator>DJ Decay</dc:creator><description>Using WCAT 6.3 I cannot get the global portion of the library subsection to work. 


codeblock 


library {

    name = "DDL.dll";

    global {
   
 
      initialize = "somefunctionname";

    }



Causes wcclient to crash with syntax error, or at best what I can call a syntax error:

"Invalid code recieved" from the wcctl.exe

</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#4692</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:56:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:4692</guid><dc:creator>Andres Anton</dc:creator><description>I am trying to connect me to a web server that supports to SSL and working, the configuration that I am using is the following:
scenario
{
    name    = "Test SSL";
    warmup      = 30;
    duration    = 120;
    cooldown    = 20;
    
    default
    {
        // send keep-alive header
        setheader
        {
            name    = "Connection";
            value   = "keep-alive";
        }

        // set the host header
        setheader
        {
            name    = "Host";
            value   = server();
        }

        // HTTP1.1 request
        version     = HTTP11;

        // keep the connection alive after the request
         close       = ka;
    }
    transaction
    {
        id = "Test SSL";
        // weight = 1;


        request
        {
			secure		= true;
			// protocol	= SSL3;
			// port		= 443;
			// algorithms = RSA_RC4_128_SHA;
			// RSA_RC4_128_MD5
			// handshake 	= full;
			verb 		= GET;		
			url         = "/signonTC.asp";
			statuscode  = 200;
        }

        //
        // specifically close the connection after both files are requested
        //
        close
        {
            method      = graceful;
        }
    }
}



the error that appears to me is the following one 
thanks for its aid…
PS C:\wcat&gt; ./wcclient
Controller: localhost
Wait for controller: false
IPv6: false
Bind Address: not specified
It is suggested that the following registry key be set to the
appropriate value before running wcclient. The test will continue,
however you may experience connection establishment issues.

Key: \HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters\MaxUserPort
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0xfffe

Resolving server www2.todo1.com...
MESSAGE: adding 200.3.3.156 to the list of resolved servers.
NULL controller specified.
PS C:\wcat&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#4885</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:40:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:4885</guid><dc:creator>Andres Anton</dc:creator><description>It determines that the error appears when in the PC you have installed Visual Studio 2005, after the installation of this product the error that appears is the following one: 

PS C:\wcat &gt; ./wcclient l3agn70 - b
Unable to create logfile.
Controller: l3agn70
For Wait to controller: true
IPv6: false
Bind Address: not specified
It is suggested that the following registry key sees Seth to the
appropriate VALUE before running wcclient. The test will continues,
however you may experience connection establishment issues.

Key: \ HKLM \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ TCPIP \ Parameters \ MaxUserPort
Type: REG_DWORD
VALUE: 0xfffe

Resolving server gwxml.bancomercantil.com…
MESSAGE: adding 10.0.4.164 to the list of you solve server.
Test settings…
Warmup: 30
Duration: 120
Cooldown: 20
Server: gwxml.bancomercantil.com
Virtual Clients: 30
Threads: 2
Test beginning…
Virtual Starting 1 client every 0,500000 seconds.
f:\nt\vbl _core_perf_utilities \ sdktools \ wcat \ client \ httpsreq.c@422: Error during InitializeSecurityContext.
NULL to controller specified.
PS C:\wcat &gt;


I am going to apply to the SP1 in Visual studio 2005 to see if the continuous error.
Thank</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#9994</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:35:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:9994</guid><dc:creator>Daryl Sirota</dc:creator><description>Trying to get WCAT 6.3 running in test, but wcclient.exe keeps dying with a "NULL controller specified" after resolving and connecting to my controller!  It wcctl.exe reports an "error 10054 was encountered cr/lf  Error receiving code.  cr/lf Error accepting remote connection".

I've played with DNS, (everything can resolve) permissions (local admin everywhere) and even a fresh new machine with no firewall, to no avail.  Any help appreciated!</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#10161</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:44:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:10161</guid><dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator><description>Has anyone else run into problems when specifying the -clients command line attribute?

In the LaunchClients function in wcat.wsf, I had to change:

commandline = CLIENT_COMMAND_LINE + " " + hostname + " -b";

to

commandline = "////" + clients&lt;img src="http://mvolo.com/emoticons/emotion-55.gif" alt="Idea" /&gt; + TARGET_SHARE + "wcclient.exe" + hostname + " -b";

in order to get it to loop through the array of clients.  Without doing that, it just always used localhost.

</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12845</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:01:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12845</guid><dc:creator>mustufa</dc:creator><description>I have the same problem like Daryl's. wcclient.exe dies with "NULL controller specified." Have anyone managed to succeed?</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12863</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:11:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12863</guid><dc:creator>Raymond Bennett (MSFT)</dc:creator><description>We have a fix for the NULL controller specified issue. We will need to package it up and re-release it. Mike will update the blog when it is done.</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12957</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:59:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12957</guid><dc:creator>e1ny</dc:creator><description>Hi: I posted on IIS.net but didn't get a response.

 I went through the docs and tried to configure it with a basic settings and test script, but when I run it from the command line it doesn't seem to do anything.

It echoes back the server to be tested, and the number of clients, and then just sits there? Eventually I have to control-c to kill it.</description></item><item><title>MSCOM OPS with Microsoft.com, WS08, IIS7, and the Lone Server</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12960</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:14:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12960</guid><dc:creator>Media</dc:creator><description /></item><item><title>What is the truth behind the &quot;Lone Server&quot;</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12961</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:28:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12961</guid><dc:creator>Neil Hutson - Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 for developers</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;MSCOM OPS with Microsoft.com, WS08, IIS7, and the Lone Server Last week I had a post about the &amp;amp;quot;Lone&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>What is the truth behind the &quot;Lone Server&quot;</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12962</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:57:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12962</guid><dc:creator>Noticias externas</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;MSCOM OPS with Microsoft.com, WS08, IIS7, and the Lone Server Last week I had a post about the &amp;amp;quot;Lone&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Updated WCAT 6.3 released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12974</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:37:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12974</guid><dc:creator>IIS 7.0 Server-Side</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The original release of WCAT 6.3 contained a bugs that was causing many users to not be able to use the&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#12975</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:41:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:12975</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi guys,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reporting the issues. They've been identified and should be fixed - the updated build will be available shortly from the download center.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can read more about it here: &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2008/01/24/Updated-WCAT-6.3-released.aspx"&gt;http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2008/01/24/Updated-WCAT-6.3-released.aspx&lt;/a&gt; (live tomorrow).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13079</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13079</guid><dc:creator>Martyn</dc:creator><description>Mike, did you publish any "walkthrough information and sample scripts" yet?

Thanks,

Martyn</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13085</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:20:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13085</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Martyn,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I havent gotten a chance to do this yet. ... &amp;nbsp;Did you have a specific question I can answer?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13109</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:09:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13109</guid><dc:creator>Martyn</dc:creator><description>I would just like to install and try out WCAT on one machine. (I know the results will not mean much) The instrucions seem long and complex. Is there a quick setup or is it easier than it looks?</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13110</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:33:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13110</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Martyn,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It's fairly easy. &amp;nbsp;You can use the installer to install it on the controller machine. &amp;nbsp;Then, if you need to install it on other machines that will act as clients, you can use the following command (assuming the firewall is open, you are running the cmd as Administrator, and Administrator account has a syncronized password on all computers involved):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;wcat.wsf –terminate –update –clients {comma separated client list, including localhost if its to be a client}&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To run a test, you'll need to make a scenario file that defines the requests you'd like to make. You can use the included sample scenario file and the documentation to create it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13177</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:18:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13177</guid><dc:creator>Martyn</dc:creator><description>Is there a support newsgroup for WCAT?</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13179</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:01:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13179</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Martyn, &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That's a good idea - we are creating one on IIS.NET!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>The IIS 7.0 Resource Kit Book</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13222</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 06:44:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13222</guid><dc:creator>IIS 7.0 Server-Side</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The IIS 7.0 Resource Kit Book is finally out! Ok, it&amp;amp;rsquo;s been out for almost 2 months, but somehow&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13466</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:56:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13466</guid><dc:creator>Vu Thanh Hai</dc:creator><description>I have try to run wcat on XP Pro but when I run: 'wcat.wsf -terminate -run -clients {localhost} -t {localStart.ubr} -f {setting.ubr} -s {localhost} -singleip -x'

(localStart.ubr is home.ubr)

Windows show message: "wcctl.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Please help!
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13488</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:45:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13488</guid><dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator><description>Is there any way to use a client certificate for HTTPS requests?</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13546</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:11:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13546</guid><dc:creator>Geoff</dc:creator><description>I'm running wcat and all responses are 400 errors.  Any idea on what would cause this?

Please help.</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13573</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:50:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13573</guid><dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator><description>I have the same problem with errors. I run wcat controller and client on a single machine. The test is running but the result is: "unexpected errors: 455" which is actually number of all responses. I think problem is that i want to test asp.net application(.net 2.0) and I dont know what value I should put in settings file. If i write: server= "192.168.11.43" the test runs with errors. But this is only IP of computer, not the webserver. If i write: localhost:1587/WebSite4, the test is not running because the controller cant resolve the the server address. Can anybody help? thanks.</description></item><item><title>wan accelerators</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13581</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:19:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13581</guid><dc:creator>wan accelerators</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I\'ve found that in our network WAN accelerators have made a big difference&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13588</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:42:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13588</guid><dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator><description>Ok, problem solved. If you want to test your asp.net application you need to add the project to virtual path in iis. Control panel -&gt; administrative tools -&gt; internet information services -&gt; your PC -&gt; default websites -&gt; add new virtual directory. Here navigate to home directory of your project(where default.aspx is located). It is also very important to set access rights to this folder: in security tab add all users using computer.  Click Add, and in the field write: YOUR_COMP_NAME\Users. OK. Now you can test this url: http://localhost/alias/Default.aspx. //alias is a name for your app, that you typed in IIS. </description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13589</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:37:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13589</guid><dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator><description>Hi, Can I send a postdata with wcat and make the tested webserver to do something with them? e.g i want to post some textbox value and on button_click i want to write this value to database. The crucial is button click. How can make a webserver execute my button_click function. Is something like that possible? thanks. </description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13595</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:03:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13595</guid><dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator><description>Hi, 
I have problems running a very simple senario.
After running, the wcat.wsf , it echoes the server name and clients number and just sits there. I had to kill it as it is not producing any log file.

here is the command line --&gt;
-------------------
C:\Program Files\wcat&gt;wcat.wsf  -terminate -run  -setclients -clients localhost -t samples\scripts\h
ome.ubr -v 3 -s "http://www.yahoo.com" -o yahootest.xml -singleip -x
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

wcat.wsf - WCAT Utility Script
Copyright (c) 1995-2007 Microsoft Corporation.

 message: Parsing parameters...
 parameter: terminate
 parameter: run
 parameter: setclients
 parameter: clients = localhost
 parameter: {wcctl.exe command line} =  -t samples\scripts\home.ubr -v 3 -s http://www.yahoo.com -o
yahootest.xml -singleip -x -clients 1
 message: updating Clients registry key...
 message: setting \\localhost\HKLM\Software\WCAT\Clients = localhost
 message: Terminating all instances of wcclient...
 message: Terminating all local instances of wcctl.exe...
 message: Launching wcclient.exe on all clients...
 message: starting wcclient.exe on localhost with command line of \\localhost\admin$\wcat\wcclient.e
xe RAVIKOLLI -b...
 message: executing '"C:\Program Files\wcat\wcctl.exe" -t samples\scripts\home.ubr -v 3 -s http://ww
w.yahoo.com -o yahootest.xml -singleip -x -clients 1'...
Initializing performance counters...
'\\http://www.yahoo.com\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time'... Success!
'\\http://www.yahoo.com\Processor(_Total)\% User Time'... Success!
'\\http://www.yahoo.com\Processor(_Total)\% Privileged Time'... Success!
'\\http://www.yahoo.com\System\Context Switches/sec'... Success!
Performance counter initialization complete.

Server: http://www.yahoo.com
Clients: 1
----------------------------------------------

inside home.ubr, I am just calling only 1 transaction request for url="/" . That's all.

Can u see any issues here in setup?

Thanks
 
Rob</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13612</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:17:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13612</guid><dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator><description>Ok I solved the problem. I needed to use the verb=GET; delete the line postdata=; and then create a query_string with postdata from mojedata.txt. So the result is: verb=GET; url = &amp;quot;http://localhost/testova/Default.aspx?__VIEWSTATE... tx2=sdgfg&amp;amp;TextBox1=&amp;amp;TextBox2=&amp;amp;drop1=&amp;amp;b2=Vloz&amp;amp;TextBox3=&amp;amp;TextBox4=&amp;quot;; notice that beside normal form postdata(Textboxes, radiobuttons) there are also defaultly hidden viewstate and eventvalidation data. These are asp encrypted data which normally you cant see. All you need is to add before body element in your asp website and then run your application in browser, fill the form, click the submit button and in the url box in browser you will see the whole query_string. Just copy and paste and you are done. Just need to do that every time after you restart IIS. </description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13660</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:36:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13660</guid><dc:creator>Chandra</dc:creator><description>I am trying to run the wcat, and I am getting parameter missing error...

C:\PROGRA~1\wcat&gt;wcat.wsf -terminate -run -clients {localhost} -t {home.ubr} -f
{settings.ubr} -s {localhost} -singleip -x

  message: Parsing parameters...
  parameter: clients = localhost (default)
  error: must specify at least one of the following parameters -run, -update, -te
rminate, -showclients or -setclients

I can see that I am including both -run and -terminate... why am I getting this error? Any ideas?
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13664</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:42:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13664</guid><dc:creator>Daniela</dc:creator><description>My application is a cell phone sending data to a server.  I'm trying to configure wcat to stress-test the server.  My specific question is what I would put in the clientsfile - transaction - url parameter?  There is no html page that data is posted to but rather an executable residing on the server that receives the data and writes it to a database.  Can I use WCAT to stress-test the server?   Thanks for any insight!

</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13702</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:53:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13702</guid><dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator><description>Chandra if you have copied the string "wcat.wsf -terminate ..." try to type it, it worked for me.

/Daniel</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13772</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:49:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13772</guid><dc:creator>Sundar</dc:creator><description>Hi Mike/Martin,

Can you contact me at sundardev@gmail.com?

I have some queries releated to WCAT.

Main query:
How can we handle asp.net form authentication using WCAT tool?

Regards,
Sundar</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13782</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:37:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13782</guid><dc:creator>EskimoZhao</dc:creator><description>Hi Mike Volodarsky, I have a problem with how I can configure request element in scenario file to add input data to the end of 'URL=page.aspx?'   to simulate input from page , for I did not use QueryString in my page. 

for example: 
In my Login Page, I have 2 textboxes(username textbox and password textbox) and 1 login button. Login is responsed by postback from login button pushed by user. So if both the username and password  are corrected, the login can pass and go ahead to the other page. Or It can not and just stay at the login page. I get username and password not by querystring,  just by like username = textbox1.text and password = textbox2.text.

So, my question is How can I simulate this postback in the configration of the request element in scenario file.

My name is Eskimo Zhao, in Tokyo, Japan. I'm looking forward to your answer, thank you for consideration. 
You can also contact me by email:eskimozhao@hotmail.com </description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13805</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:44:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13805</guid><dc:creator>Kevin Goddard</dc:creator><description>Is it possible to emulate ASP.NET server side postback&amp;#39;s with WCAT 6.3? Is there any documentation that specifically talks about this? It would seem that if this is the MS .NET and IIS team&amp;#39;s testing tool, there must be a way to emulate runat=server, etc. Thanks!</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13972</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:52:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13972</guid><dc:creator>vandong</dc:creator><description>Hi Mike Volodarsky!
I have some problem like these:
- problem when counter, counter on server (not localhost) always error and in file log have this line "An error occured collecting server information data. Check that WMI is available"
- when i setup client by command:
  cscript wcat.wsf -update -clients "vn-21,vn-20"
  it not work although my account belong to admin group, so i setup file wcat to pc client too and run as normal, oh well it work. So i can not know it work properly

- when i run test first time, info in file log.xml almost full, but in second time, info lost and number of request decrease so much.
-sorry about my bad english -
Thanks
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13974</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:59:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13974</guid><dc:creator>Mike Volodarsky</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;vandong,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Be sure you can access the performance counters on the remote machine using perfmon.exe - my bet is that you have an authentication or firewall issue when connecting to the performance counters remotely.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also make sure that your Remote Registry service is running on the server to collect performance counters.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mike&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13981</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:33:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13981</guid><dc:creator>r4 revolution</dc:creator><description>thanx for the documentation download link.........This was just the thing I was looking for, keep posting. Will be visiting back soon.</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#13986</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:13986</guid><dc:creator>sendhil</dc:creator><description>I want documentation for wcat with  detailed tutorial contains how to work.And sample code.</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#14010</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:48:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:14010</guid><dc:creator>Mick Jagger</dc:creator><description>Hi Mike (and all others) 
I have the same problem as Vandong (Log.xml says "An error occured collecting server information data." on all performance counters).  

The remote registry service is running on my server, so I guess it has something with the authentication, but I cant find anything in the manual and Ive google the heck out of this problem without results. I can't add P-counters from my server using the Perfmon, but I can monitor counters using MyComputer &gt;  Manage-&gt;R-click on C Mgnt-&gt;"Connect to another computer", so something must work..

Could you Mike or anyone, elaborate a bit on that authentication thing. Im running from an admin account on my client, but that account is not visible from my server. Im not very good at these network/account-issues...

Thanks in advance</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#14011</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:59:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:14011</guid><dc:creator>Mick Jagger</dc:creator><description>Oups... sorry for polluting your blog, but I just needed to add: Windows (and Norton) firewalls were both shut down on both ends.</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#14077</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:25:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:14077</guid><dc:creator>Manisha</dc:creator><description>I am trying this tool for teh first time today, and getting "An unhandled win32 exception occured in wcctl.exe[4748].

wcat.wsf -terminate -run -t home.ubr -f settings.ubr 
C:\Program Files\wcat&gt;wcat.wsf -termina
a_settings.ubr
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Versi
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. Al

wcat.wsf - WCAT Utility Script
Copyright (c) 1995-2007 Microsoft Corpo

 message: Parsing parameters...
 parameter: terminate
 parameter: run
 parameter: clients = localhost (defaul
 parameter: {wcctl.exe command line} =
ngs.ubr -clients 1
 message: Terminating all instances of
 message: Terminating all local instanc
 message: Launching wcclient.exe on all
 message: starting wcclient.exe on loca
min$\wcat\wcclient.exe WS10283 -b...

Any help will be appreciated.
thanks.</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#14101</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:36:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:14101</guid><dc:creator>Joan</dc:creator><description>Why setup of 6.3 says in documentation (wcat.doc) about v 6.1?</description></item><item><title>re: WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released</title><link>http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/05/17/WCAT-6.3-web-performance-and-scalability-test-tool-released.aspx#14291</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:21:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2a6bde73-c016-462e-9ed7-d47dc91b6e81:14291</guid><dc:creator>QAWebTester</dc:creator><description>Hi Mike,
Can we have GUI made for using this tool. Can this tool be made easy to use with simple User interface with record and playback feature.
I saw a project in sourceforge WCAT.NET which tried to create a GUI for WCAT but the project is empty.

Just a suggestion</description></item></channel></rss>