HP ALM Performance Center User and Administrator Guide

533 Pages·2016·4.31 MB·English

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User and Administrator Guide
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Contents
PerformanceCenter 1
MicroFocusPerformanceCenterGuide 14
Part1:Performance Testing Basics 15
Chapter1:PerformanceCenterIntroduction 17
PerformanceCenterOverview 18
HowtoConductaPerformanceTest 19
Chapter2:MyPerformanceCenter 21
MyPerformanceCenterOverview 22
HowtoStartMyPerformanceCenter 22
MyPerformanceCenterUserInterface 23
MyPerformanceCenterWindow 24
StartPage 26
DownloadApplicationsDialogBox 27
TestingHostsModule 29
MIListenersModule 35
Part2:PerformanceTestingAssets 37
Chapter3:TestingAssets-Introduction 39
HowtoManageTestingAssets 40
Chapter4:VuGenScriptManagement 41
VuserScripts 42
MappingVuGenParameterstoAUTParameters 42
HowtoUploadVuGenScripts 43
HowtoConvertNUnit,JUnit,orSeleniumTeststoVuGenScripts 44
VuGenScriptManagementUserInterface 44
UploadVuGenScriptsDialogBox 45
VuGenScriptConvertor 46
Chapter5:Topologies 49
TopologiesOverview 50
HowtoDesignTopologies 50
HowtoDesignTopologies-Use-CaseScenario 52
TopologiesUserInterface 57
TopologiesModule 58
Add/UpdateTopologyDialogBox 59
TopologyDesignerWindow 60
Add/UpdateAUTHostDialogBox 62
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DeployPALTemplatesfromProductionDialogBox 63
PerformanceTestDesigner>Topology 63
Chapter6:MonitorProfiles 67
MonitorProfilesOverview 68
HowtoCreateandConfigureMonitorProfiles 68
MonitorProfilesUserInterface 69
TestResourcesModule 70
MonitorProfilePage 72
AddNewMonitorsPage 73
EditMonitorDialogBox 75
EditMonitor(SNMP)DialogBox 77
EditMonitor(SiteScope)DialogBox 78
EditMonitor(NetworkDelayTime)DialogBox 79
PerformanceTestDesigner>Monitors 81
Part3:PerformanceTestingTimeslots 83
Chapter7:Timeslots 85
PerformanceTestingTimeslotsOverview 86
TypesofTimeslotReservations 87
AutomaticTimeslots 88
ExtendingTimeslotReservations 89
UnderstandingTimeslotFailure 90
HostAllocation 90
ExampleofAllocatingandReshufflingHosts 91
HowtoReserveTimeslotsforPerformanceTesting 96
TimeslotsModule 97
AddNewTimeslot/EditTimeslotDialogBox 103
AddAutomatchLoadGeneratorDialogBox 109
AddSpecificLoadGeneratorDialogBox 110
SelectControllerDialogBox 111
Part4:PerformanceTestDesign 113
Chapter8:PerformanceTestDesign-Introduction 115
PerformanceTestDesignOverview 116
PerformanceTestDesignBestPractices 116
HowtoDesignaPerformanceTest 116
PerformanceTestDesignUserInterface 119
TestPlanModule 120
PerformanceTestDesigner>SummaryView/PreviewTab 122
PerformanceTestDesigner>TestRunsTrendView/TestRunsTrendTab 125
PerformanceTestDesignerWindow 126
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CreateNewPerformanceTestDialogBox 128
TestValidationResultsDialogBox 129
Chapter9:DefiningPerformanceTestWorkloads 131
PerformanceTestWorkloadOverview 132
NoiseGeneratorScripts 132
RendezvousPoints 133
HowtoDefineaPerformanceTestWorkload 133
HowtoDistributeVusersAmongVuserGroups 137
DefiningPerformanceTestWorkloadsUserInterface 138
PerformanceTestDesigner>Groups&Workload 139
WorkloadTypesDialogBox 147
SelectControllerDialogBox 148
RelativeDistributionDialogBox 149
RendezvousDialogBox 150
TestOptionsDialogBox 152
Chapter10:IntegratingVirtualizedServices 155
IntegratingVirtualizedServicesOverview 156
ServiceVirtualizationMonitoring 158
ServiceVirtualizationLocking 159
HowtoAddVirtualizedServicestoPerformanceTests 159
IntegratingVirtualizedServicesUserInterface 160
ServiceVirtualizationDialogBox 161
AddServicesDialogBox 163
DeploymentCheckResultsDialogBox 164
ServerCredentialsDialogBox 165
Chapter11:LoadGeneratorDistribution 167
LoadGeneratorDistributionOverview 168
HowtoDistributeLoadGeneratorsAmongVuserGroups 169
LoadGeneratorsUserInterface 171
AssignLoadGeneratorstoMultipleGroupsDialogBox 172
SelectLoadGeneratorsDialogBox 175
AutomatchLoadGeneratorsPropertiesDialogBox 178
Chapter12:SchedulingPerformanceTests 181
SchedulingPerformanceTestsOverview 182
TypesofTestSchedules 182
ScheduleRunModes 183
HowtoDefineaScheduleforthePerformanceTest 184
HowtoAddActionstoaTestSchedule 186
HowtoEditSchedulerActions 187
SchedulingPerformanceTestsUserInterface 188
GlobalSchedulerPane 189
GlobalSchedulerActions 191
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Chapter13:ServiceLevelAgreements 197
ServiceLevelAgreementsOverview 198
TrackingPeriod 199
HowtoDefineServiceLevelAgreements 199
HowtoDefineServiceLevelAgreements-Use-CaseScenario 200
ServiceLevelAgreementUserInterface 203
ServiceLevelAgreementPane 204
ServiceLevelAgreementWizard 205
MeasurementPage 206
TransactionsPage 207
LoadCriteriaPage 208
ThresholdsPage 209
SummaryPage 211
TrackingPeriodDialogBox 212
Chapter14:EnablingandConfiguringERP/CRMandJ2EE/.NETDiagnostics 215
HowtoEnableandConfigureERP/CRMDiagnostics 216
HowtoEnableandConfigureJ2EE/.NETDiagnostics 216
HowtoViewDiagnosticsResults 217
DiagnosticsUserInterface 217
PerformanceTestDesigner>Diagnostics 218
J2EE/.NETConfigurationDialogBox 219
Oracle11iConfigurationDialogBox 221
Oracle11iServerConfigurationDialogBox 222
SAPConfigurationDialogBox 223
SiebelConfigurationDialogBox 224
SiebelDBConfigurationDialogBox 225
SiebelDBServerConfigurationDialogBox 226
SiebelServerConfigurationDialogBox 227
Chapter15:ConfiguringTerminalSessions 229
TerminalSessionsOverview 230
HowtoCreateaTerminalSession 230
HowtoConnecttoaTerminalSession 231
HowtoConfigureaTerminalSessionoveraFirewall 233
TerminalSessionsUserInterface 233
TerminalServicesDialogBox 234
PerformanceCenterAgentRuntimeSettingsDialogBox 235
Chapter16:MultipleIPAddresses 237
MultipleIPAddressesOverview 238
HowtoEnableIPSpoofinginALM 238
HowtoConfigureMultipleIPAddressesonLinux 240
IPWizard 240
Chapter17:CustomizingAnalysisTemplates 243
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AnalysisTemplatesOverview 244
HowtoCustomizeAnalysisTemplates 244
AnalysisTemplateUserInterface 245
CreateNewAnalysisTemplateDialogBox 246
UploadAnalysisTemplateDialogBox 246
AnalysisTemplateOptionsDialogBox 247
Chapter18:NetworkVirtualization 249
NetworkVirtualizationOverview 250
HowtoIntegrateNetworkVirtualizationintoaPerformanceTest 251
NetworkVirtualizationGraphs 254
AverageLatencyGraph 254
PacketLossGraph 254
AverageBandwidthUtilizationGraph 255
AverageThroughputGraph 256
TotalThroughputGraph 256
NetworkVirtualizationUserInterface 257
VirtualLocationEditorDialogBox 258
ImportVirtualLocationsDialogBox 259
NVInsightsReport 260
ConsiderationsforWorkingwithNVInsights 261
HowtoIntegrateNVInsightsintoaPerformanceTest 261
Part5:PerformanceTestingExecution 265
Chapter19:PerformanceTestExecutionIntroduction 267
RunningPerformanceTestsOverview 268
HowtoManageaPerformanceTestRun 269
HowtoManageVusersDuringaTestRun 272
HowtoManageVirtualizedServicesDuringaTestRun 273
HowtoManageMonitoringandLoadGeneratorInformationDuringaTestRun 274
PerformanceTestExecutionUserInterface 275
TestLabModule 276
RunsModule 281
TestExpressDesigner 285
InitializingRunPage 291
PerformanceTestRunPage 293
RunTestDialogBox 303
TimeslotDurationDialogBox 307
StopRunDialogBox 308
PerformanceTestScheduleDialogBox 309
MonitorProfileContentDialogBox 310
LoadGeneratorsDialogBox 311
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AddLoadGeneratorsDialogBox 312
MonitorOverFirewallDialogBox 313
VusersDialogBox 313
RunVusersDialogBox 315
AddGroupDialogBox 317
ViewScriptDialogBox 319
SLAReport 320
CalculateServiceLevelAgreementDialogBox 321
Part6:DataAnalyzer 323
Chapter20:Trending 325
TrendReportsOverview 326
TrendbyQualityAttributesTemplate-TrendedMeasurements 330
MeasurementAcronyms 330
TrendReportsUserInterface 332
PerformanceTrendingModule 333
CreateNewTrendReportPage 334
<ReportName>TrendReport 335
TrendOverviewTab 337
TrendViewTabs 339
TrendViews 340
ExportTrendReportPage 345
SelectColumnsDialogBox 346
SelectTestRunstoTrendReportDialogBox 349
ThresholdSettingsDialogBox 351
CustomMeasurementMappingDialogBox 352
RenameRunNamesDialogBox 354
AddTrendViewstoTabDialogBox 355
MeasurementsConfigurationDialogBox 355
Chapter21:PerformanceApplicationLifecycle(PAL) 357
PALOverview 358
PALFlow 358
HowtoWorkwithPAL 359
HowtoCreatePALDataSets 361
CreatingDataSetsfromIISW3C 362
CreatingApacheDataSets 362
CreatingRUMDataSets 362
CreatingDataSetsfromGoogleAnalytics 363
CreatingWebtrendsDataSets 363
HowtoCreatePALDataSetsfromBSM 364
PALUserInterface 365
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PALModule 366
ManagePALApplicationsDialogBox 371
UploadProductionDataSetDialogBox 372
CreateNewPerformanceApplicationLifecycleReportDialogBox 373
ExportPALDataDialogBox 374
<ReportName>PALReport 375
ExportReporttoPDFDialogBox 377
DataSourcesTab 378
PALReportViewTabs 379
PALReportViews 381
AddViewsToTabDialogBox 382
SelectMeasurementsDialogBox 384
AddDataDialogBox 385
SelectColumnsDialogBox 387
ThresholdSettingsDialogBox 388
MonitorsMappingDialogBox 389
TransactionsMappingandGroupingDialogBox 392
SetScalingFactorsDialogBox 394
SetGlobalTransactionsFilterDialogBox 395
PALDataSetCreatorWizard 396
1-SelectDataSourcePage 397
2-UploadLogPage 397
3-SetDurationPage 399
Part7:OnlineMonitoring 401
Chapter22:WorkingwithALMPerformanceCenterOnlineMonitors 403
MonitoringProcessOverview 404
HowtoSetUptheMonitoringEnvironment–Workflow 404
MonitorTypes 405
Chapter23:Run-TimeandTransactionMonitoring 409
Run-TimeGraphOverview 410
TransactionMonitorGraphsOverview 412
Chapter24:WebResourceMonitors 415
WebResourceMonitoringOverview 416
WebSocketStatisticsMonitor 419
HTTPStatusCodes 420
Chapter25:SystemResourceMonitoring 423
SystemResourceMonitorsOverview 424
WindowsResourceMonitoring 424
UNIXResourceMonitoring 424
SNMPResourceMonitoring 424
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