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Test Tool Overview

The SiteMinder Test Tool is a utility that simulates the interaction between Agents and Policy Servers. It tests the functionality of the Policy Server. During testing, the Test Tool acts as the Agent, making the same requests to the Policy Server as a real Agent. This allows you to test your SiteMinder configuration before deploying it.

The SiteMinder Test Tool is only available on Windows systems. It can be used to emulate Windows-based Web Agents and RADIUS Agents without limitations. The SiteMinder Test Tool can create connections with any Policy Server on all platforms, however, post 4.x Web Agents on Solaris cannot be tested with the SiteMinder Test Tool. To test policies for SiteMinder 5.x and later Web Agents, do one of the following:

• Use the Perl scripting interface for Web Agent registration and testing.
• Install and configure the SiteMinder Web Agent and test it manually.

The SiteMinder Test Tool performs three types of tests:

• Functionality

  Tests policies to ensure they are configured correctly.

• Regression

  Tests whether or not changes, such as migrating a policy store or implementing a new feature, affect SiteMinder.

• Stress

  Tests the performance of the Policy Server as it receives multiple requests.

Note: You can also test policies using the Scripting Interface. See the Programming Guide for Perl.