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A lot of you must have been facing issues when your Loadrunner software is installed on a 64 bit operating system. Here I am primarily focusing on loadrunner earlier versions i.e. 9.5 which does not support 64 bit architecture. The VuGen and Analysis specifically will not be working at all. If you have successfully passed the load, your results will not be opened and you might experience the following error: LR Analysis Error  So after some random googling and experimenting I came around with a fix. But for that you need to have 2 versions of loadrunner. One earlier version which you have been using like 9.5 and one latest version i.e 12. So lets follow the below steps to open your load test results: First of all create your script in the LR 12 version. (you will not be able to create script in LR 9.5 installed on a 64 bit OS, IE will not be launched.) After the script has been successfully made and replayed, save the script. Copy and place the folder in your 9...

This is my second post from the HP LoadRunner series. As I discussed earlier, here I will be discussing an overview of LoadRunner Controller . So before going into detail, let me recap the prerequisites. Create script – Checked Replay Script – Checked Updating script if required (Add transaction, Parameterization and Content Check) – Checked  Runtime settings and Iterations – Checked Assuming the script is absolutely fine i.e. error free and ready to be passed on Controller, let us get familiar with the UI first. I will be using LoadRunner 9.5, the screens may vary at your end depending on the version you are using.   The UI The Controller has a Title bar, Menu bar, tool bar and a Status bar. After these we have multiple sections or panes.   The first is Scenario Groups pane. We can add multiple scripts or a single script and name them as a Group.  Next is Scenario schedule, here we define how the load will be passed and executed. We have two types o...

Being a part of software industry for many years, I have came across multiple group of people having diverse thoughts. Being a QA I often share my experiences with fellow colleagues and friends. One important question whose answer is typically vague and not convincing to me is over the ‘LOAD / STRESS TESTING’.  Recently I was engaged in a project which requires load testing, so I shoot a message in my social and professional circle to know, if anyone can suggest and guide me over a good tool. I was little shocked to hear most of the replies that they have never performed a load testing activity. Okay I admit load testing can be expensive, but being an expert and experienced resource in the field and still have no knowledge is quite unpleasant for me (No offence to anyone). So there I pull my socks up, grab a cup of tea and started little research over the top available load testing tools. Here I will be sharing my recommendations and experiences over the top load testing tools...