Mercury Interactive Testing Tools

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Integrate load testing into your development tools: IDE, jUnit, nUnit, Jenkins, Selenium and Microsoft Visual Studio. Starting with version 12.55, you can run your JMeter scripts and integrate JMeter with additional script types in any performance test.

LoadRunner
Developer(s)Micro Focus
Stable release
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows and Linux (Load Generator only)
Available in11 languages
Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese-Brazilian, Russian, Spanish.
TypeLoad testing tools
LicenseProprietary
Website[1]

LoadRunner is a software testing tool from Micro Focus. It is used to test applications, measuring system behaviour and performance under load. LoadRunner can simulate thousands of users concurrently using application software, recording and later analyzing the performance of key components of the application.

LoadRunner simulates user activity by generating messages between application components or by simulating interactions with the user interface such as keypresses or mouse movements. The messages and interactions to be generated are stored in scripts. LoadRunner can generate the scripts by recording them, such as logging HTTP requests between a client web browser and an application's web server.[1]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquired LoadRunner as part of its acquisition of Mercury Interactive in November 2006.[2][3] In Sept 2016, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it is selling its software business, including Mercury products, to Micro Focus.[4] As of 01-Sept-2017, the acquisition was complete.[5]

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Architecture[edit]

The key components of LoadRunner are:

Mercury Tools Application

  • Load Generator generates the load against the application by following scripts
  • VuGen (Virtual User Generator) for generating and editing scripts
  • Controller controls, launches and sequences instances of Load Generator - specifying which script to use, for how long etc. During runs the Controller receives real-time monitoring data and displays status.
  • Agent process manages connection between Controller and Load Generator instances.
  • Analysis assembles logs from various load generators and formats reports for visualization of run result data and monitoring data.

Modules are available to enable LoadRunner to capture, replay and script different application and networking technologies. These include support for:[6]

  • applications using Microsoft .NET and Java
  • database servers such as Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle
  • internetworking protocols such as DNS, FTP and LDAP
  • e-mail protocols including IMAP, MAPI, POP3 & SMTP
  • remote client technologies such as Citrix ICA and RDP.

LoadRunner can be run standalone or multiple instances can pooled for use by several people under the control of HP PerformanceCenter.

History[edit]

VersionService PackRelease dateNotes
1.0N/ANovember 1993Load Testing for X Windows applications[7]
2.0N/AJuly 1994Windows support added[8]
XL & RTEN/ADecember 1994LoadRunner/XL (for large tests) and LoadRunner/RTE (RTE protocol support) introduced[9]
3.0N/AApril 1995Added SQL Inspector (captures SQL statements sent from client applications to relational databases)[10]
4.0N/AMay 1996Added Virtual User Generator, Controller, and Analysis tools[11]
5.0N/AFebruary 1997Added SAP R/3 support[12]
6.0N/AJuly 1999Added Linux installation support
6.5N/AJune 2000Added 'TurboLoad' technology (i.e. Run users as threads)
7.51N/AJune 2000Added Citrix ICA protocol support
7.8N/ASeptember 2003
7.8Feature Pack 1September 2003Added support for Windows XP.
8.0N/AAugust 2004Added 'Additional Attributes' to Runtime Settings.
8.1N/AAugust 2004Added Web Click and Script technologies
9.0N/AAugust 2004Re-branded to HP LoadRunner
9.10N/AFebruary 2008Added Web Services, Adobe AMF, and RDP
9.51N/AJuly 6, 2009
9.52N/AJune 14, 2010
11.0N/ASeptember 2010
11.0Patch 1January 6, 2011
11.0Patch 2February 22, 2011Added support for Visual Studio 2010 and Protocol Updates to Ajax TruClient, Citrix, Flex, Web.
11.0Patch 3June 20, 2011Added support for IE9, Mobile protocols, GraniteDS.
11.0Patch 4November 2011HP SV (Service Virtualization Integration) with Controller, GWT-DFE(Google Web Toolkit- Data Format Extension), RTMP Tunneled, Messaging support, Streaming support, Flex Correlations.
11.50N/ANovember 2011Added New VuGen IDE, Ajax TruClient for IE, Web Protocol Asynchronous Support, Flex, Mobile, .NET, Web Services, 64-bit applications recording, IPv6 support.
11.50Patch 1July 20, 2012Added Ajax TruClient IE protocol.
12.00N/AMarch 18, 2014Added ability to instantiate instances on Amazon EC2 directly from LoadRunner UI.
12.02N/AJanuary 21, 2015Added ability to instantiate instances on Microsoft Azure directly from LoadRunner UI
12.50N/AAugust 2015
  • JavaScript as a new scripting language for the Web-HTTP/HTML protocol
  • Chrome TruClient support added
  • Google Compute Engine supported as cloud provider
  • Ability to record a TruClient script with one browser and replay it with any
  • Integrated Network Virtualization solution (formerly known as Shunra)
  • Docker-based Linux installation
  • Generating scripts from HAR files
  • Major enhancements in .NET and Citrix protocols
12.50Patch 3May 5, 2016
  • Provides support for TruClient - Native Mobile protocol in HPE Mobile Center
  • Adds support for HPE Mobile Center 1.51
  • Fix for Amazon Cloud provisioning
12.53N/AMay 2016
  • Git integration in VuGen
  • Java 8 support, 64-bit replay support in Java protocols
  • New PCoIP protocol
  • HTTP Video Streaming (HTML5, HLS) support
  • HTTP/2 support
  • Enhanced SAPUI5 recording in TruClient
  • REST step-builder editor in VuGen
  • Support of Win 10 and recording using MS Edge browser
  • Built-in Linux compatibility test in VuGen
  • Improved performance of Linux Load Generators, support of additional Linux distributions
12.53Patch 1June 15, 2016Fixes a memory allocation issue that can impact Web HTTP/HTML protocols.
12.53Patch 2August 3, 2016
12.53Patch 3September 29, 2016
12.53Patch 4January 4, 2017LoadRunner 12.53 Patch 4 contains various enhancements, and provides support for the following:
  • HPE Mobile Center 2.20. For details, see the Mobile Center Help.
  • HPE Network Virtualization (NV) 12.53 Patch 1
  • Google Web Toolkit (GWT) support:
    • GWT Request Factory
    • GWT 2.7.0
    • Verified for use with GWT 2.8.0 (full support to be added in a future version).
12.55N/AAugust 17, 2017Added MQTT Protocol, support for JMeter tests, support for Windows 10 creators, Windows Server 2016, and Ubuntu 16.04. Also added support for Chromium 55 for TruClient protocol. LoadRunner 12.55 supports HTTP/2 64-bit record and replay and many performance improvements and enhancements.
12.56N/AFebruary 26, 2018LoadRunner 12.56 contains various enhancements, and provides support for the following:
  • Runtime Settings Search
  • New supported technologies and platforms
  • Protocol enhancements
  • TruClient enhancements
  • VuGen enhancements
  • Controller and Analysis enhancements
12.57N/AMay 19, 2018LoadRunner 12.57 contains various enhancements, and provides support for the following:
  • New supported technologies and platforms
  • Remote Terminal Emulator protocol compatibility with Windows 10
  • TruClient enhancements, including support for Chromium OS version 63
  • VuGen enhancements
  • Controller enhancements
12.60N/AAugust 24, 2018LoadRunner 12.60 contains various enhancements, and provides support for the following:
  • A runtime setting to enable/disable HTTP/2 features
  • New runtime setting that enables connecting to one or multiple IP addresses for Oracle NCA protocol
  • Enhanced desktop pool support with the ability to sync on bitmap timeout per step for PCoIP protocol
  • Dockerized Load Generators
  • Network Virtualization is now free
  • Save a graph as an image file

HPE LoadRunner in the Cloud[edit]

Mercury automated testing tools

From 2010 Hewlett Packard started to offer on-demand versions of LoadRunner available by cloud computing services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and later Microsoft Azure.[13][14] Version 12.50 added the use of Google Compute Engine. Selected HP partners are also able to provide LoadRunner in the Cloud as an on-demand service from their SaaS platforms.

Scripting Languages[edit]

LoadRunner client emulation scripts are usually created using the ANSI C programming language.[15] However, Java[16] and .Net programs can also be run by LoadRunner. Version 12.50 added the use of JavaScript for Web-HTTP/HTML scripts.

Scripts from other testing tools such as Apache JMeter, NUnit, and Selenium can be run by LoadRunner by declaring an interface library. This enables scripts to send key-value pairs to the Controller as the script runs, enabling response times to be associated with specific conditions such as the number of items displayed in the User Interface.

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LoadRunner scripts can also be called from within Jenkins.

Support for JMeter Tests[edit]

LoadRunner 12.55 enables testers to run Apache JMeter scripts from Controller, alongside Vuser scripts can view the results to LoadRunner measurements. This feature is provided as beta version.[17]

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References[edit]

  1. ^Mar, Wilson. 'LoadRunner architecture'. Wilsonmar.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  2. ^Krazit, Tom. 'HP snaps up Mercury Interactive'. CNET. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. ^'HP To Acquire Mercury Interactive For $4.5 Billion'. Information Week. UBM Tech. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  4. ^'HPE selling software business to Micro Focus'. www.zdnet.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  5. ^'Micro Focus Completes Merger with HPE Software Business, Creating One of World's Largest Pure-play Software Companies Micro Focus'. www.microfocus.com. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  6. ^Colantonio, Joe. 'LoadRunner 11.50 Licensing Change and Protocol Bundles'. JoeColantonio.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  7. ^Damore, Kelley (8 November 1993). 'LoadRunner mimics net users'. InfoWorld.
  8. ^Ballou, Melinda-Carol (25 July 1994). 'Client/Server testing booms'. Computerworld.
  9. ^'New products'. Computerworld. 5 December 1994.
  10. ^Cole, Barb (17 April 1995). 'Mercury rises to deliver client/server testing tools'. Network World.
  11. ^'LoadRunner 4.0 Press Release'.
  12. ^'Mercury Interactive Addresses Testing Needs for Exploding Base of SAP Business Application Solutions'.
  13. ^Broersma, Matthew. 'HP puts LoadRunner in the cloud'. ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  14. ^Fulton, Scott M. 'HP Aims to Redefine Apps Performance Testing with Cloud Platform'. ReadWrite. Wearable World Inc. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  15. ^http://lrhelp.saas.hpe.com/en/12.53/help/WebHelp/Content/VuGen/c_c_vuser_scripts.htm
  16. ^http://lrhelp.saas.hpe.com/en/12.53/help/WebHelp/Content/VuGen/Protocols/Java/137650_toc_java_prog.htm
  17. ^https://lrhelp.saas.hpe.com/en/12.55/help/WebHelp/Content/Controller/jmeter_intro.htm

External links[edit]

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