Wiki Page: Is it possible to suspend particular users for a period of time...
Yes, you can either use the dynamic workload which allows the number of users to be increased or decreased during the test using the Dynamic Workload Configuration dialog, as shown below: For other...
View ArticleWiki Page: Is it possible to test a Lotus Notes application with Silk Performer?
Silk Performer does not have built-in support for native Lotus Notes traffic, i.e. Silk Performer cannot act as a Lotus Notes client accessing a Lotus Notes database, because of the propriety protocols...
View ArticleWiki Page: Is it possible to test an application that uses NTLM...
No, it is not currently possible to replay against an NTLM authenticated server via a proxy. This is due to the fact that the replay engine sends an incorrect authentication header (Proxy-Authorization...
View ArticleWiki Page: Is it possible to test a RESTful API with Silk Performer?
A RESTful API tends to be a WebService and WebServices communicate using SOAP which is XML over HTTP. If there is a client to interact with the WebService then it is usually possible to record against...
View ArticleWiki Page: Max VUser estimation in SilkPerformer
SilkPerformer has an internal formula which estimates the maximum number of virtual users that a single agent can run during a loadtest. For a system running 4xPIII, 1GHz processor and 4GB RAM,...
View ArticleWiki Page: Maximum length of an acceptable attribute value during a Browser...
The maximum length a value assigned to an attribute can be for it to be used as part of an XPath locator string during a Browser Driven recording is 20 characters. For the Silk Performer recorder to...
View ArticleWiki Page: MeasureSetBound not working with MEASURE_PAGE_PAGETIME type using...
When using the MeasureSetBound function in SilkPerformer it is common to use the ‘MEASURE_PAGE_PAGETIME’ measure type: However note that this is a Page Based measurement for use within the Protocol...
View ArticleWiki Page: MeasureSetBound RT: 16 - Invalid parameter, undefined measure type...
This problem can occur in versions of Silk Performer before 2011 and is fixed in the Silk Performer 2011 release. The problem can occur when using the "silkPerformer.MeasureSetBound" method as shown...
View ArticleWiki Page: Memory consumption when running Citrix tests in Silk Performer.
The following shows the memory consumption of virtual users running Citrix tests: Virtual User(s) Memory Consumption(KB)==================== 1 per process ~ 12900 25 per process ~ 9360 50 per process ~...
View ArticleWiki Page: message "Segue Core Components File has encountered a problem and...
NOTE : This advice applies to SilkPerformer 7.1. In certain instances SilkPerformer"s perfrun.exe may crash during a Try-Script or Loadtest, producing the following error messages: The above errors can...
View ArticleWiki Page: Methods of NTLM supported with QALoad
QALoad supports Microsoft IIS windows integrated authentication, Microsoft ISA integrated authentication, and the old Microsoft Proxy integrated authentication. Currently there is no blanket support...
View ArticleWiki Page: Minimum permissions required to allow the SAM module to monitor...
The user with which you run Performance Explorer needs to be added to the Administrators group on the remote computer that you want to monitor. If you specify different user credentials in Performance...
View ArticleWiki Page: Missing timers in dynaTrace reports when using BDLT with...
When using a Browser Driven Load Testing (BDLT) approach along with dynaTrace integration there may be some timers that do not have any values in the dynaTrace reports. This was an issue specific to...
View ArticleWiki Page: Monitoring ColdFusion MX on UNIX.
Silk Performer"s Server Analysis Module (SAM) provides "out of the box" support for monitoring ColdFusion MX via Windows perfmon, however SAM can also be used to monitor ColdFusion MX on other...
View ArticleWiki Page: Monitoring Windows Server 2008 using SilkPerformer Server Analysis...
When monitoring Windows Server 2008 using the Server Analysis Module it is possible for the System 5 access denied error to be thrown despite specifying the correct credentials. This is caused by the...
View ArticleWiki Page: Multiple cookies recorded in the script when testing Remedy 7.6.04...
This issue has been addressed in Silk Performer 15.5. In Silk Performer 10.0 and 15.0 (with the relevant sep applied to allow support), it’s possible to address the issue by using the SuppressCookie...
View ArticleWiki Page: My Performance Explorer workspace window is larger than my screen...
In order to resize the workspace again do the following: Close all the other views Right click on the Performance Explorer program from the tool bar Click Restore Open up all the other views again You...
View ArticleWiki Page: New SAPGUI replay enhancements in Silk Performer 2009R2
Silkerformer 2009R2 uses an architectural de-coupling of the Silkerformer virtual user and the SAPGUI ActiveX control. This means that if there is a crash or failure of the SAPGUI process, the...
View ArticleWiki Page: No BDLT authentication function recorded for NTLM authenticated...
The authentication function (BrowserSetAuthentication) will only be recorded in BDLT scripts when a user is actually prompted for the credentials during login. It is possible however to force Internet...
View ArticleWiki Page: No Citrix functions recorded when using the Citrix Desktop Viewer
The Citrix Desktop Viewer is not supported in the Citrix XenApp environment. Full details on this can be found in this blog "Enabling Desktop Viewer for XenApp":...
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