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1⟩ Using Windows Remote Desktop Connection?

To keep Windows Remote Desktop Connection sessions from timing out during a test, the Terminal Services on each machine should be configured as follows:

1. Click Start, point to Programs (or Control Panel), Administrative Tools and choose Terminal Services

2. Configuration.

3. Open the Connections folder in tree by clicking it once.

4. Right-click RDP-Tcp and select Properties.

5. Click the Sessions tab.

6. Make sure "Override user settings" is checked.

7. Set Idle session limit to the maximum of 2 days instead of the default 2 hours.

8. Click Apply.

9. Click OK to confirm message "Configuration changes have been made to the system registry; however, the user session now active on the RDP-Tcp connection will not be changed."

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2⟩ What is LoadRunner?

LoadRunner works by creating virtual users who take the place of real users operating client software, such as sending requests using the HTTP protocol to IIS or Apache web servers. Requests from many virtual user clients are generated by Load Generators in order to create a load on various servers under test

These load generator agents are started and stopped by Mercury's Controller program. The Controller controls load test runs based on Scenarios invoking compiled Scripts and associated Run-time Settings.

Scripts are crafted using Mercury's "Virtual user script Generator" (named "V U Gen"), It generates C-language script code to be executed by virtual users by capturing network traffic between Internet application clients and servers.

With Java clients, VuGen captures calls by hooking within the client JVM. During runs, the status of each machine is monitored by the Controller.

At the end of each run, the Controller combines its monitoring logs with logs obtained from load generators, and makes them available to the "Analysis" program, which can then create run result reports and graphs for Microsoft Word, Crystal Reports, or an HTML webpage browser.

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3⟩ What is load testing?

Load testing is to test that if the application works fine with the loads that result from large number of simultaneous users, transactions and to determine weather it can handle peak usage periods.

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4⟩ When do you do load and performance Testing?

We perform load testing once we are done with interface (GUI) testing. Modern system architectures are large and complex. Whereas single user testing primarily on functionality and user interface of a system component, application testing focuses on performance and reliability of an entire system. For example, a typical application-testing scenario might depict 1000 users logging in simultaneously to a system. This gives rise to issues such as what is the response time of the system, does it crash, will it go with different software applications and platforms, can it hold so many hundreds and thousands of users, etc. This is when we set do load and performance testing.

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5⟩ What is Performance testing in LoadRunner?

Timing for both read and update transactions should be gathered to determine whether system functions are being performed in an acceptable timeframe. This should be done standalone and then in a multi user environment to determine the effect of multiple transactions on the timing of a single transaction.

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6⟩ What are components of LoadRunner?

The components of LoadRunner are The Virtual User Generator, Controller, and the Agent process, LoadRunner Analysis and Monitoring, LoadRunner Books Online.

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7⟩ What are the components of LoadRunner?

The components of LoadRunner are The Virtual User Generator, Controller, and the Agent process, LoadRunner Analysis and Monitoring, LoadRunner Books Online. What Component of LoadRunner would you use to record a Script? - The Virtual User Generator (VuGen) component is used to record a script. It enables you to develop Vuser scripts for a variety of application types and communication protocols.

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8⟩ What is a rendezvous point?

You insert rendezvous points into Vuser scripts to emulate heavy user load on the server. Rendezvous points instruct Vusers to wait during test execution for multiple Vusers to arrive at a certain point, in order that they may simultaneously perform a task. For example, to emulate peak load on the bank server, you can insert a rendezvous point instructing 100 Vusers to deposit cash into their accounts at the same time.

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9⟩ What Component of LoadRunner would you use to record a Script?

The Virtual User Generator (VuGen) component is used to record a script. It enables you to develop Vuser scripts for a variety of application types and communication protocols.

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10⟩ Explain the Load testing process? Version 7.2?

Step 1: Planning the test. Here, we develop a clearly defined test plan to ensure the test scenarios we develop will accomplish load-testing objectives.

Step 2: Creating Vusers. Here, we create Vuser scripts that contain tasks performed by each Vuser, tasks performed by Vusers as a whole, and tasks measured as transactions.

Step 3: Creating the scenario. A scenario describes the events that occur during a testing session. It includes a list of machines, scripts, and Vusers that run during the scenario. We create scenarios using LoadRunner Controller. We can create manual scenarios as well as goal-oriented scenarios. In manual scenarios, we define the number of Vusers, the load generator machines, and percentage of Vusers to be assigned to each script. For web tests, we may create a goal-oriented scenario where we define the goal that our test has to achieve. LoadRunner automatically builds a scenario for us.

Step 4: Running the scenario. We emulate load on the server by instructing multiple Vusers to perform tasks simultaneously. Before the testing, we set the scenario configuration and scheduling. We can run the entire scenario, Vuser groups, or individual Vusers.

Step 5: Monitoring the scenario. We monitor scenario execution using the LoadRunner online runtime, transaction, system resource, Web resource, Web server resource, Web application server resource, database server resource, network delay, streaming media resource, firewall server resource, ERP server resource, and Java performance monitors.

Step 6: Analyzing test results. During scenario execution, LoadRunner records the performance of the application under different loads. We use LoadRunner’s graphs and reports to analyze the application’s performance.

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11⟩ Explain the recording mode for web Vuser script?

We use VuGen to develop a Vuser script by recording a user performing typical business processes on a client application. VuGen creates the script by recording the activity between the client and the server. For example, in web based applications, VuGen monitors the client end of the database and traces all the requests sent to, and received from, the database server. We use VuGen to: Monitor the communication between the application and the server; Generate the required function calls; and Insert the generated function calls into a Vuser script.

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12⟩ What is Virtual Users?

Unlike a WinRunner workstation which emulates a single user's use of a client, LoadRunner can emulate thousands of Virtual Users.

Load generators are controlled by VuGen scripts which issue non-GUI API calls using the same protocols as the client under test. But WinRunner GUI Vusers emulate keystrokes, mouse clicks, and other User Interface actions on the client being tested.

Only one GUI user can run from a machine unless LoadRunner Terminal Services Manager manages remote machines with Terminal Server Agent enabled and logged into a Terminal Services Client session.

During run-time, threadedvusers share a common memory pool.

So threading supports more Vusers per load generator.

The Status of Vusers on all load generators start from "Running", then go to "Ready" after going through the init section of the script. Vusers are "Finished" in passed or failed end status. Vusers are automatically "Stopped" when the Load Generator is overloaded.

To use Web Services Monitors for SOAP and XML, a separate license is needed, and vUsers require the Web Services add-in installed with Feature Pack (FP1).

No additional license is needed for standard web (HTTP) server monitors Apache, IIS, and Netscape.

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13⟩ What is a function to capture dynamic values in the web Vuser script?

Web_reg_save_param function saves dynamic data information to a parameter.

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14⟩ What is Scenarios?

Scenarios encapsulate the Vuser Groups and scripts to be executed on load generators at run-time.

Manual scenarios can distribute the total number of Vusers among scripts based on the analyst-specified percentage (evenly among load generators).

Goal Oriented scenarios are automatically created based on a specified transaction response time or number of hits/transactions-per-second (TPS). Test analysts specify the % of Target among scripts.

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15⟩ How do you find out where correlation is required?

Two ways: First we can scan for correlations, and see the list of values which can be correlated. From this we can pick a value to be correlated. Secondly, we can record two scripts and compare them. We can look up the difference file to see for the values which needed to be correlated.

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16⟩ Why do you create parameters?

Parameters are like script variables. They are used to vary input to the server and to emulate real users. Different sets of data are sent to the server each time the script is run. Better simulate the usage model for more accurate testing from the Controller; one script can emulate many different users on the system.

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17⟩ How do you perform functional testing under load?

Functionality under load can be tested by running several Vusers concurrently. By increasing the amount of Vusers, we can determine how much load the server can sustain.

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18⟩ What are the changes you can make in run-time settings?

The Run Time Settings that we make are:

1. Pacing - It has iteration count.

2. Log - Under this we have Disable Logging Standard Log and

3. Extended Think Time - In think time we have two options like Ignore think time and Replay think time.

4. General - Under general tab we can set the vusers as process or as multithreading and whether each step as a transaction.

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19⟩ How do you debug a LoadRunner script?

VuGen contains two options to help debug Vuser scripts-the Run Step by Step command and breakpoints. The Debug settings in the Options dialog box allow us to determine the extent of the trace to be performed during scenario execution. The debug information is written to the Output window. We can manually set the message class within your script using the lr_set_debug_message function. This is useful if we want to receive debug information about a small section of the script only.

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20⟩ Where do you set automatic correlation options?

Automatic correlation from web point of view can be set in recording options and correlation tab. Here we can enable correlation for the entire script and choose either issue online messages or offline actions, where we can define rules for that correlation. Automatic correlation for database can be done using show output window and scan for correlation and picking the correlate query tab and choose which query value we want to correlate. If we know the specific value to be correlated, we just do create correlation for the value and specify how the value to be created.

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49 LoadRunner Questions And Answers

1⟩ Using Windows Remote Desktop Connection?

2⟩ What is LoadRunner?

3⟩ What is load testing?

4⟩ When do you do load and performance Testing?

5⟩ What is Performance testing in LoadRunner?

6⟩ What are components of LoadRunner?

7⟩ What are the components of LoadRunner?

8⟩ What is a rendezvous point?

9⟩ What Component of LoadRunner would you use to record a Script?

10⟩ Explain the Load testing process? Version 7.2?

11⟩ Explain the recording mode for web Vuser script?

12⟩ What is Virtual Users?

13⟩ What is a function to capture dynamic values in the web Vuser script?

14⟩ What is Scenarios?

15⟩ How do you find out where correlation is required?

16⟩ Why do you create parameters?

17⟩ How do you perform functional testing under load?

18⟩ What are the changes you can make in run-time settings?

19⟩ How do you debug a LoadRunner script?

20⟩ Where do you set automatic correlation options?

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Home Applications Programs LoadRunner

49 LoadRunner Questions And Answers

1⟩ Using Windows Remote Desktop Connection?

2⟩ What is LoadRunner?

3⟩ What is load testing?

4⟩ When do you do load and performance Testing?

5⟩ What is Performance testing in LoadRunner?

6⟩ What are components of LoadRunner?

7⟩ What are the components of LoadRunner?

8⟩ What is a rendezvous point?

9⟩ What Component of LoadRunner would you use to record a Script?

10⟩ Explain the Load testing process? Version 7.2?

11⟩ Explain the recording mode for web Vuser script?

12⟩ What is Virtual Users?

13⟩ What is a function to capture dynamic values in the web Vuser script?

14⟩ What is Scenarios?

15⟩ How do you find out where correlation is required?

16⟩ Why do you create parameters?

17⟩ How do you perform functional testing under load?

18⟩ What are the changes you can make in run-time settings?

19⟩ How do you debug a LoadRunner script?

20⟩ Where do you set automatic correlation options?

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