| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
|
| |
CERTIFICATION PREPARATION FOR HP LOAD RUNNER9.2 - HP0M18 |
|
|
|
| |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
Overview HP Load Runner is a load testing product that determines applicationscalability, behavior, and performance. It emulates thousands of virtual users, and identifies and isolates performance bottlenecks across and within each tier. |
| |
| This course teaches students the fundamentals of performance testing using Load Runner. By the completion of this course, students will be able to utilize Load Runner’s features to automate performance / load tests. |
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| |
This Course teaches you to |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
| |
- Discuss the value of load testing
- Plan for effective load testing
- Establish load test goals
- Run load test scenarios
- Load and overload when executing scenarios
- Analyze and interpret load test results Prerequisites
- Knowledge of the Windows 2000 or Windows NT interface and environment
- High-level knowledge of the Web and or client/server environment
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
| |
INTENDED AUDIENCE |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
Quality assurance engineers, performance engineers, and new users of Load Runner who need to load test their applications |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
INTENDED AUDIENCE |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
Quality assurance engineers, and new users of Quality Center who need to implement QC and/or executives who be will involved in any part of testing. |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
INTRODUCTION |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Explain the need for load testing
- Describe various types of performance test objectives
- Identify the steps of the Load Runner methodology
- Define the term “scenario” in the context of Load Runner
- Identify strategies for creating effective scenarios
- Planning an Effective Scenario
- Define measurable goals for your load test
- Gather preliminary information before load testing your system
- Organize system information effectively
- Use gathered information to plan load tests
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
INSTALLATION |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Describe the Load Runner architecture
- Determine where to install Load Runner components
- Identify hardware and software needed for installation
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
LOAD RUNNER VIRTUAL GENERATOR |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Define VuGen
- Identify the main components of the VuGen interface
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
RECORDING FOR THE WEB |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Create a VuGen script by recording user steps with VuGen in the web environment
- Describe the basics of HTML and URL recording levels
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
REPLAY |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Identify and configure the appropriate web runtime setting for replay>
- Replay the script in VuGen to verify script functionality
- Recognize the debugging tools available in VuGen
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
TRANSACTIONS |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Explain the function of a transaction in a script
- Insert a transaction in a script during and after recording
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
PARAMETERS |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Explain what parameters are and how they work
- Solve playback problems with parameterization / parameterize a script for load testing.
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
AUTO CORRELATION AFTER RECORDING |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Define Correlation
- Correlate dynamic values found by using the Auto Correlation tool
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
VERIFICATION |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Recognize why and when to use verification
- Identify visual cues to check for during load testing
- Add Text Checkpoints during and after recording
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
ACTIONS |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Create multiple Actions for a web script
- Configure Actions to achieve load testing goals
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
INTRODUCTION TO SCENARIOS |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Explain the elements of a Load Runner scenario
- Identify different types of scenarios
- How to choose the scenario
- Present the basic steps for creating a scenario
- Using Run-time Settings
- Explain the difference between Script and Scenario Run-time settings
- Configure Run-time settings based on load testing goals
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
SCENARIO EXECUTION |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Prepare for a scenario run
- Identify techniques for running a scenario efficiently
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
SCHEDULING SCENARIOS |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Explain Scheduling by Scenario and by Group
- Configure Scenario Start Time
- Explain a Real-life Schedule and a Run until Complete Schedule
- Manage Schedules through the Actions grid
- Manage Schedules through the Scenario Interactive Graph
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
PERFORMANCE MONITORS |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Explain the value of performance monitors
- Select performance monitors to achieve load test goals
- Add measurements for performance based goals
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
ANALYSIS |
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
| |
- Value of root cause analysis
- Diagnose errors with Load Runner
- Meaningful interpretation of Load Runner graphs
- Explain the value of analyzing results
- Work with the graphs to display data
|
| |
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
