NetPerfTest Tool(s)

Description

NetPerfTest is a collection of tools used to generate tests, run tests and collect network configuration, and performance statistics for diagnosis of networking performance issues.

Pre-Requisites

The goal here is to collect networking perf stats involving the Source and Destination machines that are needing diagnosis. To accomplish this, we will leverage multiple Powershell scripts. In order to be able to run Powershell scripts, we must set the powershell Execution Policy

Powershell.exe Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Force

Commands Generation

Now that our pre-requisites have been met, we can start the testing process. First, we must generate a bunch of relevant networking tests between these machines. Create a folder that will hold the output of these scripts, say: C:\Temp\MyDirectoryForTesting. Now that the folder is created, we're ready to generate the commands using the PERFTEST cmdlet :

.\PERFTEST.PS1 -DestIp DestinationMachineIP -SrcIP SourceMachineIP -OutDir "C:\Temp\MyDirectoryForTesting"

Note that the PERFTEST cmdlet generate the commands under a subdirectory msdbg.CurrentMachineName.perftest

The default configuration for the commands are outlined in Toolname.Config.json. If you would like you use a different configuration, pass in the name of the configuration. If you would like to make your own configuration, the name of the configuration must start with the toolname and can be added to the respective json file. Refer to Toolname.Config.md for more information on creating json configs.

.\PERFTEST.PS1 -DestIp DestinationMachineIP -SrcIP SourceMachineIP -OutDir "C:\Temp\MyDirectoryForTesting" -Config 'Detail'

Setup

Before proceeding to run the commands/tests that were generated above, we must enable Powershell Remoting. To setup the machine(s), please run the following command on each machine you wish to test (example: Destination and Source machine)

SetupTearDown.ps1 -Setup

We also have a cleanup script that we recommend you run after collecting the results (more on that below, in the Cleanup section)

Running the tool, collecting results

We are now at the phase where we will run the tests against the Source and Destination Machines and collect results for offline troubleshooting. The scripts use Powershell Remoting to kick off commands on the two machines to perform the networking tests. You will need to provide the same Source and Destination IPs as you did for commands generation. In addition you must provide the path to the directory of commands that was generated in the Commands Generation phase above. Ex: msdbg.CurrentMachineName.perftest

RunPerfTool was created as a powershell module with the idea of flexibility with its invocation (invoking from another script versus standalone invocations, etc)

We will thus need to import the Module like this: Import-Module -Force .\runPerftool.psm1 We will then invoke a single function in this module that will process all the commands and run them and gather the results. For further help with this function, run Get-Help ProcessCommands

The command to run tests is:

ProcessCommands -DestIp DestinationMachineIP -SrcIp SourceMachineIP -CommandsDir C:\Temp\MyDirectoryForTesting\msdbg.CurrentMachineName.perftest -SrcIpUserName SrcDomain\SrcUserName -DestIpUserName DestDomain\DestUserName

You will be prompted for password for both credentials. It is a Secure-string so your password will not be displayed or stored in clear text at any point.

Import-Module -Force .\runPerftool.psm1
ProcessCommands -DestIp DestinationMachineIP -SrcIp SourceMachineIP -CommandsDir C:\Temp\MyDirectoryForTesting\msdbg.CurrentMachineName.perftest -SrcIpUserName SrcDomain\SrcUserName -DestIpUserName DestDomain\DestUserName
For further help run 
Get-Help ProcessCommands

Once the script is complete, you should see the zip files from DestinationMachineIp and SourceMachineIP machines under the CommandsDir folder you specified (ex: C:\Temp\MyDirectoryForTesting\msdbg.CurrentMachineName.perftest)

At this point you are done! Don't forget to share the folder contents and run Cleanup step below.

Cleanup

After finishing running the relevant tests, it is recommended to run the cleanup script to undo the steps that were done in the Setup stage. To cleanup the machine(s), run the following command on each machine you leveraged for testing (Destination and Source machine)

SetupTearDown.ps1 -Cleanup

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