如何安装用于Microsoft Test Manager的自定义诊断数据适配器？

Question

I'm using Microsoft Test Manager to do some automated testing using lab environments. I'd like to take advantage of choosing a data adapter in the test settings, so I created my own going off of the MSDN documentation: How to: Create a Diagnostic Data Adapter

MSDN says to copy the resulting built files to the target machine as described here: How to: Install a Custom Diagnostic Data Adapter . I did this; however, the directory they specified didn't exist, so I created it with the same name.

The directory I copied my files to was:

Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\\Common7\\IDE\\PrivateAssemblies\\DataCollectors

Now, I did this on both my local machine and my target machine, yet Microsoft Test Manager doesn't recognize its existence in the "test settings". Is it just supposed to automatically appear? Unfortunately, the documentation doesn't provide much detail.

I'm wondering if the reason MTM doesn't recognize the data adapter is because the directory "PrivateAssemblies\\DataCollectors" didn't exist previously before I created it.

Has anyone been able to create a data adapter and get it working and recognized in MTM?

Answer 1

I'm using custom data adapter and all I had to do to install it was to copy the dll into the folder mentioned by MSDN.

Can you see other data adapters (shipped with MTM) in Test Settings ?

The dlls for these data adapters are also located in the directory you are missing on your machine.

If you can see these data adapters then try to find following dll on your machine:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.DataCollection.EventLog.dll

Just in case they have been installed in another folder for any reason.