Lotus Domino Administrator 8.5 Help - N8Mail and N7Mail workloads

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N8Mail and N7Mail workloads
The N8Mail and N7Mail workloads model an active user on an IBM® Lotus® Notes® 8 client and Notes 7 client respectively, acting on an IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8 server performing the same set of calendaring and mail operations. An average user will run this script four times per hour. Each script iteration reads five documents (replying to one message every other iteration), moves one document, deletes two documents, opens and closes one database, opens, scrolls, and closes one view, sends one memo to one recipient, every other iteration sends 1 memo to three recipients, and performs name look ups on the IBM Lotus Domino Directory. Once per two hour period, the test schedules one appointment, sends one invitation to the recipients, and accepts one invitation. Messages are deposited in the SUT's mailbox. Even though this document will reference N8Mail throughout, all of the initialization and workload settings and operations are identical for the N7Mail workload.

Metrics

This test measures:

Throughput of completed IBM® Lotus® Notes® operations
Average response time at maximum capacity
Maximum number of mail users supported
The resulting capacity metric for a mail-only server is the maximum number of users that can be supported before the average user response time becomes unacceptable

Requirements

System under test (SUT)

Test Initialization

If you have not already created mail databases, do so before running the test. Use the N8Mail Initialization workload to create the mail files.

NOTES.INI settings for the N8Mail Driver

These are required variables that do not appear on the Script Variables box below:

NOTES.INI setting Description

Domain=MyDomain SUT's domain.

NB_MAIL_SAVE_MESSAGE=1 When sending a memo, save to the Sent folder.

NB_PERCENT_ATTACHEMENTS_READ=25 What percentage should be read out of all attachments encountered.

NABENTRIES=1 Number of valid users on the server.

NB_MailRealFromField=1 The Notes ID file.

MailRecipientBeginNumber=1 The Beginning of the range of users from which to choose a random recipient.

MailRecipientEndNumber=1000 The end of the range of users from which to choose a random recipient.

ContextIteration1=24 The iteration interval in which to add a calendar appointment (24 = once per 6 hour period).

ContextIteration2=24 The iteration interval in which to send a meeting invitation (24 = once per 6 hour period).

ContextIteration3=24 The iteration interval in which to respond to a calendar invite (24 = once per 6 hour period).

RUNTIME=9999 How long over all the entire test should run.

NOTES.INI settings for the N8Mail SUT

Log_MailRouting. Set to 20 for minimal logging, or to 10 for no logging (minimizes logging while testing.) Set it to 40 to display additional routing information on the console; for example, to verify that messages are being routed by the Router and MTA tasks.
ServerTasks=Replica,Router,Update,AMgr,Adminp,Sched,CalConn,RnRMgr,LDAP,HTTP
IMAP_Session_Timeout. Set to 60.

Other suggested SUT settings include:

Server_Pool_Tasks=100
Server_Max_Concurrent_Trans=100
SERVER_SHOW_PERFORMANCE=1

Server document settings for the N8Mail workload

Ensure that the Basics tab of the Server document contains these settings:

Routing tasks: Mail Routing, SMTP Mail Routing
SMTP listener task: Enabled
Fully Qualified Internet host name: servername.company.com

Be sure to enable Mail Journaling and Transaction Logging on the Server document.

Running the N8Mail or N7Mail workload

1. Make sure that you already completed the procedure to run the N8Mail Initialization workload.

2. On the SUT, do the following:

Start the Calendar Connector task (Calconn).
In the Configuration Settings document on the Router/SMTP Basics tab, set the field "Number of mailboxes" to 2 or higher.

3. In the Test Type field, choose Built-In, and then choose N8Mail Workload or N7Mail Workload test from the list.

4. Click the Test Parameters tab. If you are running the test on multiple clients, increment the value of the Starting Thread No. parameter when you run the test on each client.

5. Click the Script Variables tab, and enter these values:

Variable Action

MailServer Enter the canonical name of the mail server -- for example, CN=MailServer1/O=Acme.

nb_dbdir Enter a database directory relative to the Notes data directory. Recommended value is mail\.

MailTemplate Enter the name of the mail file template.

NB_N8_NUM_READ_ENTRIES/
NB_N7_NUM_READ_ENTRIES
Number of entries to read (Notes 8 or Notes 7, depends on which workload is selected.)

%NUMCALENTRIES% Set by LocateCalNote, but for init purposes, set to 0.

NB_ReplyNthIteration When reading notes, how often, based on iteration, to reply to one message.

NB_Memo1NumRecipients The number of recipients for the first memo.

NB_Memo1NthIteration How often to send first memo.

NB_Memo2NumRecipients The number of recipients for the second memo.

NB_Memo2NthIteration How often to send second memo.

NB_InvtNumRecipients Number of Recipients for sending an invite.

ScriptIterationLimit Enter the number of times the outer loop of the test script runs. Recommended value is 1. This value must match the value in the Script Loop Count field on the Test Parameters tab.

6. (Optional) Click the Stop Conditions tab to set a stop condition.

7. Click Execute.

8. (Optional) Select metrics to monitor.

9. (Optional) In the "Server to receive console commands" field, enter the name of the SUT.

10. Click Start Test.

Related topics

N8Mail Initialization workload

Setting a Server.Load stop condition

Monitoring Server.Load metrics

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NOTES.INI setting	Description
Domain=MyDomain	SUT's domain.
NB_MAIL_SAVE_MESSAGE=1	When sending a memo, save to the Sent folder.
NB_PERCENT_ATTACHEMENTS_READ=25	What percentage should be read out of all attachments encountered.
NABENTRIES=1	Number of valid users on the server.
NB_MailRealFromField=1	The Notes ID file.
MailRecipientBeginNumber=1	The Beginning of the range of users from which to choose a random recipient.
MailRecipientEndNumber=1000	The end of the range of users from which to choose a random recipient.
ContextIteration1=24	The iteration interval in which to add a calendar appointment (24 = once per 6 hour period).
ContextIteration2=24	The iteration interval in which to send a meeting invitation (24 = once per 6 hour period).
ContextIteration3=24	The iteration interval in which to respond to a calendar invite (24 = once per 6 hour period).
RUNTIME=9999	How long over all the entire test should run.

Variable	Action
MailServer	Enter the canonical name of the mail server -- for example, CN=MailServer1/O=Acme.
nb_dbdir	Enter a database directory relative to the Notes data directory. Recommended value is mail\.
MailTemplate	Enter the name of the mail file template.
NB_N8_NUM_READ_ENTRIES/ NB_N7_NUM_READ_ENTRIES	Number of entries to read (Notes 8 or Notes 7, depends on which workload is selected.)
%NUMCALENTRIES%	Set by LocateCalNote, but for init purposes, set to 0.
NB_ReplyNthIteration	When reading notes, how often, based on iteration, to reply to one message.
NB_Memo1NumRecipients	The number of recipients for the first memo.
NB_Memo1NthIteration	How often to send first memo.
NB_Memo2NumRecipients	The number of recipients for the second memo.
NB_Memo2NthIteration	How often to send second memo.
NB_InvtNumRecipients	Number of Recipients for sending an invite.
ScriptIterationLimit	Enter the number of times the outer loop of the test script runs. Recommended value is 1. This value must match the value in the Script Loop Count field on the Test Parameters tab.