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Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: Record in VuGen Replay in VuGen Employ multiple actions Handle large datasets Verify the system under load Handle dynamic data in applications Correlate manually Check content Record an application for the first time Employ commonly used C statements Apply advanced scripting topics Apply best practices Employ the LoadRunner Controller interface Build a test scenario Configure LoadRunner monitors Troubleshoot test scenarios Execute performance tests Apply LoadRunner analysis Apply root cause analysis Create meaningful reports Apply best practices

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of quality assurance concepts Basic knowledge of one of the following: DB administration, application programming, networking or performance testing and troubleshooting Basic knowledge of Visual Basic, VB Script, Java or C programming Audience: Web Application Programmers Database Administrators Network Administrators Performance Test Team Leads Performance Test Script Developers By: Nitish Maheshwari Email-nitishmaheshwarii@ymail.com Cell +91 9350270722

3 Days -LoadRunner Course Content

Course Duration: 3 days 6. Introduction Look and feel of LoadRunner Script view Tree view Workflow view Toolbars Pane How LoadRunner works 7. Recording in Vugen How does the LoadRunner recording engine work? Recording options General options Choosing a protocol 8. Replay in VuGen Run time settings Runtime viewer Results viewer Debug options 9. Using Multiple Actions What is an action? Benefits of multiple actions Recording scripts with multiple actions Configuring scripts with multiple actions to achieve load testing goals 10. Handling Large data sets Performance testing requires volume Data challenges related to performance testing Using parameterization to overcome data challenges 11. Verifying the system under load Error pages By: Nitish Maheshwari Email-nitishmaheshwarii@ymail.com Cell +91 9350270722

3 Days -LoadRunner Course Content

Adding verification checkpoints Parameterizing checkpoints 12. Handling Dynamic Data What is dynamic data How does correlation work Automatic correlation methodologies

13. Manual Correlation When to use manual correlation Why does automatic correlation fail? Correlation in the tree view Correlation in script view Advanced correlation techniques DAY 2: 14. Checking content What is a content check When to use a content check Creating a content check Viewing snapshot on error 15. Recording an application for the first time Finding the correct protocol Setting recording options Multi-protocol scripts 16. Creating meaningful reports HTML reports MS Word documents Third-party documents 17. Commonly used C statements By: Nitish Maheshwari Email-nitishmaheshwarii@ymail.com Cell +91 9350270722

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lr_output_message lr_error_message lr_eval_string strcpy sprintf strcat rand strcmp atoi itoa 18. Advanced scripting topics Randomly selecting an item in a list Converting a date from one format to another Cleaning up data in an application Writing a data seeding script. 19. Best Practices VuGen best practices 20. Performance Testing with LoadRunner Controller Intro to LoadRunner Controller Look and feel of Controller Design tab Run tab LR console Applications Tools 21. Building a Test Scenario Configuring LoadRunner to match your system profile Run time settings Scheduler Defining a load generator Creating an SLA Selecting monitors 22. Configuring LoadRunner Monitors By: Nitish Maheshwari Email-nitishmaheshwarii@ymail.com Cell +91 9350270722

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Commonly used LoadRunner monitors Choosing measures Matching measures to performance testing goals DAY 3: 23. Troubleshooting Test Scenarios Multi-user contention Load generator requirements Troubleshooting a load generator Windows monitor requirements Troubleshooting a Windows monitor Unix monitor requirements Troubleshooting a Unix monitor Database monitor requirements Troubleshooting a database monitor 24. Performance Test Execution Creating a scenario checklist LoadRunner during test execution 25. Root Cause Analysis with LoadRunner Analysis What does LoadRunner analysis do? File types in LoadRunner analysis Creating graphs Configuring graphs Creating reports 26. Optional: Creating Meaningful Reports HTML reports MS Word reports Third party reports 27. Best Practices Analysis best practices Reporting best practices By: Nitish Maheshwari Email-nitishmaheshwarii@ymail.com Cell +91 9350270722

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Controller best practices 28.Case Study

By: Nitish Maheshwari Email-nitishmaheshwarii@ymail.com Cell +91 9350270722