Configure IP aliases for a remote AIX location
Overview
To make it appear that a virtual user has its own IP address during a schedule run, configure IP aliases at each remote AIX location
Configure IP aliases for an AIX location
- Use the ifconfig command to create an IP alias.
For example...
# ifconfig en1 alias 9.37.207.29 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
The alias must be defined on the same subnet as the network interface.
- To have the alias created when the system starts, add the ifconfig command to the /etc/rc.net script.
- Set the schedule so that the virtual users will use the IP aliases during a run
To delete an alias...
# ifconfig en1 delete 9.37.207.29
Results
When you run the schedule, it will give the impression that the network traffic is being generated from multiple hosts.
What to do next
You can insert custom code into test to retrieve the runtime IP addresses of each virtual user.
Related tasks
Configure IP aliases for a remote Windows location Configure IP aliases for a remote Linux location Enable virtual users to use IP aliases