LoadRunner Stuff

HP Mercury’s LoadRunner is a performance testing and load testing tool by for evaluating the system performance while generating simulated load. By using LoadRunner, we can emulate hundreds and thousands of concurrent users to the application or software product; so that it can be tested under a heavy real life user loads.

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To record in VuGen, you need to configure the Citrix server in the following areas:

MetaFrame XP: Make sure the MetaFrame XP or 1.8 server is installed. To check the version of the server, select Citrix Connection Configuration on the server’s console toolbar and choose Help > About.

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1. Initialization Problems – Online Process Failed to Initialize: Failed to create Online  process. The online process has not been initialized. The online process has not been initialized.

Troubleshooting:

• Check that the Controller COM objects are registered in the Registry Editor:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mercury Interactive\LoadRunner\CurrentVersion.
• If they are not registered, run register_controller.bat from the <LoadRunner installation>\bin directory to register the COM objects.
• If this fails to solve the problem, contact customer support and provide them with an explanation of the problem, and the error message returned.

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MI Listener name: The name, full name, or IP address of the MI Listener.

Local Machine Key: A symbolic string identifier used to establish a unique connection between the Controller host and the agent machine, via the MI Listener machine. The following applies to Performance Center only:

• When configuring to monitor over a firewall, you can enter any logical name, using lowercase letters only.
• When configuring to run Vusers over a firewall, you must use the format hostname_locationname. hostname is the name of the host as found on the Hosts page of the Administration Site. locationname is the name of the host location as found on the Host Location page of the Administration Site.

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