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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2002
Narendra Patil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Narendra Patil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Optimyz Software, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically managing a distributed software test execution, management and reporting system that includes a network of test computers for executing a plurality of test jobs and at least one client computer for controlling the test computers is disclosed. The method and system include providing the test computers with a service program for automatically registering availability of the computer and the attributes of the computer with the client computer. The execution requirements of each test job are compared with the attributes associated with the available computers, and the test jobs are dispatched to the computers having matching attributes. The method and system further include providing the service programs with a heartbeat function such that the service programs transmit signals at predefined intervals over the network to indicate activity of each test job running on the corresponding computer. The client computer monitors the signals from the service programs and determines that a failure has occurred for a particular test job when the corresponding signal is undetected. The client then automatically notifies the user when a failure has been detected.