I have a build definition (defn) which supports multiple build engines. When the defn is run within the client, the user can choose Build Options->Build Engine->Browse from the Request Build dialog panel then select which build engine they desire to use. In most cases we do NOT want the first available from the pool of build engines but want the task to execute on a specific OS, such as Solaris, AIX, Itanium, or Windows.  We are using RTC v3.0.1.1.

I am trying to get a similar behavior when using the ANT build toolkit tasks, but find no (documented) way to do this. The user properties of the defn (and the buildLabelPrefix) can be readily changed using overridePropertiesFile with the requestTeamBuild task, but is there a property that can be set to declare the Build Engine for a requested build definition? For example we want to start the defn using the Windows build engine to kick off a windows regression test. If I am able to select the Build Engine from within the client, I should be offered similar functionality from the requestTeamBuild (or startTeamBuild) tasks.

An alternative would be to create a separate build definition for each Build Engine, but that seems rather inefficient as the only difference in the request is the Build Engine (besides clogging up the Builds section in the client with many similar named build defns as it doesn't support Folders).

Any help would be appreciated!