Script Issues with Controller

From: lr-loadrunner@googlegroups.com [mailto:lr-loadrunner@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James Pulley
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 1:48 AM
To: lr-loadrunner@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: VUGEN vs Load Controller



Jumping back to Testing 101, if we have an expressed difference in behavior we should take a look at the test documented initial conditions, steps and inputs to see if they are identical. So, here’s where I would run to

· Initial Conditions. Is the version of your load generator software version matched to the version used for development which also matches the version of the controller?

· Do you have any differences in the membership of the load generators with respect to windows domains from the PC in which you developed the scripts?

· Can you sign onto a Load Generator and run your script without issues manually?

· Does this happen with only a single user or only under load?

· Do you have substantial differences in your infrastructure between your load generator and your application under test versus your vugen development PC and your application under test?

· Have you tested the data on your vugen development host which is in use at the time of the errors? If so, do you get a difference in behavior?

· Are you checking for returned pages with ‘continue on error’ checked? Peoplesoft is a bit oddball because all of the pages come back HTTP 200 even when an error message is present. You will need to check for content.

· I would drop down an OSI tier and go direct HTTP with URL to see if this is a more stable solution. Some place a lot of stock in AJAX scripting, but I tend to think that AJAX toolkit manufacturers are a lot cagier and faster moving than the tools which purport to support them. This applies to HP and everyone else on the planet too.

· Does this follow all user types or just one or two. If not all then it is probably not an environment issue and is related directly to something in the scripts. If all, then I would be taking a lot closer look at some of the initial software and network environmental conditions.

James Pulley, http://www.loadrunnerbythehour.com/PricingMatrix

From: lr-loadrunner@googlegroups.com [mailto:lr-loadrunner@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barstow, Donald - barstodk
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 1:10 PM
To: lr-loadrunner@googlegroups.com
Subject: VUGEN vs Load Controller

Hi,
We are having issues with some of our scripts not running successfully through the load controller, but are successful when running through VUGEN. Some of the errors are 403 Forbidden errors, activex errors, or java script errors. They only appear in the load controller and not in vugen. Has anyone encountered this before and have any suggestions?

LR version 9.52

PeopleTools 8.50

Ajax (Click and Script) both URL based and GUI based scripts.

Thanks,
Don
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Don Barstow
Systems Analyst
James Madison University
IT/Information System
(540)568-3617 Phone
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