LoadRunner Training in Bangalore

Web Application

• Static Content, Dynamic Content, Web Hosting
• Features of Browsers
• Types of requests (GET vs POST)
• Query String, From Data
• Networking modules (OSI Module,TCP/ IP)
• 2- Tier, 3- tier, n- tie architecture
• Types of Operating Systems (Widows, Linux, HP UX, IBM AIX, MAC)
• Web/ APP/ DB Servers and their purpose

Introduction to Performance Testing

• What is Performance Testing Benefits of Performance Testing
• Performance Testing phases / Life Cycle
• Types of Performance Testing (Load, Stress, Volume, Endurance, Baseline, Benchmark etc)
• Introduction about various Performances Testing tools and scripting language info
• Indentifying the business scenarios for Performance Testing
• Think time, rendezvous point, IP Spoofing, Denial of Services Attack
• Workload Characterization

Introduction to Load Runner

• Introduction about the LoadRunner with various versions
• Components of LoadRunner and purpose of each component
• Load Generators, Calculating the # of LGs for a load test

Virtual User generator

• A Small introduction about the C language (Variable, functions, loops)
• Recording a Script
• Recording Log, Generating Log, Replay Log and Correlation results log
• Regenerate Script, recording options
• Best Practice for recording a script
• Run time settings
• Correlation
• Parameterization
• Page Validations
• Transaction Timers
• Think times
• Randomizing the script
• Frequency used C functions
• Debug a script
• LR Variables Vs C Variables custom Requests
• Tips for advances scripting

Controller

• Manual Scenario Vs Goal oriented scenario
• Schedule by group Vs Schedule by Scenario
• Adding Load Generators and verifying the connectivity (Performance test environment setup)
• Run Time settings
• Executing the tests
• Configuring the Rendezvous, IP Spoofing etc
• Monitoring servers through controller
• Windows resources, UNIX resources, other servers
• Auto collection of results, issues with auto collection, sampling intervals
• Configuring Diagnostics

Analysis

• Adding graphs
• Merging graphs
• Web Page Diagnostics
• Advanced Filters/ Drill down
• Raw data/ Graph data
• How to start Analysis (Analysis approach using Client side and server side measurement)
• Correlate the graphs/results and analyzing the results (Response Time vs HPS Vs throughput Vs TPS)
• Most commonly seen issues / errors and possible reasons

Next Steps

• Understanding the server configuration files
• Understanding the relationship among various settings
• Monitoring the servers without LoadRunner
• JVM architecture abd GC methods
• Some important tips

Advanced Concepts

Exercises individual presentation on various performance testing/ Engineering Concepts (Performance Testing Concepts, Performance Testing Tools, OS monitoring (windows & UNIX), Servers Monitoring)

Test Plan & Traversal/ Testcase/ Usecase Document preparation & Preliminary performance test report preparation