The Set Options Button

From the Set Options window, you can set the global SunVTS kernel and test options for Thresholds, Notify, Schedule, Test execution, and Advanced. See Figure 4-29 for an overview of these options.

To Use the Set Options Button

1. Click the Set Options button to display the SunVTS Options window.

2. Drag to highlight and select from the various options, and click Apply. (See Figure 4-29 and Table 4-7 for a complete list and description of each available option)

   Figure 4-29 OPEN LOOK Options Windows

   
   
   Table 4-7 OPEN LOOK Global Options Menu

   Global Options	System Option	Description
   Thresholds	Max System Passes	States the maximum number of system passes before stopping all tests (0 causes the SunVTS kernel to run the tests until you click the Stop button)
   	Max System Errors	States the maximum number of system errors before SunVTS stops all tests (0 causes the SunVTS kernel to continue testing regardless of errors)
   	Max System Time	Specifies the maximum number of minutes that SunVTS continues testing (0 makes the SunVTS kernel run the selected tests until you click the Stop button)
   Notify	Send Email	Determines when and if you want the test status messages sent to you by email. From this menu, you can choose:  - Disabled (never send email)  - Now (send email immediately)  - On Error (send email when an error occurs)  - Periodically (send email with a time period set in the Log Period option) - On Error & Periodically (send email periodically as well as when an error occurs)
   	Email Address	Indicates the email address where the test status messages are sent (the address is root by default)
   	Log Period	Specifies the time in minutes, between sending test status email messages
   Schedule	Auto Start	Eliminates the need to use the Start button to start a SunVTS testing session. To use this option:  1. Enable the Auto Start setting.  2. Save the System options and Test options to an option file (see "To Use the Option Files Button" for more information). 3. Starts SunVTS from the command line, specifying the option file. SunVTS begins testing soon after the main window is displayed.
   	Single Pass	Runs only one pass of each selected test
   	System Concurrency	Sets the maximum number of test instances that can be run concurrently in the machine being tested
   	Group Concurrency	Sets the number of tests you want to run at the same time in the same group
   Test Execution	Stress	The amount of stress can be tuned by the number of test instances you select
   	Verbose	Displays verbose messages in the SunVTS Console window
   	Core File	Creates a core file. If the <SunVTS bin> directory is writable; core.<testname>.xxxxxx is the core file name, where <testname> is the test that dumped core, and where xxxxxx is a character string generated by the system in order to make the file name unique. When Core File is disabled, a message is displayed and logged, indicating the signal that caused the failure; see "The Log Files Button" for more information
   	Run On Error	Continues testing until the Max Errors number is reached
   	Max Passes	Specifies the maximum number of passes a test can run
   	Max Errors	States the maximum number of allowable errors before stopping the test (0 makes the SunVTS kernel continue testing regardless of errors)
   	Max Time	States the time limit (in minutes), a test can run (0 = no limit)
   	Number of Instances	Specifies the number of instances to run each scalable test
   	Processor Affinity	Only available on multiprocessor systems; use to specify on which processor you want to run all tests. To select the specific processor, click the number. If no processor is specified, the operating system randomly distributes testing among all the processors. Note that when you use random distribution, you cannot verify that all processors have been tested.
   Advanced	System Override	Supersedes the specific group and test options in favor of the options in this window; sets the options on the test group and test option menus    Note: To save a set of options, use the Option Files window described in "To Use the Option Files Button"
   	Group Override	Supersedes the specific test options in favor of the group options in this window
   	Group Lock	Protects the specific group options from being changed in this window from the options set at the system level (the System Override option supersedes this option)
   	Test Lock	Protects the specific test options from being changed in this window from options set at the group or system level (the System Override and Group Override options supersede this option)