Loadrunner Course Bootcamp

Loadrunner Online Training

Course Content:

LoadRunner Installation:

• LoadRunner architecture
• Where to install LoadRunner components
• Identify hardware and software needed for installation
• Installing Loadrunner samples.

VUGEN:

Introduction to VUSER Concept:

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

Streamlining Recording:

• Settings to be done before recording
• Modes of recording
• Choosing the right protocol
• Types of protocol loadrunner supports
• Single and Multiple protocols
• When and how to use more than one Action
• Deleting Action

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 few 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
• Pacing run time settings
• Configuring Log run time settings
• Configuring Think time settings

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
• Delaying the start of scenarios
• Scheduling a scenario
• 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