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To access the Vuser script files on a shared network drive

Running a Scenario · Configuring a Scenario

LoadRunner Controller User's Guide (Windows)

Chapter 9, page 146

To store the result files on a shared network drive, click On a Shared Network
Drive, and then select the Results check box. To set the exact location on the
network drive, see

Specifying where the Results of a Scenario are Stored

page 159.

If you select to save results to a shared network drive, you may need to perform
path translation. Path translation ensures that the specified results directory is
recognized by the remote host. For information about path translation see
Appendix A,

Performing Path Translation

To access the Vuser script files on a shared network drive, click "On a shared
network drive," and then select the Scripts check box, or the Scripts and Global
data tables check box. To set the exact location on the network drive, see

Specifying where the Results of a Scenario are Stored

on page 159.

If you specify that all Vusers access their Vuser scripts directly at some shared
location, no transfer of script files occurs at run time. This alternative method may
be useful in either of the following situations:

The file transfer facility does not work.

The Vuser script files are large and therefore take a long time to transfer.
Remember that Vuser script files are transferred only once during a scenario.

This alternate method often necessitates path translation. Path translation insures
that the specified script directory is recognized by the remote hosts.(For details,
see Appendix A,

Performing Path Translation

Click OK to close the dialog box.