Blog

HP recently released Knowledge Base article KM00211140 for LoadRunner, dealing with decoding the encoded user name and password in a flex call when recording against HP’s Service Manager Service Request Catalog (SRC). SRC  uses both flex and web to communicate to the back end.  The encoding used is Base64. Their example is good,  and could be used as a starting point for encoding/decoding BASE64 for other applications. To pull this off, you will need to include mic_socket.h in the  Globals.h section of the VUgen script . Then Read Entire Entry

One of our customers experienced issues when trying to run TruClient IE over a firewall using the LoadRunner MI Listener component. To narrow the issue down, they tried running other scripts based on different protocols, which worked fine. It was specific to the TruClient protocol. The TruClient script would time out after several minutes. The only error was “initialization failed: reason – timeout”.  To correct the issue, they implemented the following steps:

Modify <LG>\dat\mdrv\mdrv_webIE.datfile. Add the followi Read Entire Entry

This is the third installment in a multi-part series to address the basics of performance testing applications. It’s for the beginner, but it is also for the experienced engineer to share with project team members when educating them on the basics as well. Project Managers, Server Team members, Business Analysts, and other roles can utilize this information as a guide to understanding performance testing process, the typical considerations, and how to get started when you have never embarked on such a journey.
Planning an effective Read Entire Entry

Part 10 in a series of 17. To start at the beginning, first read Agile vs Fragile: A Disciplined Approach or an Excuse for Chaos.
Principle nine is all about good design and technical excellence.  One of the biggest challenges facing teams that are attempting to do Agile development is the natural urge to just jump in and start coding based on a lose set of requirements, without any real design.  This is natural, but almost always results in negative impacts to the project timelines, because the team has to go back and do Read Entire Entry

This is the second installment in a multi-part series to address the basics of performance testing applications. It’s for the beginner, but it is also for the experienced engineer to share with project team members when educating them on the basics as well. Project Managers, Server Team members, Business Analysts, and other roles can utilize this information as a guide to understanding performance testing process, the typical considerations, and how to get started when you have never embarked on such a journey.

Performance Testin Read Entire Entry

Part 9 in a series of 17. To start at the beginning, first read Agile vs Fragile: A Disciplined Approach or an Excuse for Chaos.
Agile principle 8 deals with managing a fresh team.  This is one of the most telling characteristics of Agile and Fragile teams.  Agile teams see projects as a marathon made up of individual sprints.  For the team to make a sprint at the expense of the overall marathon is not acceptable.  Agile teams ensure that the amount of work that the team takes on is realistic and paces the effort of the team Read Entire Entry

This is the first in a multi-part series to address the basics of performance testing applications. It’s for the beginner, but it is also for the experienced engineer to share with project team members when educating them on the basics as well. Project Managers, Server Team members, Business Analysts, and other roles can utilize this information as a guide to understanding performance testing process, the typical considerations, and how to get started when you have never embarked on such a journey. This blog series will cover Read Entire Entry

Part 8 in a series of 17. To start at the beginning, first read Agile vs Fragile: A Disciplined Approach or an Excuse for Chaos.
The seventh Agile principle is all about quality.  It says that WORKING software is the primary measure of progress.  I spoke with a noted Agile coach and keynote speaker at a conference recently.  We were having a discussion about the fact that the words quality and testing don’t show up anywhere in the agile manifesto or in the 12 principles.  The point of his argument on why it wasn’t there Read Entire Entry

HP has released several notifications this week about fixes for Performance Center 11.0 that have been addressed in Performance Center 11.5:

QCCR1J29087 – Migration Tool compatible issues with Oracle RAC
QCCR1J29239 – Unable to replace successfully the default HTML report with a customized template.
QCCR1J29380 – Scheduler timeout issues
QCCR1J29861 – TS splitted for the second time and linked to a load test
QCCR1J25487 –  Unable to publish a PC9.52 run to a trend report in PC11
QCCR1J26080 – In PC11P04v2, error Read Entire Entry

Part 7 in a series of 17. To start at the beginning, first read Agile vs Fragile: A Disciplined Approach or an Excuse for Chaos.
Agile principle 5 is all about the people you chose to be a part of your team.  If focuses on the principle that if you get the “right” people, give them the right environment to be successful, and then get out of their way, they will deliver great things.  In an Agile world, the best and brightest are sought out to be a part of the team, and then they are enabled to make the right decisions as a Read Entire Entry