LoadRunner 11.0 Essentials

This five-day course introduces students to LoadRunner 11.0. The course covers topics for the VuGen, the Controller, and Analysis tools. It also includes a final one day, hands-on lab. LoadRunner is an automated load testing tool that allows you to test your application before, during, and after deployment. This course is designed to give you a firm foundation in basic load testing tasks. The Virtual User Generator (VuGen) is a scripting tool used to record and run user actions on the application to be load tested. You will plan, create, and enhance VuGen scripts in the Web environment. The Controller tool is used to execute scripts created in VuGen. You will create and run load test scenarios using the Controller. The Analysis tool is used to analyze load test results. You will learn to work with the graphs to display data after a test is executed. Hands-on labs are designed to provide you with the knowledge necessary to create scripts in VuGen, execute scenarios in the Controller, and view the results in the Analysis.

Working knowledge of:
• Windows
• Web sites and browsers
• Fundamental understanding of C programming is helpful, but not required

At the end of the course, you should be able to:
• Identify information that needs to be gathered for load testing
• Identify the components of LoadRunner
• Record scripts in the Web environment using VuGen
• Measure steps and business processes using transactions
• Parameterize scripts to vary user input data
• Customize scripts by adding VuGen and basic C functions
• Correlate scripts to process server-generated data
• Apply the workflow recommended for creating a basic scenario
• Assign scripts, run-time settings, performance monitors, load generators and Vusers to a scenario based on your load testing goals
• Load test your application by executing a scenario
• Use the Analysis tool to view the results of a scenario

• Define VuGen
• Identify the main components of the VuGen interface

• Create a VuGen script by recording user steps with VuGen in the web environment
• Describe the basics of HTML and URL recording levels

• Identify and configure the appropriate web run-time setting for replay
• Replay the script in VuGen to verify script functionality
• Recognize the debugging tools available in VuGen

• Explain the function of a transaction in a script
• Insert a transaction in a script during and after recording

• Explain what parameters are and how they work
• Solve playback problems with parameterization
• Parameterize a script for load testing

• Define Correlation
• Correlate dynamic values found by using the Auto Correlation tool

• Recognize why and when to use verification
• Identify visual cues to check for during load testing
• Add Text Checkpoints during and after recording

• Create multiple Actions for a web script
• Configure Actions to achieve load testing goals

• 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

• Recognize general LoadRunner functions
• Recognize protocol specific functions

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

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