Posted: April 28th, 2008 | Author: TnT Admin | Filed under: How-Tos | Tags: LoadRunner, Monitoring, MySQL, SiteScope | No Comments »
In LoadRunner (as of this writing which is version 9.0), the supported databases that can be monitored are mainly proprietary, such as, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Sybase and DB2. Open sources such as MySQL are not supported. In order to monitor this type of databases, we have to employ alternative methods. And one of it, is to utilize SiteScope.
MySQL database monitoring will require SiteScope to be deployed acting as a bridging collector before it can be displayed in LoadRunner. The connection is illustrated in the following. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 22nd, 2008 | Author: TnT Admin | Filed under: Concepts | Tags: LoadRunner, SiteScope | No Comments »
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 »
Posted: April 22nd, 2008 | Author: TnT Admin | Filed under: Concepts | Tags: LoadRunner, SiteScope | 7 Comments »
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 »
Posted: April 21st, 2008 | Author: TnT Admin | Filed under: Errors | Tags: Errors, SiteScope | No Comments »
Warning:
The installer has detected a system restart is required.
Click Cancel to exit the installation. After restarting the system, run the installation again.
Lately, I’ve encountered this problem while installing my SiteScope version 8.5 as the monitoring mechanism for my LoadRunner. I couldn’t find any information relating to it and so, logged a support case with HP Support. Below is the screenshot of the warning. Click on image to enlarge. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 21st, 2008 | Author: TnT Admin | Filed under: Products | Tags: Products, SiteScope | No Comments »
HP SiteScope is an agentless monitoring solution which is designed to ensure and performance distributed IT infrastructures, such as servers, OS, network services, applications, and application components. This web-based infrastructure monitoring solution is lightweight, highly customizable, and does not require that data collection agents be installed on the production systems. (Source: Business Technology Optimization) Read the rest of this entry »