An agent is a separate program that works in conjunction with the JavaTest harness to run tests on a system other than the one that is running the JavaTest harness.
Depending on your test suite, agents are typically used to run tests on small devices that do not support online help.
You can either use custom agents or the agent provided with the JavaTest harness. The topics in this chapter describe how to configure and run the agent provided with the JavaTest harness. If you are using a custom agent, refer to your test suite documentation for a description of how to configure and run it.
To run tests using an agent on a test system, perform the following:
This chapter contains the following sections: