When ever you run a scenario and that is for set of Hrs and set of mins, and you may observe that your VUsers are not dropping after this time, or they seem to be stalled in gradual exiting state,the reasons behind this are
1.Think Time: If your scripts are having exceedingly large think times, and your run time settings allow a 50 to 150% of recorded think time, these scripts will continue to execute till they have a controlled exit even after the stipulated schedule.so this may be a cause
2.Pacing – Your Transactions Per Second is what your pacing is. If your scripts have reached an execution state just before the end of the run, these executions will continue to run till they have a controlled exit. You might want to adjust the pacing accordingly to achieve exact Transactions Per Second you are looking for..so this may be a cause
1.Think Time: If your scripts are having exceedingly large think times, and your run time settings allow a 50 to 150% of recorded think time, these scripts will continue to execute till they have a controlled exit even after the stipulated schedule.so this may be a cause
2.Pacing – Your Transactions Per Second is what your pacing is. If your scripts have reached an execution state just before the end of the run, these executions will continue to run till they have a controlled exit. You might want to adjust the pacing accordingly to achieve exact Transactions Per Second you are looking for..so this may be a cause
3.Load generators: Check the health of your load generators. If your load generators are fighting for resources, this may cause unforeseen consequences on your schedule..so this may be a cause
if you are only looking out for the constant 1 hr run and ignore ramp up and ramp down schemes, you may with out any problem force stop the users. But, in case of tests where you want to look out for the resource handling, ramp down is a very important step and you may not want to force stop these users.
if you are only looking out for the constant 1 hr run and ignore ramp up and ramp down schemes, you may with out any problem force stop the users. But, in case of tests where you want to look out for the resource handling, ramp down is a very important step and you may not want to force stop these users.