LoadRunner Training

LoadRunner Installation

• LoadRunner architecture
• Identify hardware and software needed for installation
• How to install LoadRunner components+

VUGEN

Introduction to VUSER Concept

• Definition of Vuser
• Why VUGEN is Used
• Features of VUGEN

Streamlining Recording

• Settings to be done before recording
• Modes of recording
• Choosing the right protocol
• Types of protocol LoadRunner supports
• Single and Multiple protocols

First touch to VUGEN

• Starting VUGEN
• Understanding VUGEN Environment Options
• Choosing the right protocol
• Recording Script using VUGEN
• VUSER Script sections (Init, Action and end)
• Creating New Virtual VUSER script
• Adding and removing protocols
• Choosing New Virtual user category
• Begin Recording on your application
• Ending and saving a recording session
• Running the Created Script

Introduction to Output window in VUGEN

• Replay Log
• Recording Log
• Generation Log
• Correlation Results
• Understanding the VUSER script
• Viewing and modifying VUSER scripts
• Understanding the functions generated in the code
• Getting Help on functions
• Workflow Wizard
• Walkthrough on primary LoadRunner functions
• Recap of Steps for creating Vuser Scripts

Actions in depth

• When and how to use more than one Action
• Deleting Actions
• Rename actions
• Import Action into Vuser

Introduction to VUGEN parameters

• Definition of parameter
• Why parameterization is required
• Parameters Limitations
• Creating Parameters
• Types of parameters
• Using Existing Parameters
• Using Parameter List
• Parameterization options
• File and table type parameters
• Creating data files
• Properties of file type parameters
• Properties of table type parameters

Setting Parameters properties

• Introduction to setting parameter properties
• Setting properties for internal data parameter types
• Setting properties for user defined functions
• Choosing parameter formats

Data Assignment methods

• Sequential
• Random
• Unique

Data Update Modes

• Each Occurrence
• Each Iteration
• Once

Configuring Run time settings

• About Run time settings
• Configuring run time settings
• Configuring Pacing time settings
• Configuring Think time settings
• Configuring Log

Correlations

• Introduction to correlations
• Auto Correlation
• Wdiff Utility
• Manual Correlation

Introduction to Transactions

• What are transactions
• Why we need transactions
• How to insert transactions in the script

Introduction to content check

• Why we need Content checks
• How to use the inbuilt content checks
• How to build your own content checks

Controller

Introduction to controller

• Opening controller
• Why we need controller
• Significance of controller
• Features on controller

LoadRunner Testing Process

• Planning the test
• Creating Vuser Script
• Creating the scenario
• Running the scenario
• Monitoring the scenario
• Analyzing the scenario

Designing a scenario

• Creating a scenario
• Run scenario with sample Vuser load

Scenario types

• Manual Scenario
• Goal Oriented scenario

Introduction to Load generators

• What is load Generator
• Why we need load generators

Kinds of Scheduling Scenarios

• Schedule by scenario
• Schedule by group

Scheduling scenarios

• About scheduling scenarios
• Scheduling a scenario
• Delaying the start of scenarios
• Scheduling Vuser groups
• Adding Vuser to Scheduled scenarios

Creating and running a manual scenario

• Creating Vuser groups
• Configuring Vusers in Vuser group.
• Configuring Vuser run time settings
• Configuring scripts
• Setting time out intervals
• Configuring Scenario run time settings
• Setting the run time file location
• Specifying results location

Collating results

• Running scenarios and controlling Vusers
• Running entire scenario
• Controlling Vuser groups
• Controlling individual Vusers
• Manually adding Vuser to running scenario
• Manually adding Vuser to Rendezvous

Viewing Vusers during executions

• About viewing vusers during executions
• Monitoring Vuser status
• Viewing the output window
• Viewing Vuser script log
• Logging execution notes

Creating Goal Oriented scenario

• About planning goal oriented scenario
• Understanding goal oriented scenario design tab
• Defining scenario goals
• Assigning properties to scripts
• Configuring scripts

Monitoring and Analysis

Online Monitoring

• About Online Monitoring
• Setting up the Monitoring environment
• Monitor types
• Choosing Monitors and measurements in the controller
• Starting the monitors in the controller
• Opening online monitor graphs in the controller
• Setting monitor options