User profile – HP PROLIANT BL465C G7 User Manual

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Table 1. Components of TSScaling

Component

Description

Automation tools

Robosrv.exe

Drives the server-side of the load simulation

Robocli.exe

Helps drive the client-side of the load simulation

Test tools

Qidle.exe

Determines if any scripts have failed and require
operator intervention

Tbscript.exe

A script interpreter that helps drive the client-side load
simulation

Help files

TBScript.doc

Terminal Server bench scripting documentation

TSScalingSetup.doc

A scalability test environment set-up guide

TSScalingTesting.doc

A testing guide


More information

Roboserver (Robosrv.exe) and Roboclient (Robocli.exe):

Terminal Server capacity planning

TSScaling:

Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Capacity and Scaling

User profile

To simulate a typical workload in the HP SBC test environment, HP used a script based on the
following Heavy User profile:

Heavy Users (also known as Structured Task Workers) tend to open multiple applications
simultaneously and remain active for long periods. Heavy Users often leave applications
open when not in use.

Table 2 outlines the activities performed by Heavy Users, which utilized Microsoft Office 2003
products.

Table 2. Activities incorporated into the test script

Activity

Description

Access

Open a database, apply a filter, search through records, add records, and delete
records.

Excel

Open, print and save a large spreadsheet.

InfoPath

Enter data

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into a form; save the form over an existing form.

Outlook

First pass: Email a short message.
Second pass: Email a reply with an attachment.

Outlook_2

Create a long reply.

PowerPoint

Create a new presentation, insert clipart, and apply animation. View the
presentation after each slide is created.

PowerPoint_2

Open and view a large presentation with heavy animation and many colors and
gradients.

Word

Create, save, print, and email a document.

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Data entry for Office InfoPath 2003 requires significant processor resources.

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