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This is the first in the series of articles about performance monitoring under load and how to use the LoadRunner Analysis tool effectively. In my experience, about 60% to 70% of new LoadRunner users never consider all the monitoring capabilities within the product. They only focus on the end user experience – or Transaction Timings as we call them. An important part of performance test execution is to monitor the vital metrics of the infrastructure hosting the application while under load. How else will you know why the end user Read Entire Entry

Part 6 in a series of 17. To start at the beginning, first read Agile vs Fragile: A Disciplined Approach or an Excuse for Chaos.
The fourth Agile principle focuses on ensuring that collaboration between the business and the teams that deliver is active.  The principle goes so far as to say that this collaboration needs to be a daily activity, not just a weekly update, or at the beginning and end of a sprint. When the business is engaged in the project, it has a much higher chance of success. Remember, the Voke survey states Read Entire Entry

HP has released knowledge base article KM00360438, which provides a patch to fix the snapshot viewer freezing with Flex scripts in LoadRunner Vugen. The problem usually occurs with the Step Navigator and viewing long responses in the response body.  Sometimes Vugen will appear to hang on this operation. A downloadable RAR file is available on the knowledge base article page. NOTE: This patch needs to be applied ON TOP of SP1.

For more information, go to the HP Self-Support site (HP Passport credentials will be required) Read Entire Entry

HP has released knowledge base article KM00359068, which indicates a new Service Pack for LoadRunner 11.5 may be out by May. This article addresses support for the JAVA JDK 1.7 for JAVA and FLEX protocols. The current answer is:
“With VUGEN version 11.5 SP1, we still do not support JDK 1.7 with JAVA protocols and FLEX (unless all the jars are compiled with backward compatible). It will be supported in SP2, which is scheduled to be released in <SOON>.”
UPDATE: Release Date references were  removed as requested by HP. Exact Read Entire Entry

Part 5 in a series of 17. To start at the beginning, first read Agile vs Fragile: A Disciplined Approach or an Excuse for Chaos.
Principle three of the Agile principles is all about speed to value. What this principle tries to accomplish is to find the fastest way possible to get value into the hands of the customer.  This assumes several things.  First, you are adding value and not limiting value.  Second, it assumes that the faster I can get value into the hands of the business the faster they can bring in revenue. And Read Entire Entry

Selecting and evaluating a mobile application testing tool to support functional test automation can be a cumbersome task. Every tool in the market has a different set of features, limitations, challenges and caveats (which are often not discovered until after purchase or during a POC).

Before surveying the various tools in the market, begin with defining internal requirements for an automated mobile app testing tool. I recommend reviewing our article on the most common mobile application testing automation tool requiremen Read Entire Entry

HP Support has released knowledge base article (KM00228735) to deal with Tasks that timeout on PC 11.5 and higher. The problem is encountered when a health check on a Host machine fails with the following error message
“Failure Timeout: Task with ID <xxxx> has failed to finish during the expected time.”
The task will be marked as a failed task.
This is usually a problem with a service not running on the host, or having incorrect permissions on the host. First, check all the services to ensure they are running. Check for these Read Entire Entry

HP Software has  released a knowledge base article (KM00354420) to deal with failed runs on a newly installed PC Host within Performance Center 11.5 and higher. Indications of this conditions are a failed status at the “Launch Controller” step when trying to execute a test. A message window will display the message:
“Run test failed: Reason: Failed to launch Controller.”
Checking System Health may also report this error on the problematic Host:
“Check connectivity between the Controller and Load Generator”.
The problem is generall Read Entire Entry

Part 4 in a series of 17. To start at the beginning, first read Agile vs Fragile: A Disciplined Approach or an Excuse for Chaos.
The second Agile principle focuses on being agile (little “a” in this case).  The primary concept is that change is seen as a positive way to ensure that what you deliver to the customer has the best chance of being correct. Principle two embraces changes, because it would rather make adjustments to timelines and delivery now rather than continue down the wrong path and have to retrace steps.  Read Entire Entry

UPDATE: Service Pack 11.51 has been superseded by Service Pack 11.52.
Service Packs are cumulative, so there is no need to install SP 11.51.
HP UFT Service Pack 11.51 (UFT_00001), which applies to HP UFT 11.50, was released on 01/29/13. To download the service pack, visit the HP software patches support website (KM00337418).
Note:  The patch support model for UFT 11.5 has changed from the patch model previously used in versions of QTP (QuickTest Pro). New technology support, as well as fixes for known issues are now provided Read Entire Entry