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GenericP program

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Who Is It For? Automation Engineer

What is it?​

The agent installation provides a test program called genericp.exe. By default, this program sleeps for five seconds and ends with an exit code of zero. The sleep time and exit code are adjustable with parameters.

  • Simulate a running job with a configurable sleep time and exit code
  • Test agent connectivity, failure criteria, and job dependencies without production jobs

SMA provides three executables for testing. Use the appropriate program for the hardware platform:

  • genericp.exe: Use on Windows 32-bit operating systems.
  • genericpX64.exe: Use on Windows 64-bit operating systems and extensions of the x86 architecture. (This is a 64-bit superset of the x86 instruction set architecture and refers to both AMD and Intel.)

When to use​

  • When verifying that the Windows Agent is correctly configured and can start and report job completion before deploying production jobs.
  • When testing failure criteria or job dependency logic in OpCon using a controlled exit code.

Benefits​

  • Tests agent configuration without placing real workloads at risk if the agent is misconfigured.
  • Provides a reliable, repeatable job for validating OpCon notifications, dependencies, and failure criteria before production jobs are deployed.

Syntax​

genericp [-t] [-e]
  • [-t]: Time in seconds (maximum 2,147,483 seconds — about 24 days).
  • [-e]: Decimal integer exit code.
Example

The following sleeps for 30 seconds and then ends with an exit code of 1:

genericp -t30 -e1