Loadrunner

LoadRunner Tutorial - Table Of Contents

Contents
Download Loadrunner 9.5
Steps to install Vugen and other components
Post-Installation Verification Steps
Download-Loadrunner-9.5 SP1
Steps To Install Loadrunner 9.5 SP1
Steps To Download Loadrunner 9.5 SP2
Steps To Install Loadrunner 9.5 SP2
Setting Environment for Script Development
Setting Up Recording Option - html based
HP Web Tours Recording - New User Registration

Steps to install Loadrunner 9.5 SP2 patch

Pre-requisite

User already installed Loadrunner 9.5 version with patch SP1

Download-loadrunner-951-sp2-patch

1. Extract the LR9.5 SP2 zip to local diskGo the following directory in the windows explorer "rootdirectory\LR_03012
2. "Double click "LoadRunner_952" application
3. Click "Install" button after reading the instruction
4. Be patient till "Welcome to the LoadRunner 9.52 Setup Wizard" appears
5. Click "Next" button
6. Click "Next" button in "Confirmation Section"
7. "Installing Loadrunner 9.52" section shows the progress of installation
8. Click "Finish" button in "Finish section"
9. Double click Vugen desktop shortcut
10. Go to Help Menu and click "About HP Virtual User Generator" item (Product version is displayed)
11. Click "Details..." button to get more details.

Find below the installation screenshot for referrence.

Steps to install Loadrunner 9.5 SP1 patch

Pre-requisite
Download-loadrunner-951-sp1-patch

1. Extract the LR9.5 SP1 zip to local disk
2. Go the following directory in the windows explorer "rootdirectory\LR_03009"
3. Double click "LoadRunner_951" windows installer patch
4. Be patient till "Welcome to the LoadRunner 9.51 Setup Wizard" appears
5. Click "Next" button
6. Click "Next" button in "Confirmation Section"
7. "Installing Loadrunner 9.51" section shows the progress of installation
8. Click "Finish" button in "Finish section"
9. Double click Vugen desktop shortcut
10. Go to Help Menu and click "About HP Virtual User Generator" item (Product version is displayed)
11. Click "Details..." button to get more details.

Find below the installation screenshot for referrence.

Vugen Recording - Web Tours New User Registration

Pre-Requisite
setting-up-recording-options-before-recording
Steps To Record

1. Double click “Vugen” desktop shortcut
2. Click File > New
3. In New Virtual User Dialog window, Select Web(HTT P/HTML) if it is not selected default
4. Click Create button
5. In Start Recording Dialog window, Enter http://127.0.0.1:1080/WebTours if it is not displayed default
6. Click ok button
   
7. Web Tours welcome page is opened in the Internet Explorer.



8. In Vugen Recording toolbar, Click “Insert Comment” (3rd from right)menu item
9. In Insert Comment dialog window, Enter comment as “Click sign up now link” and click “ok” button.
10. Click “sign up now “ link in Web Tours welcome page
11. In Customer Profile page, complete the form by entering the following values.
12. For simplicity, enter value as “staytuned1” for all the text field values.
13. In Vugen Recording toolbar, Click “Insert Comment” menu item
14. In Insert Comment dialog window, Enter comment as “Click Continue… button” and click “ok” button.
15. Click “Continue… “ button in Web Tours application.
16. In Vugen Recording toolbar, Click “Stop” (3rd from left) menu item



In your system, create the following folder structure D:\StayTuned\Scripts\Recording Or C:\StayTuned\Scripts\Recording



17. In Vugen, select File, click Save As and save the script under folder “D:\StayTuned\Scripts\Recording” with script name as “WebTours_NewRegistration”
    

Click Continue... button - Web Request Function

web_submit_data("login.pl", "Action=http://127.0.0.1:1080/WebTours/login.pl", "Method=POST", "TargetFrame=info", "RecContentType=text/html", "Referer=http://127.0.0.1:1080/WebTours/login.pl?username=&password=&getInfo=true", "Snapshot=t3.inf", "Mode=HTML", ITEMDATA, "Name=username", "Value=staytuned1", ENDITEM, "Name=password", "Value=staytuned1", ENDITEM, "Name=passwordConfirm", "Value=staytuned1", ENDITEM, "Name=firstName", "Value=staytuned1", ENDITEM, "Name=lastName", "Value=staytuned1", ENDITEM, "Name=address1", "Value=staytuned1", ENDITEM, "Name=address2", "Value=staytuned1", ENDITEM, "Name=register.x", "Value=40", ENDITEM, "Name=register.y", "Value=5", ENDITEM, LAST);

Vugen Recording Options Setup - before recording

Setting up Recording Options

1. Double click “Virtual User Generator” desktop shortcut
2. Click File > New > Select “web (HTTP/HTML)” from New Virtual User pop up window
3. Click Create button
4. Check “Next time you create a script, skip this page and open recording.” Check box
5. Click Next button
6. Click Start Recording button
   
7. Click Options button
8. Click HTML Advanced… from General: Recording window



9. Select the following radio button
• A script containing explicit URLs
• Do not record



10. Click ok button
11. Click ok button on Recoding Option dialog box
12. In URL Address: combo, Enter values as http://127.0.0.1:1080/WebTours
13. Refer the screenshot for more information



14. Click ok button
15. Once the login page is loaded completely, click Stop button in Recording toolbar.



16. Save the scripts to the system
17. Click File menu and Click Exit

Summary

• This article specifies the steps or settings that user has to do before start recording.
• The same setting is available for future recording, so users don’t need to set up this settings every time.
• Double click the vugen and check the settings now.

Setting up environment for script development

Creating shortcuts and Environment Setup for script development

Steps to Create Shortcuts

Vugen
Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Applications >
Move the mouser over “Virtual User Generator “
Right click the mouse, select “Send To” Sub menu and click “Desktop (Create Shorcut)” item.

Repeat the above steps for the components/application such as Analysis and HP Web Tours Application.

Why didn’t I create a shortcut for “Start Web Sever” component?
It is Very simple, I am going to start the server automatically whenever you boot up your system. Otherwise user has to start the server manually every time after starting the system.

How to start web tour web server (“xigui32”) automatically?

Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Samples > Web >
Move the mouser over “Start Web Server“
Right click the mouse and click “copy” item
Click Start > All Programs
Move the mouser over “Startup “
Right click the mouse and click “Open” item
Paste the copied file to this location.

Applications available in this directory will start automatically whenever user boots the system

Desktop screenshot - After creating shortcuts

Loadrunner Post-Installation verification

Steps to verify installed components

Step by step procedure to verify the intended components is installed.

Vugen
Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Applications > Click “Virtual User Generator”
Actual Result
Vugen application is opened

Analysis
Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Applications > Click “Analysis”
Actual Result
Analysis application is opened

Documentation
Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Documentation > Click the requirement document (e.g. Click “VuGen User Guide” for reading vuser related information.
Actual Result
System shall open the clicked document.

Access Sample Application
Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Samples > Web > Click “HP Web Tours Application”
Actual Result
System throws the error as “Page cannot be displayed” error.
Why this error shows up? Didn’t I install sample application?

Explanation
User should start the web server before accessing the application.
Fine, how to start the web server for my sample application?

Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Samples > Web > Click “Start web Server”
After you start the web server, access the application
Click Start > All Programs > LoadRunner > Samples > Web > Click “HP Web Tours Application”

Summary
The installed components such as Virtual User Generator, Analysis, Documentation and Sample application is available on the system.

Download Loadrunner 9.52 SP2 Patch

STEPS TO DOWNLOAD LOADRUNNER 9.52 PATCH

Pre-requisite
1.User should have registered with HP Passport and the Service Agreement ID (SAID) should have associated with HP Passport account



1. http://support.openview.hp.com/downloads.jsp


2. Click >>Self-solve tab


3. Enter your userid and password


4. Click Sign-in>> button


5. Select Loadrunner from product listbox


6. Select 9.51 from Product Version Listbox


7. Select windows from operating system Listbox


8. Check "Patches" checkbox and uncheck all other checkboxes


9. Click Search button





10. Click the link "LoadRunner 9.52 patch" from the results section (LR_03012)


11. Click download patch link from "Should I Download" section.


12. Click save button and save it to your local disk

Download Loadrunner 9.51 SP1 Patch

STEPS TO DOWNLOAD LOADRUNNER 9.51 PATCH

Pre-requisite
1.User should have registered with HP Passport and the Service Agreement ID (SAID) should have associated with HP Passport account



1. http://support.openview.hp.com/downloads.jsp


2. Click >>Self-solve tab


3. Enter your userid and password


4. Click Sign-in>> button


5. Select Loadrunner from product listbox


6. Select 9.50 from Product Version Listbox


7. Select windows from operating system Listbox


8. Check "Patches" checkbox and uncheck all other checkboxes


9. Click Search button




10. Click the link "LoadRunner 9.51 patch" from the results section (LR_03009)


11. Click download patch link from "Should I Download" section.


12. Click save button and save it to your local disk

Steps to install virtual user generator and other free components of loadrunner

we are going to install ONLY components that are NOT require license. The installed components are free to use.we can defer or later install the Controller component (evaluation version) which requires license to use the software. when we install controller,only evaluation version is installed and is available for 10 days for 25 virtual users.





This step assumes that user system has all prerequisite software installed on the system. If prerequisite software is not installed already, the installation wizard opens the screen and displays the list of software that are required. users can install the listed software and further proceed with original installation steps.



1. Extract the file "T7177-15008.zip" using winzip and place the content in the local disk.


2. Go to the folder "T7177-15008" and double click "setup"



3. Click "LoadRunner Full Setup" Link



4. Click "Next" in Loadrunner 9.50 Setup Wizard


5. Choose "I Agree" radio button and Click "Next"


6. Enter your name and organization name and Click "Next"


7. ***** Choose "Custom" radio button and Click "Next" ********* (This is very important step, so select the option carefully)


8. Click "down arrow" for "Controller" and Click "Entire feature will be unavailable" option


9. Repeat the above steps for the following components (This features are not installed)
   

   ERP and CRM Mediator,Launcher,MI Listener Component and Monitors over FireWall




10. Click "down arrow" for "Vuser Generator" and Click "Will be installed on local drive" option


11. Repeat the above steps for the following components ((These features are installed)
    

    Analysis, Load Generator,Online Documentation,Samples




12. Click "Next" button


13. "Select installation folder screen wizard" loads with default installation path "C:\Program Files\HP\LoadRunner\"


14. Click Next button


15. Click Next button again


16. Next button will be disabled until requested components are installed on your system


17. Click "Finish" button.


18. Click "Exit" button.

GREAT. WE HAVE INSTALLED THE REQUIRED SOFTWARE.In coming days, i am going to write few articles on the following items.

1.How to record the script?
2.How to develop or design the script?
3.How to run the script?

Download Loadrunner 9.5

1. Go to URL "https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&cp=1-11-126-17%5E8_4000_100__"


2. Click "HP LoadRunner 9.5 Evaluation" link


3. If you are not registered users, then Register with HP "New Users Register Here" section by entering required fields


4. Click "Register" button.


5. Click the link "License agreement for HP LoadRunner 9.5 Evaluation".


6. Click "I Agree" button. (Please make sure to read the section "Evaluation Software Terms of Use" before clicking I Agree button)


7. Click filename "T7177-15008.zip" under link column and download to your local harddisk.

NOTE

The downloaded LR software is for windows operating system. If you are using other operating systems, download the related installable file.