Fundamentals of LoadRunner 9.0

Overview
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 following components of LoadRunner – LR Controller and LR Analysis are used to plan for an effective load test. You will create and run load test scenarios using the LR Controller. The LR Analysis component is used to analyze load test results. You will learn to interpret LoadRunner analysis graphs and achieve your load testing goals. All topics are support by hands-on labs designed to provide you with the knowledge necessary to load test your system using LoadRunner.

Course Objectives

This course teaches you to:

Discuss the value of load testing

Plan for effective load testing

Establish load testing goals

Run load test scenarios

Load and overload when executing scenarios

Analyze and interpret load test results

Duration
Two days

Labs
Approximately 50% of the class time is devoted to lab exercises.

Intended Audience
Quality Assurance Engineers, Performance Engineers, New users of LoadRunner who need to load test their applications and or executives who will be involved in any part of load testing.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT interface and environment

High-level knowledge of the Web and/or client/server environment

Course Outline

Planning an Effective Load Test

Define measurable goals for testing

Gather information before testing

Document and organize system information

LoadRunner Installation

LoadRunner architecture

Where to install LoadRunner components

Identify hardware and software needed for installation

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

Using Run-Time Settings

Script and Scenario Run-time settings

Configure Run-time settings in the Controller

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