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Certification Preparation for HP LoadRunner HP0M18

 Course Code : CTCMLR802 Source : CresTech
 Course Length : 4 days

HP LoadRunner is a load testing product that determines application scalability, behavior, and performance. It emulates thousands of virtual users, and identifies and isolates performance bottlenecks acrossand within each tier.

This course teaches students the fundamentals of performance testing using LoadRunner. By the completion of this course, students will be able to utilize LoadRunner’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 LoadRunner who need to load test their applications and/or executives who be will involved in any part of load testing.


Course Outline

Introduction

     •    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 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


Advanced Scripting Techniques

    •    Recognize general LoadRunner functions
    •    Recognize protocol specific functions


Manual Correlation

    •    Determine when manual correlation is required
    •    Correlate dynamic values using the create parameter option


Auto Correlation During Recording

    •    Create correlation rules to auto correlate during recording
    •    Import and export correlation rules


Introduction to Scenarios

    •    Explain elements that make a LoadRunner scenario
    •    Identify different types of scenarios
    •    How to choose the scenario
    •    Present the basic steps for creating a scenario


Scenario Execution

    •    Prepare for a scenario run
    •    Identify techniques to efficiently run a scenario


Scheduling Scenarios

    •    Scheduling by group and by scenario
    •    Prepare VuGen User (Vuser) initialization
    •    Configure duration scheduling
    •    Configure scenario ramp up and ramp down


Performance Monitors

    •    Value of Performance Monitors
    •    Select Performance Monitors
    •    Add measurements to Performance Monitors


Results Analysis

    •    Value of root cause analysis
    •    Diagnose errors with LoadRunner
    •    Meaningful interpretation of LoadRunner graphs