LoadRunner Training

Performance Testing Concepts

• What, Why and How Performance Testing
• Types of Performance Testing
• Important Terminologies of Performance Testing
• Performance Testing Life Cycle

LoadRunner Installation

• LoadRunner architecture
• Where to install LoadRunner Components
• Identify hardware and software needs for installation

Major Topics – VuGen

Introducing VuGen

• Define VuGen
• Identify the main components of the VuGen Interface
• Experience the new look and feel of VuGen UI

Recording for the Web

• Describe the main VuGen UI
• Use the Protocol Advisor
• Create VuGen Scripts by recording user Steps
• Identify the differences between the HTML and URL recording levels
• Save Scripts
• Create Business Process Reports

Replaying Scripts

• Identify and configure the appropriate web runtime settings for reply
• Replay the script in VuGen to verify script functionality
• Recognize the tools available in VuGen

Inserting Transactions

• Importance of Transaction function in a script
• Inserting Transaction during and after recording

Parameterizing a Script

• Importance of Parameterization and how they work
• Solve playback problems with parameterization

Verifying Script

• Recognize why and when to use verification
• Identify visual cues to check for during load testing
• Add Text Checkpoints during and after recording

Creating Actions

• Create Actions for a Web Script
• Configure Actions to achieve load testing goals

Using the Editor

• Work with the editor
• Send customized output messages to the Replay log
• Identify basic C code including statements, variables and functions
• Apply basic debugging techniques in VuGen

Advance Scripting Techniques

• Recognize general LoadRunner Functions
• Recognize protocol specific functions

Auto Correlations After Recording

• Work with Correlation Studio
• Correlation dynamic values found by using the Auto Correlation tool

Manual Correlation

• Manually inserting web_reg_save_param correlation function
• Manually insert web_reg_save_param_regexp correlation function
• Parameterize the dynamic value in a script
• Correlate a script manually by using Wdiff

Auto Correlation during Recording

• Create correlation rules to auto correlate during recording
• Import and export correlation rules

Controller and Analysis

Introduction

• Need for Load testing
• Describing various types of Performance test objectives
• Identify the steps of the LoadRunner methodology
• Defining the tem “Scenario” in the context of LoadRunner
• Identify strategies for creating effective scenarios

Planning an Effective Load Test

• Define measurable goals for testing
• Gather information before testing
• Document and organize system information

Creating a Scenario

• Explain elements of LoadRunner Scenario
• Identify different types of scenario
• How to choose the scenario
• Present the basic steps for creating a scenario

Using Runtime Settings

• Difference between Script and Scenario Run-Time Settings
• Configure Runtime Settings in Controller

Scenario Execution

• Prepare a Scenario Run
• Identify techniques for running a Scenario efficiently

Scheduling Scenarios

• Difference between Scheduling by Scenario and by Group
• Configure Scenario start time
• Explain Real-world Schedule and Basic Schedule
• Manage Schedules through the actions grid
• Manage Schedule through the scenario interactive graph

Performance Monitors

• Importance of Performance monitors
• Select performance monitors to achieve load test goals
• Add measurements for performance-based goals

Server Monitoring and Identifying Bottlenecks

• Configuration of Servers and Monitoring
• IIS, Weblogic
• SQL Server
• Oracle
• OS Resources
  • UNIX and Windows
  • Identifying Application related Bottlenecks and Server side Bottlenecks

Analysis

• Work with the Graphs to Display Data
• Analyzing Client Side and Server Side Graphs
• Granularity, Merging , Correlating the Graphs

Reporting

• How to prepare HTML Reports
• How to prepare Performance test reports using word
• How to compare the graphs with baseline graphs
• How to write recommendation after performance test

WHO CAN LEARN?

Any software tester / developer, mobile application testers / developers and IT professionals  can learn loadrunner performance testing.