HP LoadRunner Training Course

This course is designed to cover all aspects of LoadRunner and to provide users with the knowledge required to work with LoadRunner at a professional level. This course addresses planning your load test scenarios, developing your user scripts using Virtual User Generator (VUGen), enhance and correlate Vuser scripts, executing your scenarios and finally analysing your results (LoadRunner Controller and Analysis modules). The course covers real-world best practices for effective use of LoadRunner. Throughout the course practical examples are demonstrated.

Course Content in Detail

Introduction

• What is Performance Testing?
• Why We Need to do Performance Testing?
• Introduction to LoadRunner
• LoadRunner Components
• Performance Testing with LoadRunner Overview

Performance Testing Basics

• Key Business Processes & Use Cases
• Entry Criteria
• Exit Criteria
• Performance Test Approach & Types
• Application Performance Testing
• Infrastructure Performance Testing
• Load & Peak Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• Soak Testing
• Additional Tests as directed by Business
• Business Load Specification
• Peak Load Parameters,  Ramp up time  and Users
• Business Day Parameters, Ramp up time and Users
• Results & Reporting

LoadRunner Installation

• LoadRunner Architecture
• Where to Install LoadRunner Components
• How to Install them to Support Our Effective Performance Test
• Identify Hardware and Software Needs for Installation

Using VuGen Component

• Introduction to VuGen
• Major  Components of the VuGen Interface
• Recording a Basic Script
• Recording Options
• Recoding Levels
• Replaying a Basic Script
• Different Run Time Settings
• Different General Options

Transactions

• Function of a Transaction in a Script
• When to Add Transactions
• Adding Transactions during Recording
• Adding Transactions after Recording

Parameters

• What are Parameters and How they Work
• Solve Playback Problems with Parameterization
• Parameterize a Script for Load Testing

Correlation

• What is Correlation
• Correlate Dynamic Values After Recording
• Using the Auto Correlation tool
• Using Manual Correlation

Verification

• Why and When to Use Verification
• Identify Visual Cues to Check for During Load Testing
• Add Text Checkpoints During and After Recording

Working with Actions

• Benefits of Multiple Actions
• Create Multiple Actions for a Web Script
• Configure Actions to Achieve Load Testing Goals

Introduction to Script View

• Identify when Script View is Necessary
• Send Customized Output Messages to the Replay Log
• Identify Basic C Code Including Statements, Variables, and Functions
• Apply Basic Debugging Techniques in VuGen

Using Controller Component

• Introduction to the Controller
• What is a Scenario?
• More About Scenario
• Elements of Scenario
• Types of Scenarios
• Creating a New Scenario
• Running a Scenario
• Scheduling Scenarios
• Identify Strategies for Creating Effective Scenarios

Executing & Monitoring a Scenario

• Executing a Scenario
• Identify Techniques to Efficiently Run a Scenario
• Performance Monitors
• Benefits of Using Performance Monitors
• Set Monitoring Options
• Configure Monitors

Using Analysis Component

• Introduction to Analysis Tool
• Importance of Analyzing Results
• Work with the Graphs to Display Data
• Analysis Reports & Results