Why use SiteScope with LoadRunner?

Disclaimer! I’m not doing some sales talk here to get you buying the product nor getting paid for writing this post; just sharing my opinion on the usage of the tool with LoadRunner. Anyway, Sitecope comes together with LoadRunner in every DVD copy the vendor issued. It is part of the additional component of the LoadRunner product (look under “Additional Components” in the installation). SiteScope 8.5 comes together with LoadRunner 9.0. Read the rest of this entry »

Implementing SiteScope with LoadRunner

For every LoadRunner installation CDs/DVDs, a reduced version of SiteScope is provided in the “Additional Component” folder. Locate and run the SiteScope installer to install SiteScope.

Before we start (running the installer), lets get some basic understanding of how SiteScope works. For SiteScope to integrate with LoadRunner or communicate as per say, it’s very simple. SiteScope has a default port 8888 that displays the collected monitoring data as a XML page, and what LoadRunner does (same concept behind native monitors, refer to “How does the monitoring work in LoadRunner?“), is to retrieve the statistics off the SiteScope XML page via port 8888. Read the rest of this entry »

Configuring Real User Behavior in LoadRunner – Time

In Loadrunner, there are features to emulate real user behavior and in today’s article, we will briefly touch on the type of configuration/techniques available. Take note that we are not covering the emulation of locality and network-related issues. These will be covered in subsequent articles. Configurables for user behavior in Vugen are as followed: Read the rest of this entry »

Virtualized LoadRunner?

Frequently, we do find questions relating to virtualizing the LoadRunner tool. Virtualization is becoming and had become a popular tool to leverage on the limited resources and allowed remote access the machines. Is LoadRunner suitable to work in a virtualized environment such as VMWare? What is the support level and compatibility with LoadRunner? Read the rest of this entry »

4 Points to note for Scenario Execution!

Points to note prior or during the scenario execution. This will save you unnecessary trouble looking at logs and reconfiguring the environment

1. First, ensure the environment for load testing is consistent for all participating machines (ie. Controller and Load Generators). As the scripts are sent to the Load Generator to be executed, it must have the same environmental settings of the recorded scripts (in VuGen). For example, if the script was recorded in RMI-Java, JDK 1.4 exists on the machine that performed the recording. In the same context, the Load Generator will also require the JDK 1.4 to be installed on it for the script to execute properly. Therefore, ensure JDK versions are installed and similar to the recording machine. Read the rest of this entry »