Performance Center 12.x Essentials Training

Live Online & Classroom Enterprise Certification Training

This five-day course introduces students to ALM Performance Center 12.0 and the Virtual User Generator (VuGen) application, which is a scripting tool used to record and run user actions on an application to be load tested.

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What is Performance Center 12.x Essentials Certification Training about?

The topics include how to schedule tests, run tests, and analyze test results. Students learn how to effectively and efficiently plan, create, schedule, and run a simple test based on the goals determined at the planning phase and to interpret analysis graphs and achieve set performance testing goals.

They also focus on planning, creating, and enhancing Virtual User (Vuser) scripts using VuGen in the web environment.

All topics are supported by hands-on labs, designed to provide you with the knowledge necessary to create scripts in the web environment.

The class is appropriate for both experienced and new product users and others responsible for or involved in performance testing with Performance Center and/or VuGen scripting.

The course consists of focused, task-oriented lectures, text, and a series of detailed hands-on labs to teach the course material to the student. The hands-on labs use version 12.5 of the software. The hands-on labs for this course use version 12.5 of the ALM software.

What are the objectives of Performance Center 12.x Essentials Certification Training ?

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the Performance Center (PC) architecture

• Manage user accounts

• Assign user privileges

• Manage multiple projects

• Oversee server resources

• Manage test executions

• Monitor and analyze error information using various reports

• Plan effectively for load tests

• Describe the user site’s functionality

• Create, configure, and execute load tests

• Use analysis graphs to determine whether the test achieved the set goals

• Record scripts in the web environment using the Virtual User Generator (VuGen)

• Measure steps and business processes using transactions

• Parameterize scripts to vary user input data

• Customize scripts by adding VuGen and basic C language functions

• Correlate scripts to process server-generated data

Who is Performance Center 12.x Essentials Certification Training for?

This course is intended for:

• Quality Assurance and Performance Engineers

• Users of ALM Performance Center who need to create scripts to load test their web applications and run those scripts in the ALM Performance Center environment

• Users of LoadRunner who need to create scripts to load test their web applications

• Executives involved in any aspect of the load testing process

What are the prerequisites for Performance Center 12.x Essentials Certification Training?

To be successful in this course, you should have the following prerequisites or knowledge:

• Working knowledge of Windows, web sites, and browsers

• Fundamental understanding of C programming is helpful, but not required

Available Training Modes

Live Online Training

30 Hours

Classroom Training

5 Days

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Module 1: Course Overview for Performance Center 12.x Essentials

Identify the contents and objectives of the course

Define the class schedule and class logistics

Identify the related courses

Discuss the lab environment details

Module 2: Introduction to ALM PC

Describe the basic PC architecture and functionality

Identify the steps of the load testing process

Provide an overview of ALM PC sites

Explain roles and tasks of PC team members

Module 3: What’s New in PC 12.5

Describe the new features of PC 12.5

Describe the enhancements in My PC

Build a Protocol Usage report

Describe the enhancements in VuGen

Describe how to use TruClientWeb within PC

Describe the enhancements in online graphics

Describe the improvements in the Performance Application Lifecycle (PAL)

Module 4: Using the ALM PC User Site

Explain the purpose and advantages of the ALM PC user site

Explore the ALM PC user site

Describe the privilege levels and access rights for a project

Module 5: Planning an Effective Load Test

Analyze the Application Under Test (AUT)

Gather preliminary information before load testing your system

Organize system information effectively

Use the gathered information to plan load tests

Module 6: Working with Vuser Scripts and Reserving Timeslots

Prepare and modify Vuser scripts

Connect VuGen to an ALM session

Upload Vuser scripts to ALM

Define timeslots

Reserve and manage timeslots successfully

Module 7: Configuring the Load Test Settings

Configure load test settings

Create monitor profiles

Define Service Level Agreements (SLAs)s

Module 8: Working with Load Tests

Create a test set

Configure scheduling options for the test

Set load test goals using SLAs

Run the test

Module 9: Running Load Tests

Configure the project settings and PC Controller options

Explain the performance test run flow

Monitor the flow of the performance test run

Monitor the performance test run

Analyze the performance test results

Module 10: Using the Dashboard Page

Explain the views available on the Dashboard page

Create and configure reports in the Analysis view

Create and configure graphs in the Analysis view

Create and configure the Project dashboard pages

Module 11: Using the PC Analysis

Collate and analyze the load test data

Generate reports and graphs for a test set

Download the load test results files

Upload the files and reports

View and manage tests using the system perspectives

Module 12: Raising Application Defects in ALM

Create new defects

Link defects and other entities

Monitor and track defects in ALM

Assign, repair, and update defects

Analyze defects and generate defect reports

Export defect reports

Module 13: Configuring Hosts and Topologies

Add, configure, and reboot hosts in ALM

Provision cloud hosts

Create AUT hosts

Reboot servers and check host connectivity

Create topologies

Create monitors for web servers

Module 14: Creating Requirements and Business Mode

Explain requirements and their advantage

Explore the options in the Requirements view

Create requirements

Explain and import business models

Link requirements and tests to model entities

Module 15: Using the Lab Management Website

Explore the Lab Settings module in the Lab Management website

Explore the Cloud Settings module in the Lab Management website

Explore the Lab Resources module in the Lab Management website

Explore the Performance Center module in the Lab Management website

Explore the Servers module in the Lab Management website

Module 16: Using the Site Administration Website

Create projects using the Site Administration website

Create domains using the Site Administration website

Explore the tabs on the Site Administration website

Course: Course: VuGen – Two Days

Module 1: Course Overview of Virtual User Generator 12.5 Essentials

Identify the contents and objectives of the course

Define the class schedule and class logistics

Identify the related courses

Discuss the lab environment details

Module 2: Introduction to Virtual User Generator (VuGen) 12.5x

Define Virtual User (Vuser) and VuGen

Explore the new look and feel of the VuGen UI

Explain how to use the step navigator and solution explorer

Discuss the script workflow

Create scripts using VuGen

Record business processes with VuGen

Module 3: What’s New in VuGen 12.5

Explore the new look and feel of the VuGen UI

Describe the user experience and protocol enhancements

Build a community and describe the concept of flexible delivery

Module 4: Recording Scripts for Web Applications

Access and use the protocol advisor for recording

Create VuGen scripts by recording user steps

Save scripts in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Create a Vuser script template

Create business process reports

Module 5: Replaying the Vuser Scripts

Recognize the debugging tools available in VuGen

Identify and configure the appropriate web run-time settings for replaying scripts

Replay and debug the script in VuGen

Module 6: Inserting Transactions into the Scrip

Explain the use of transactions in a script

Add a transaction into a script during recording

Insert a transaction into a script after recording

Module 7: Parameterizing a Script

Define parameterization

Determine when to parameterize a script

Create and modify parameter lists

Create new parameters

Work with parameter properties

Configure run-time settings for parameters)s

Module 8: Verifying the Vuser Scripts

Identify the need to use verification in scripts

Define verification for scripts

Add text checkpoints during and after recording of scripts

Module 9: Creating Actions for a Web Script

Define an action for a web script

Record a script with multiple actions

Create action blocks

Module 10: Using the VuGen Editor

Work with the VuGen Editor

Send customized output messages to the Replay log

Identify basic C code including statements, variables, and functions

Apply basic debugging techniques in VuGen

Module 11: Using the Advanced Scripting Techniques for Vuser Scripts

Explain general LR functions

Explain protocol-specific functions

Module 12: Auto Correlation After Recording

Describe correlation

Work with the Correlation Studio

Correlate dynamic values after recording a script

Module 13: Using Manual Correlation

Explain the manual correlation process

Configure the parameters for correlation

Correlate a script manually by:

Using the WDiff utility

Adding the web_reg_save_param_ex correlation function

Parameterizing the dynamic value in the script

Module 14: Auto Correlation During Recording

Create correlation rules to auto correlate during recording

Regenerate and record scripts

Import and export correlation rules

Who is the instructor for this training?

The Trainer is Micro Focus Certified Instructor with extensive domain experience, including years of experience training & mentoring professionals in the industry

Performance Center 12.x Essentials Certification Training - Certification & Exam

SpringPeople is the Authorized Training Partner of Micro Focus.
This course is aligned to HP0-M217P Advance LoadRunner 12.x Certification
The training fees is exclusive of exam cost.
For any queries; feel free to reach us at microfocus@springpeople.com

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