This question was passed around internally last week: “Does anyone on this distribution list have a list of good reasons why a test environment should approximate that of production to provide accurate test results in lieu of using a cheaper, smaller test environment and math to estimate production-like results?” In my former career, we had… Continue reading It’s Late 2016, What’s the New Rule for Performance Test Environments?
Category: Micro Focus Tools
Installing the New Virtual Table Server 12.53
This tutorial is designed to explain and demonstrate the downloading, installation, data loading, and use of the virtual table server (VTS). It is intended for use by experienced HPE LoadRunner users who have a working knowledge of HPE LoadRunner parameters and the C programming language, as it is commonly used for HPE LoadRunner scripting. VTS Utility… Continue reading Installing the New Virtual Table Server 12.53
Performance Center Maintenance: A Routine Recommendation
Frequently our customers experience downtime in their HPE Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)/Performance Center (PC) environment for various reasons. How many do you think ever consider maintaining their HPE ALM/PC environment? Not many. You should think of your HPE ALM/PC environment as if it were your vehicle or your home. Like your vehicle or home, you… Continue reading Performance Center Maintenance: A Routine Recommendation
Error Proofing Your HPE LoadRunner Scripts
When an application under test (AUT) produces less than satisfactory results, the first question a customer will inevitably ask is “What went wrong?” Closely followed by, “Are you sure these results are correct? What about the scripts? Are they working properly?” And so it begins. From a performance engineer’s perspective, this is a fairly common… Continue reading Error Proofing Your HPE LoadRunner Scripts
How to View HPE LeanFT Test Results in HPE ALM
With the release of HPE UFT/LeanFT 12.51, HPE provided the capability for HPE LeanFT tests to be executed from HPE ALM with the results stored in HPE ALM. In previous posts, I showed how to execute tests created in both Eclipse and Visual Studio in HPE ALM. The HPE documentation on how to view the… Continue reading How to View HPE LeanFT Test Results in HPE ALM
Running HPE LeanFT Tests from HPE ALM – Part Two
Tests Created in Visual Studio With the release of HPE UFT/LeanFT 12.51, HPE provided the capability for HPE LeanFT tests to be executed from HPE ALM with the results stored in HPE ALM. We found the process to accomplish this in HPE documentation to be cumbersome, and it currently contains errors (which HPE is correcting).… Continue reading Running HPE LeanFT Tests from HPE ALM – Part Two
Running HPE LeanFT Tests from HPE ALM – Part One
Tests Created in Eclipse With the release of HPE UFT/LeanFT 12.51, HPE provided the capability for HPE LeanFT tests to be executed from HPE ALM with the results stored in HPE ALM. We found the process to accomplish this in HPE documentation to be cumbersome, and it currently contains errors (which HPE is correcting). I’m… Continue reading Running HPE LeanFT Tests from HPE ALM – Part One
Setting IP Spoofing with HPE LoadRunner and HPE Performance Center
IP spoofing is the solution when performance testing requires multiple virtual users to use multiple IP addresses from a single host machine (load generator) to keep the web server from blocking those virtual users. Also IP spoofing is needed when the hardware configuration under test balances load across a “farm” of several (web or database)… Continue reading Setting IP Spoofing with HPE LoadRunner and HPE Performance Center
HPE Entitlements – How to View/Activate/Rehost HPE Licenses
HPE has recently updated its licensing/entitlement portal. The portal allows HPE users to manage their software license ownership. Additionally, it is possible to view, download, activate, or rehost HPE licenses. An HPE Passport account is required to log in to the entitlement portal. Access First-time users of the portal are not linked to an organization.… Continue reading HPE Entitlements – How to View/Activate/Rehost HPE Licenses
A VuGen Solution for Timing HTTP Redirects
When performance testing demonstrates a bottleneck in an integration that is seamless to the end user, how do you pinpoint where the problem lies? On a recent project, I was asked to test the addition of a survey hosted at a third-party site. Once the user completed the survey and was redirected back to the… Continue reading A VuGen Solution for Timing HTTP Redirects