Automated context-sensitive operating system switch

A computer-implemented method for testing a system under test (“SUT”), comprising:

• forwarding, from a test sequencer running on a server to a test listener running on the SUT, command messages, each command message comprising a command to be executed on the SUT and an identification of an operating system required for executing the command;
• and
• triggering, by the test listener, a reboot of a currently-running operating system of the SUT, upon detecting that the operating system identified in a next-executable forwarded command message is different from the currently-running operating system.

A computer-implemented method for testing a system under test (“SUT”), comprising:

• forwarding, from a test sequencer running on a server to a test listener running on the SUT, command messages, each command message comprising a command to be executed on the SUT and an identification of an operating system required for executing the command, such that a reboot of a currently-running operating system of the SUT will be triggered, by the test listener, upon detecting that the operating system identified in a next-executable forwarded command message is different from the currently-running operating system.

A computer-implemented method for testing a system under test (“SUT”), comprising:

• triggering, by a test listener running on the SUT, a reboot of a currently-running operating system of the SUT, upon (1) evaluating a command message forwarded to the test listener from a test sequencer running on a server, the command message comprising a command to be executed on the SUT and an identification of an operating system required for executing the command, and (2) detecting that the operating system identified in the forwarded command message is different from the currently-running operating system.

A computer program product comprising at least one computer-usable media storing computer-readable program code, wherein the computer-readable program code, when executed on a system under test (“SUT”), causes the SUT to:

• trigger, by a test listener running on the SUT, a reboot of a currently-running operating system of the SUT, upon (1) evaluating a command message forwarded to the test listener from a test sequencer running on a server, the command message comprising a command to be executed on the SUT and an identification of an operating system required for executing the command, and (2) detecting that the operating system identified in the forwarded command message is different from the currently-running operating system.