Patent ID: 8020044
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: maintaining at a central repository a set of test scripts, the set of test scripts including a plurality of test scripts for allocation to a plurality of test machines; receiving, at the central repository, a first request for a first test script task from a first test machine of the plurality of test machines; determining, by the central repository, whether each test script within the set of test scripts has been allocated; if each test script of the plurality of test scripts has not been allocated, determining which first unallocated test script to allocate to the first test machine; upon determining which first unallocated test script to allocate to the first test machine, allocating a first test script task to the first test machine, the first test script task including the first unallocated test script; identifying, by the central repository, the first unallocated test script as an allocated test script in the set of test scripts; periodically receiving, at the central repository, a signal from the first test machine confirming continued proper operation of the first test machine; upon determining that the first test machine is not operating properly, identifying, by the central repository, the first unallocated test script as an unallocated test script in the set of test scripts; allocating a second test script task to a second test machine, the second test script task including the first unallocated test script.