Can we explictly control the agent state as well? Say I want to test VM HA, Can I be able to set the host status to be disconnected and then verify that VM's on the host gets migrated?
On 01/04/14 5:47 PM, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: >The current simulator provides a way to test various Cloudstack features >without using actual resources. But its current capabilities are limited >since it only allows success response for all agent commands and some >ability to introduce delays. I am proposing some enhancements to the >simulator [1] based on which test developers can write end-to-end tests >for scenarios which were earlier not possible. Some examples would be VM >deployment failure (due to storage/network failure), VM deployment retry >logic, user VM HA etc. > >In the current set of automation tests mostly positive scenarios are >tested as it is very complex to test negative scenarios with real >hardware. With the ability to simulate failure, negative scenarios can be >tested in an effective manner. Negative test scenarios will also help in >improving the overall code coverage of the tests. > >Please share your feedback/comments. > >Thanks, >Koushik > >[1] >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Simulator+enhanceme >nts >
