LoadRunner training Course Content

Chapter 1: Performance Engineering

• Introduction to performance – workflow
  • Definition for Performance testing
  • Types of Performance Testing
  • Need for Performance testing
  • Automate Performance Testing
  • Automated Performance Testing Phases

• Requirements collection
  • Design
  • Build
  • Execute
  • Analysis and Tuning

• Performance Test Planning
  • Load / Performance Tool Evaluation & Selection
  • Test Process / Methodology and Test Strategy
  • Performance Test Start/Stop Criteria
  • Test Environmental Setup and Pre-Requisites
  • Analysis and Report Generation
  • Pass / Fail / Exit Criteria

Chapter 2: Introduction to LoadRunner

• Protocols:
  • Web (HTTP/HTML)
  • Web services
  • Ajax (Click and Script)

• Types of Performance tests:
  • Smoke Test
  • Load Test
  • Stress Test
  • Endurance/soak Test
  • Spike Test
  • Capacity Test
  • Failover Test

• Sniffing Tools:
  • HTTP Fox
  • HTTP Watch
  • Manual Script writing

• Introduction to Load Runner
• Load Runner Terminology
• Load Runner Vuser Technology
• Protocol Advisor
• Tool GUI introduction
• Components of Load Runner
• Vugen – Scripting
• Controller – Execution and Monitoring
• Agent Process
• Load Generator
• Analysis – Analysis and Reporting

Chapter 3: Creating Scripts Using Load Runner

• C-Classes (required for Load Runner)
  • Random Number Generation
  • Function Calling
    • Calling multiple actions from single action
    • Calling single action from multiple actions
  • Loops
    • For
    • While
    • Do while
  • Strings and Arrays
  • File Operations
•  Different modes of recording
  • URL mode
  • HTML mode
• LR-Functions
• Web-Functions
• Recording Options
• Runtime Settings
  • Runlogic –iterations
  • Log
  • Multi threading
  • Error handling
  • Browser Emulation
  • Network

• Scripting Enhancements
  • Comments
  • Transaction points
  • Check points
    • Text Check Points
    • Image Check Points
  • Parameterization
    • What is parameterization?
    • How to create parameter?
    • Types of parameterization
    • How to use parameterization in execution
  • Correlation
    • What is Correlation?
    • How to correlate values?
    • Which values need to be correlated?
    • Types of correlation
    • Step by step Manual correlation
    • Automation correlation
    • Correlation during recording
    • Correlation after recording
    • Arguments in the correlation function
    • How to pick random/sequential values from correlation
    • Creating correlation rules
    • All arguments in web_reg_save_param function
    • How to handle dynamic boundaries
  • Error handling
    • What is error handling
    • Why we need to do error handling
    • Error handling using Save Count and web_get_int_property
    • Error handling frame work

• Logs
  • Replay
  • Recording
  • Generation
  • Event

• Debugging the scripts
• Regenerating script
• Scripting techniques
• Inserting functions automatically
• Creating timestamp parameter
• Writing script manually with help of sniffing tools

Chapter 4:  Executing Scenario using Controller

• Designing Scenarios
• Goal-Oriented Scenario
• Manual Scenario
• Scenario Schedule
• Schedule By Scenario
• Schedule By Group
• Basic Schedule
• Real world schedule
• Start Vusers(Ramp Up)
• Duration(Steady state)
• Stop Vusers(Ramp down)
• Execution of different types of test
• Design Calculations
• Vusers Status in the execution
• Setting up the Monitors
  • OS level
  • Windows
  • UNIX
  • Server level
  • IIS
  • WEB LOGIC
  • ORACLE
  • SQL
  • Performance Metrics
  • Counters
  • Monitoring tools
  • Perfmon
  • Controller

Chapter 5: Analyzing Results     

• Summary Report
• Calculation of 90th percentile
• Running Vusers Graph
• Hits per Second
• Throughput
• Calculation of throughput
• Transaction Summary
• Average Transaction Response Time
• Root and casual analysis
• Graph Settings
• OS level(CPU & Memory utilization)
• Miscellaneous
• Issues
  • Scripting level
  • Execution level
  • Analysis level
  • Rendezvous point and IP spoofing
  • Status Codes and port numbers

• Diff B/W the functions and their uses
  • lr_exit or lr_abort
  • html mode and url mode
  • web_submit_form and web_submit_data
  • web_find and web_reg_find
  • real world schedule and basic schedule

Chapter 6: Real Time Exposure

• POC
• Day to day activities
• End to end process of load testing
• Identifying bottle necks
• Making reports(HTML/Word)
• Daily Status Reports
• Sample Non functional requirement documents
• Sample Test Plan Documents
• Sample Load test reports

 Others:

• CV Preparation Tips
• Performance testing FAQs
• Interview Tips & Mock Interviews