Devtest Upgrade to v10.xX

Products

• CA Cloud Test Mobile
• CA Application Test

Issue/Introduction

We are currently using 10.1 and planning to upgrade to 10.6.

Below are the system specifications:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.10 (Santiago)
• Kernel Release:        2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64
• HWaddr:                00:50:56:9B:27:9C
• Architecture:          x86_64
• CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
• Byte Order:            Little Endian
• CPU(s):                8
• On-line CPU(s) list:   0-7
• Thread(s) per core:    1
• Core(s) per socket:    1
• Socket(s):             8
• NUMA node(s):          1
• Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
• CPU family:            6
• Model:                 45
• Model name:            Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30GHz
• Stepping:              2
• CPU MHz:               2294.686
• BogoMIPS:              4589.37
• Hypervisor vendor:     VMware
• Virtualization type:   full
• L1d cache:             32K
• L1i cache:             32K
• L2 cache:              256K
• L3 cache:              46080K
• NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-7

• MemTotal:       16335740 kB
• MemFree:          604928 kB

 

We plan to use virtual services for load/performance tests as well.
Do the above-mentioned specs suffice for Devtest 10.6? Or do you recommend any upgrades?

 

Cause

NA

Environment

Devtest 10.X
Lisa
SVR

Resolution

You can review the system requirements below:
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/devops/devtest-solutions/10-6/installing/preinstallation/system-requirements.html

I would also suggest you review the Server components and make sure the number of systems you have is enough.
it is not recommended to run all components on a single server.
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/devops/devtest-solutions/10-6/installing/preinstallation/devtest-server-components.html

Generally speaking, a minimum of 3 servers is suggested for a production environment.

 

Additional Information

Some other links I thought might help as well.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/devops/devtest-solutions/10-6/installing/installing-and-configuring-devtest-server/post-installation/sample-performance-benchmarks-for-basic-service-virtualization.html

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/devops/devtest-solutions/10-5/using/using-service-virtualization/using-devtest-portal-with-service-virtualization/deploy-virtual-services.html

transactions per second / 1000) * Average Think Time in ms * (Think Scale / 100)

KB https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=187023

Broadcom community link https://community.broadcom.com/enterprisesoftware/viewdocument/devtest-solutions-upgrade-center?CommunityKey=94bda077-625b-4914-8ac3-c88a06c2cc23&tab=librarydocuments.

This is the Upgrade Center for SV - Great Doc to share with customers on Best Practices for DevTest Upgrades.