perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Aaron Brown <>]

Hey Roderick,

Not currently, but that will be in the 3.4 release. It’ll probably be -rc3 
before we’ll have that option for testing, though (-rc2 should be coming out 
sometime this week).

Cheers,
Aaron

On Jul 4, 2014, at 7:04 AM, Roderick Mooi 
<>
 wrote:

> Hi Aaron
> 
> Can I use the --schedule option with the mesh config? If so, how?
> 
> For e.g. can I do something like this?
> <test_spec bwctl_test>
>  type              perfsonarbuoy/bwctl  # Perform a bwctl test (i.e.
> achievable bandwidth)
>  tool              bwctl/iperf          # Use 'iperf' to do the
> bandwidh test
>  protocol          tcp                  # Run a TCP bandwidth test
>  #interval          14400                # Run the test every 4 hours
>  schedule         12:00,00:00     # Replacing interval...
>  duration          20                   # Perform a 20 second test
> </test_spec>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Roderick
> 
>>>> On 2014-05-26 at 09:03, Roderick Mooi wrote:
>> Hi Aaron!
>> 
>>> - Support --schedule mode that allows you to define a specific
> regular test 
>> schedule (e.g. --schedule 11:30,12:45) instead of the normal
> intervals
>> 
>> This is really great and a feature we've been eagerly hoping for -
> glad it's 
>> included - thanks!
>> Will the toolkit GUI support this?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Roderick
>> 
>>>>> On 2014-05-22 at 19:40, Aaron Brown 
>>>>> <>
>>>>>  wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> A new version of BWCTL is now available. BWCTL 1.5.2 is a minor
> upgrade over 
>> 
>>> the previously released version.
>>> 
>>> Some notable fixes and additions in this release:
>>> 
>>> - Use the dynamic library version of iperf3
>>> - Fix some bugs preventing owamp tests from running in parallel
>>> - Error out earlier when a test is being used with parameters that
> aren't 
>>> valid for the test
>>> - Allow nuttcp to be used in '--reverse' mode
>>> - Allow setting TOS bits for ping/traceroute tests
>>> - Allow endpoint-less mode for iperf, iperf3 and owamp tests
>>> - Support --schedule mode that allows you to define a specific
> regular test 
>>> schedule (e.g. --schedule 11:30,12:45) instead of the normal
> intervals
>>> 
>>> Those who are using the perfSONAR Toolkit, or otherwise have the
> Internet2 
>>> RPM repository enabled, can run 'yum update' to get the latest
> changes. For 
>>> those who are installing from source or prefer to install the RPMs
> manually, 
>> 
>>> the newest version can be downloaded from
> http://software.internet2.edu/ . 
>>> After installation, you will need to restart bwctld to use the new
> features. 
>> 
>>> You can do this by running “/etc/init.d/bwctld restart”.
>>> 
>>> Please let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to
> 
>>> everyone's continued feedback and support!
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> The perfSONAR-PS Development Team
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