Wiki Page: Why might I find differences in the test results between Try...
One possible reason as to why the results might be different between Try-Script and Baseline is that Try-Script will not take Modem Simulation into consideration. Another reason is Try-Script will...
View ArticleWiki Page: How do I set more than one command line option using the...
If you set the command line options separately, for example: JavaSetOption(JAVA_CMDLINE_OPTIONS, ENABLE_JVMDI); JavaSetOption(JAVA_CMDLINE_OPTIONS,"-Xrunhprof:cpu=times,depth=3"); Then the second...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why Do I get the following error - Bdf-Script couldn"t be created...
This error will only occur if you are using Silk Performer 5.1 with HotFix1 or HotFix2 and PerfDotNetFW.dll with the version number 1.1.0.280 This can be resolved through the installation of a new...
View ArticleWiki Page: Can I monitor network devices with Performance Explorer?
Yes, this is usually possible using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), most network equipment vendors will provide a Management Information Base (MIB) file for each device e.g. load balancer,...
View ArticleWiki Page: How do I change the severity status of ODBC/SQL errors?
Go to Settings | Active profile | Database Select SQLSTATE Click on Add Now insert the Error code and description of the error And change the Class appropriate to the behavior you wish to see. NOTE:...
View ArticleWiki Page: how can I increase the number of errors that Silk Performer can...
By default Silk Performer limits the number of error messages that can be written to the repository by each agent to 100. To change this click SETTINGS | SYSTEM | WORKBENCH | RESULTS Tab | Report Up...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do I get the error "BDL Machine: 21 - RUN dynamic stack...
This error is caused if you attempt to pass a parameter to a function by value and then attempt to change the parameter within the function. For example, if you have a function declared as follows:...
View ArticleWiki Page: Can I make an additional HTTP request before the previous page...
Page-based level functions wait until they have completed before passing control to the next function. However Browser-level functions do not, they start then script execution passes to the next...
View ArticleWiki Page: When using a "Queuing" workload, how are transactions distributed...
With the queuing workload model, Silk Performer uses an exponential distribution to calculate the arrival interval of transactions. It uses the specified simulation time and the number of transactions...
View ArticleWiki Page: What are the resource requirements for the Repository? How do I...
For each load test Silk Performer writes result information aggregated at the user group level to a DBMS based results repository. Additionally the results repository stores error information for each...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do I get the license error "Error - Could not connect to the...
Once you click on the OK button in the Workload Configuration Silk Performer will check the license in the SilkMeter license server to ensure your have a license for the type of test your are going to...
View ArticleWiki Page: Silk Performer crashes when trying to access the Index tab in the...
When accessing the Index tab in the SilkPerformer Help file the following error is displayed : MCI command handling window: Performer.exe - Application error The instruction at "0x0a681eae" referenced...
View ArticleWiki Page: Is it possible to include functions from an external DLL that...
Suppose for the purposes of a test it is necessary to have a time stamp that will be more precise than the nearest second. Silk Performers GetCurrentTime function only returns a value in seconds but...
View ArticleWiki Page: What are the numbers in the Text Column of the VU Output Pane eg...
User Agent Line Time Text Info VUser_1 localhost 40 00:00:34 Transaction 33.52/0.00 Transaction/TMAIN/Trans. ok The first figure is the transaction "Overall Response Time", the last is the "Mean...
View ArticleWiki Page: Is there any way I can move the repository contents of MSDE to a...
MSDE is a cut down version of SQL Server7 but it has no GUI through which to access the data in the tables. If there is a copy of SQL7 available use this to extract the data from MSDE and insert it...
View ArticleWiki Page: When compiling an SNMP MIB file the following error occurs "SYNTAX...
When compiling a MIB file using the SNMP custom data source window in Server Monitor the following error is displayed : Compiling NAME_OF_MIB_FILE ... SYNTAX type unknown: NULL SYNTAX type unknown:...
View ArticleWiki Page: Why do I receive errors regarding "string data, right truncation"...
Writing To an MSDE Repository: Error while writing to Repository: State:22001,Native0,Origin:[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver] String data, right truncation Writing To A Oracle Repository: Error...
View ArticleWiki Page: What can I do if I receive the message "PDCE: 6 - Error measure...
To resolve this message, ensure Silk Performer and Performance Explorer are both closed, and go through the following steps: STEP A Uninstall SilkPerformer performance counters from the command line...
View ArticleWiki Page: What happens if I have no AppInit_DLLs under the following...
This would result in the error: Warning hooking not properly configured, invalid string at registry entry for Hook.dll: " qaphooks.dll"..." Silk Performer cannot record traffic because the application...
View ArticleWiki Page: A list of Hotfixes for Silk Performer
Here you can find a list of the Hotfixes for SilkPerformer. If you would like to be notified each time a fix is released please use the “email subscribe to this page” function under Options below...
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