"No Agent machines matched the selection criteria" - error after adding another Agent

"No Agent machines matched the selection criteria" - error after adding another Agent

• CougarKitE

  What name/value pairs are specified on the Agent Properites dialog for each agent in your rig (select an agent in the "Admin Test Controller" dialog and click the Properties button)

  Do they match the values that appear in the test run config under "Controller and Agent"

  Are you sure you're looking at the correct test run config

  Check these values and let me know if you still need help.

  Thanks,

  Rick

  
  

• Zhila

  A common mistake (due to the misleading UI) is to put the names of the agents in the run config. If you want to run on all the agents, don't put any names in the agent selection criteria. Like Rick said, names you enter on this dialog must match agent criteria you specify in the Controller Admin | Agent Properties dialog.

  Ed.

  
  
  

• Louis Somers

  "I'm inclined to agree with Ed that there is some confusing UI text messaging. For example, when deleting a cell of a name/value pair, a dialogue pops up stating: "You specified to execute test run remotely on the local machine" (incongruent) "Are you sure you want to do that instead of just executing locally " That message lead me to believe I needed a set of name/pair values to run all agents in my rig--I was confused by how it was worded."

  This error message simply means the controller name you specified is your current local machine. Is that the case here

  James

  VSTT

  
  

• duphusMVP

  Rick Potts - MS wrote:

  What name/value pairs are specified on the Agent Properites dialog for each agent in your rig (select an agent in the "Admin Test Controller" dialog and click the Properties button) >>>IT3509/XP and QA-AGENT1/2000 Do they match the values that appear in the test run config under "Controller and Agent" >>>The name of the name/value pair match the name in the Agent Name column in the Administer Test Controller dialogue. Are you sure you're looking at the correct test run config >>>Yes, under main menu "Test"/"Select Active Test Run Config" the distributedtestrunconfig was selected. The grid contained matching name/pair values (my mistake) in the context of matching what's contained under properties in the Admin Test Controller dialogue. Check these values and let me know if you still need help. >>>Ed's post resolved the issue and I hope the added info helped frame the question a little better or that it may have provided some useful piece of info. Thanks, Rick

  What purpose does the grid in the testrunconfig editor serve for both local and remote

  I'm inclined to agree with Ed that there is some confusing UI text messaging. For example, when deleting a cell of a name/value pair, a dialogue pops up stating: "You specified to execute test run remotely on the local machine" (incongruent) "Are you sure you want to do that instead of just executing locally " That message lead me to believe I needed a set of name/pair values to run all agents in my rig--I was confused by how it was worded.

  I had installed QA-AGENT1 on a freshly imaged win2000 professional machine. I did receive an error message to update to MDAC 2.6 or higher necessary for .Net 2.0. Although I doubt it's relevent to the "No agents matched", I thought I'd mention that condition.

  Thanks,

  Bill

  
  

• AliciaV

  Yes, the controller runs on my local machine + VS runs on the same machine. The agents run remotely when using my distributed testrunconfig.
  
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