Print VersionLoadRunner 9.5 for Web Essentials

Overview
This five-day course introduces students to LoadRunner 9.5. 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.
 
Duration
Five days
 
Intended Audience
Quality Assurance and Performance Engineers, users of LoadRunner who need to create scripts to load test their applications and/or executives who will be involved in any aspect of load testing.
 
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of:
  • Windows
  • Web sites and browsers
  • Fundamental understanding of C programming is helpful, but not required
Course Objectives
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 transaction
  • 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