As per client request, I need to create CPU Utilization per transaction graph using the Loadrunner? Any body any idea about this?I tried with following syntax to find the cpu_value but it is throwing error.Presently I am Using Http/Https protocol.Could you please some one correct me how to use the function for getting CPU Utilization Value at that point.Please let me know if you need more information.Thanks...

maps_mohit

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• Sep 14th, 2008

In load runner analysis section you can find CPU utilisation graph. Here you will find out option to drill down the graph with respect to Response Time and transaction measure (bytes/sec) or pages/second.

seenu_anand

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• Jun 13th, 2008

First of all confirm with your Client which CPU utilisation they are looking for, Web server, Appserver or the DB Server. Then use CPU Resource monitor in the Controller and add those Servers IP or ma...

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While executing the scripts in controller, most of the Users are failing because of the following reason:"Abnormal termination caused by MDRV Process Termination"Can anybody help me out in this issue???

Kamran

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• Nov 20th, 2008

I was facing the same problem; thanks for the hint.Actually, i had the ip-spoofing disabled and the problem was solved by actually enabling the ip spoofing option.

ram_somala

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• Jan 4th, 2008

This error may occur by enabling the IP SPOOFING in controller.  Once disable this option then run.  u will get pass the script.

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I want to test the visual basic application. Which protocol should I use by load runner ? Please let me know detail.

papayamilkshake

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• Jun 21st, 2008

First, you have to understand how the application works.? Basically, understanding the communication mechansim will help you enable choose the right protocol.? Example, if the VB is communicating to a...

boyina

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• Feb 4th, 2008

You can use either COM/DCOM protocol or ODBC,Based on the Data base also u can use the protocol like your database is Oracle then u can user Oracle2-tier

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Hi, While working an application in loadrunner if running with more than 20 vusers error message is showing "Http: statues code 503 service unavailable". Please advise me in this

bomba

• Sep 23rd, 2014

Http: status code 503 service unavailable .... means your server is too busy to process any more request , so getting this when running the test what you have mentioned is that you have reached the pe...

Subhashini6317

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• Jan 29th, 2008

The 503 Service Unavailable error is an HTTP status code that means the web site's server is simply not available at the moment

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What is the difference in running the vuser as a script and as a thread? Which is more advantageous way of running vuser?

sudeeshna

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• Jun 19th, 2008

If Vuser is run as a process, the same driver program is loaded into memory for each Vuser, thus taking up a large amount of memory. This limits the no. of Vuser that can be run on a single generato...

thambi3

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• Feb 21st, 2008

VuGen provides the facility to use multithreading. This enables more Vusers to be run pergenerator.If you run each Vuser as a process, then the driver (The Controller uses a driver program (e.g., mdrv...

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Hi allI have a record a script for login authentication and while running the scenario I am getting an error message like Requested form not foundCan anyone say this error has occurred

maheshsomaraj

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• May 24th, 2009

There might be several reasons for this "Form not found" error.1. Login Form name might have been changed on the application after you recored the script2. As said above there might be issue...

Syedaj

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• Sep 24th, 2008

Hi Rajeshexp,Check whether any of the data requires parameterization. Mostly the culprit could be the session id generated.Are you getting this error on the login screen or after submitting the login.Regards,Syed.

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Hi,1. I've given the url of a page and started recording. User name and password are given and login button is clicked.2. Now it travels through a page and supposed to go to a page but it says " Page cannot be displayed".3. When i try logging in the application without using load runner it works fine. Only when i invoke it through the load runner the first page is getting invoked and when the login...

Harikrishna

• Apr 25th, 2013

In tools recording options --> select the WinInet mode instead of socket mode.
Please correct me if i am wrong..

tulasi.srodda

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• May 15th, 2008

Check timeouts in runtime settings(Flow is Go for runtime settings->preferences->Options->Http request connect timeout(By default it is 120sec make it more &try once) & also Http requ...

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There is an application which is having a response time of 2.5 seconds. After a minor hotfix, the response time increased to 4 seconds. If you need to provide a report to the client. What is the analysis you make in such a situation?

papayamilkshake

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• Jun 21st, 2008

Agreed on giving two different set of results, with and without the hotfix.? You can also do a verification run and advise the user the impact on performance after the hotfix is been implemented.? This goes back to what is the intention of the report to the user.-papayamilkshake

seenu_anand

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• Jun 13th, 2008

It would be good if you provide both the response time with and with out the Hotfix.This would be a comparision and the client can think whether to include that Hotfix or not.

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Dear all,Me is testing an application(Web) which is developed by using the followingFlex- GUI.net (C#) - Web servicesphp - some componentsjavascript - sessionsplease help me how to record the application ie, what are the protocol combinations i should use etc in LoadRunner.

papayamilkshake

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• Jul 16th, 2008

Use Web (HTTP/HTML) protocol.? They will handle the sessions (with maybe a little correlation effort).? The Web Services can be recorded with Web (HTTP/HTML)? as well, however highly dependent on t...

seenu_anand

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• Jun 13th, 2008

Dear Reddy,When recording any web application using Any Load testing tool depends upon the request type the browser is sending. For Web application use HTTP/HTTPS Protocol and start recording. Enter U...

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How can you identify memory leak without using database tool?

Ruchirag

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• Jan 16th, 2009

You can check the memory leak of database by observing the PF Usage during the scenario run. Suppose during the starting of load test the PF Usage is 22.1GB of database and during the run it goes bey...

Syedaj

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• Sep 24th, 2008

Loadrunner provides paramters related to the DB server or the app server that can be monitored during the course of script execution. Using these parameter values one can find out the bottle necks and leaks if any.

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How to Parameterize a Script in Load Runner?

priyankvyas

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• Jan 10th, 2009

Parameterization in LoadRunner is entirly based on scenario. According to scenario you need to select the "Type of Parameter". There are different types are there.They are as follows - File,Table,Rand...

dileepkasula

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• Jul 1st, 2008

Steps to Parameterize a script:->select the text to be parameterized->R-click on that text you will have a option called Replace with parameter(click)->Here you will be creating a new paramet...

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I had generated a script with Ajax protocol , & my script is like this.n3n 2008/7/3nIf I want to run this on some other day , How can I replace the Date(2008/7/3) with the current system date. I am passing this in a request. I am using the load runner 9.1

san_luke

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• Oct 27th, 2009

Use this functionlr_save_datetime("<format of datetime>",DATE_NOW,"")then you can replace the value in your code with the NOTE: DATE_NOW fetches the current system time

papayamilkshake

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• Jul 10th, 2008

Use the parameterization settings in Parameters.  There is a date format that you can use to extract date.

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I am currently using Merchury LoadRunner 7.6 V to test Oracle 11i application. I selected Oracle NCA and Web protocols and recorded a basic script to query an order. I recorded in HTML mode. When I replayed back, it runs successfully sometimes and other times throws error message saying Action.c(72): Error -24998 : nca_obj_type("607") failed, Window or object is not displayed.The window currently in...

neelima.s

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• May 8th, 2009

Try using Oracle Applications 11i protocol instead of Oracle NCA protocol.

vijayraghavan85

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• Jul 16th, 2008

If you have 'nca_connect_server' function in your script then do add 'record=names' after 'fndnam=apps' For Example see the following functions, after apps 'record=names...

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Which among the below is the indication of first Performance problem?a) N/w delay above 15msb) DNS not resolvingc) Web server available memory

Pushkar_raj

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• Aug 6th, 2010

A Network Delay

sjhamb1980

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• Nov 30th, 2009

D) End user experiences long transaction time

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What are the steps for PTLC (Performance Testing Life Cycle)?

m tulasi ram

• Oct 17th, 2018

1. Performance requirements [like proof of concept, non functional requirements, work load model]
2. Performance test plan.
3. Record the script and make enhancements.
4. Prepare the scenario and execute the scenario.
5. Monitoring the servers.
6. Analyse the results.
7. Identifying the results.

ddutta1

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• Sep 4th, 2009

1. Planning the performance test - create test plan2. Create scripts3. Build scenarios4. Schedule scenarios5. Perform load testing6. Analyze results7. Perform bottleneck analysis.

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How can we resolve this error " Abnormal termination, caused by mdrv process termination." while excuting test in controller due to this error all the vusers are getting in error state ? please anybody help me

Alex

• May 2nd, 2012

> You need to open terminal session to run the scenario, ex : if you use 2 load generators (LG1, LG2)
> Means u need to open terminal sessions inside tat LGs like LG1,LG1:1,LG2,LG2:2
What does it mean?

Anandhan

• Apr 10th, 2012

Hi , if u get abnormal termination error means , you need to open terminal session to run the scenario, ex : if you use 2 load generators (LG1, LG2) means u need to open terminal sessions inside tat LGs like LG1,LG1:1,LG2,LG2:2

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pravash

• Mar 27th, 2015

When u r recording the application.3 option are there .1 is action 2.init.3.end

init is used for login purpose .only its once.action is used for multiple time recording .end for used logout

shab

• Aug 21st, 2014

If you click on record button there is some option called "action selection" field under which "record into action" tab is there. There you can select whichever you want, either Vuser, action or Vend ...

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Hi All,

Scenario: I have an excel sheet with 1000 SQLs. 1 SQL in each row. I want load runner to pick this SQLs and run it with different users (say 3 users at a time) simultaneously. For example, User1 picks SQL1, User2 picks SQL2 & User3 picks SQL3. Now the user which finishes first will pick the next SQL, say for example User2 finished first, then it will pick SQL4 and so on till all...

shashank

• Aug 21st, 2018

You could keep parameter settings as
Select next row : Unique
update value : Each Iteration
When Out of values : Abort Vuser

and you can print the username , iteration number and sql parameters using lr_output message , which gives details about which user used which data

pardhasaradhi

• Mar 6th, 2016

As per knowledge in LR, LR will only support CSV format and .txt format files. 1. If you placed 1000 SQL queries in txt file or else CSV file in one date file with the parameter settings as Unique, E...

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I want the difference between page not found and page cannot be displayed and how to solve the problem

Rohidas Gaikwad

• May 6th, 2015

Page not found means: If you are requesting for specific page but that page is not available at that place (Either page is deleted or address removed) then such error occurred, and Page not found means: page is unable to display either because network problem or machine problem.

jai prakash dubey

• Aug 15th, 2014

Page not found means this address has been removed but not display means network problem.

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1-loadrunner automatically records the performance of the client/server during test.
2-loadrunner checks where performance delays occur network/client delays.
3-loadrunner monitor the network and server resource to help the improve performance.

sdharmendra

• May 2nd, 2007

Advantages are1. With help of vusers reduces the human users2. Reduces the reqirement of the systems3. Helps in the better usage of time and money4. Effective utilization of automation5. Everything done from a single point

vijaya

• Apr 10th, 2006

the load runner advantages are1.loadrunner reduces the personnel requirement by replacing the humun users with the vusers(virtual users).2.numarous vusers run on a single computer loadrunner redu...

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