Pega agents 8.1
We monitor if Pega OOTB agents run on our intranet- and/or webnodes according to a configuration file with each agent in it and a true/false whether it should run.
We've recently upgraded to Pega 8.1 (on OTA) and I now I would like to know if agents should run:
- on all nodes
- only on intranet nodes
- only on web nodes
I've created an excel document (see attachment) with all Pega 8.1 agents and in the last column (All/intranet/web nodes) we've entered what we think is right.
Can you share your comments on our first guesses?
And a 2nd, related, question:
Can we configure the 2 test agents to run on all environments? Assuming that they'll never run on a production (level 5) environment?
- Pega-AutoTest:RunRecursiveTestSuites
- Pega-AutoTest:RunTestSuitesFromAgent
***Edited by Moderator Marissa to update SR Details***
Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Which prpc version was used before upgrade to 8.1 ? How are you mapping agents to run on a intranet or web node ? Are you enabling/disabling agent using nodeId based Data-Agent-Queue ?
In your case , are the intranet nodes dedicated to run agents/background tasks, so as to improve performance of web nodes ?
If you think that web nodes should not be loaded with background tasks, you can run those agents on only intranet nodes, else agents can be run on all nodes .
By Using node classification, you can get rid of your configuration file and OOTB agents are designed by associating them with nodetype , based on the task performed by OOTB agent.
Regarding your 2nd question :
The agents Pega-AutoTest:RunRecursiveTestSuites , Pega-AutoTest:RunTestSuitesFromAgent are designed not to run on production environment. So you can run them on all nodes. They skip/abort run in production environment by verifying the value of pxProcess.pyProductionLevel, so make sure your production system nodes has 5 as the pxProcess.pyProductionLevel.
Rabobank Nederland
NL
Which prpc version was used before upgrade to 8.1 ?
JdK: 7.3.0
How are you mapping agents to run on a intranet or web node ? Are you enabling/disabling agent using nodeId based Data-Agent-Queue ?
JdK: we don't use nodeId based on Data-Agent-Queue. We use a configuration file that defines for each agent if it should run true/false. We use different conf. files for intranet- and web nodes.
In your case , are the intranet nodes dedicated to run agents/background tasks, so as to improve performance of web nodes ?
JdK: yes, this is the case.
If you think that web nodes should not be loaded with background tasks, you can run those agents on only intranet nodes, else agents can be run on all nodes .
Which prpc version was used before upgrade to 8.1 ?
JdK: 7.3.0
How are you mapping agents to run on a intranet or web node ? Are you enabling/disabling agent using nodeId based Data-Agent-Queue ?
JdK: we don't use nodeId based on Data-Agent-Queue. We use a configuration file that defines for each agent if it should run true/false. We use different conf. files for intranet- and web nodes.
In your case , are the intranet nodes dedicated to run agents/background tasks, so as to improve performance of web nodes ?
JdK: yes, this is the case.
If you think that web nodes should not be loaded with background tasks, you can run those agents on only intranet nodes, else agents can be run on all nodes .
By Using node classification, you can get rid of your configuration file and OOTB agents are designed by associating them with nodetype , based on the task performed by OOTB agent.
JdK: thanks for the information. Sounds like a solution we can use at some point.
Regarding your 2nd question :
The agents Pega-AutoTest:RunRecursiveTestSuites , Pega-AutoTest:RunTestSuitesFromAgent are designed not to run on production environment. So you can run them on all nodes. They skip/abort run in production environment by verifying the value of pxProcess.pyProductionLevel, so make sure your production system nodes has 5 as the pxProcess.pyProductionLevel.
JdK: Ok, tx.