Set the level of emulated user load
Running a Scenario · Controlling Server Load: Rendezvous Points
LoadRunner Controller User's Guide (Windows)
Chapter 8, page 136
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For example, to test a bank server you could create a scenario that contains two
rendezvous points. The first rendezvous ensures that one thousand Vusers
simultaneously deposit cash. The second rendezvous ensures that another
thousand Vusers simultaneously withdraw cash. If you want to measure how the
server performs when only five hundred Vusers deposit cash, you can deactivate
(disable) the "withdraw" rendezvous, and instruct only five hundred Vusers to
participate in the "deposit" rendezvous.
The following procedure outlines how to control load peaks on the server:
1
Create the Vuser scripts, inserting the necessary rendezvous points.
2
Create a scenario.
When you add a Vuser to a scenario, LoadRunner scans the associated Vuser
script for the names of the rendezvous points and adds them to the list in the
Rendezvous window. If you create another Vuser that runs the same script, the
Controller adds the new Vuser to the rendezvous and updates the list.
3
Set the level of emulated user load.
You determine the exact level of load by selecting the rendezvous points that will
take part in the scenario, and how many Vusers will participate in each
rendezvous.
4
Set the attributes for the rendezvous (optional).
For each rendezvous you can set the
timeout
and
policy attributes
. For more
information, see
Setting Rendezvous Attributes
on page 139.
5
Run the scenario.
