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                      Virtual User Concept in Performance testing As i have defined "Concurrent user" in one of my post before, but this is one of the important concept which need a good grasp for a performance tester. Let me again re-phrase the user concepts in terms of performance testing: User can be termed as "Virtual User" in performance testing perspective since during the test run , users used are not the real users. Virtual users can categorized into various types in terms of understanding, but " Simultaneous Users " and " Concurrent Users " are widely used as concept in testing. What is Simultaneous Users? The users who have a valid session in the server. Each of the users would be performing different actions like one doing login , other viewing the reports, etc. What is Concurrent Users? The users who have a valid session in the server & they are performing the same operation at any poi...

Steps to perform while Citirix Test using LoadRunner 11.0 1.     Make sure Window are in full screen mode while recording 2.     Load runner supports Citrix 12.1 version 3.     After saving the script please add below mentioned code into “default.cfg” file under script directory: [CITRIX] DesktopColors=32 Colors=True Color (24 bit) Enctyption=128 Bit Window=1024 x 768 Latency=Use Server Default Compression=1 Cache=0 Queue=0 Sound=Use Server Default BitmapSyncLevel=Exact [CommandArguments] [ModemSpeed] CustomModemSpeed= EnableModemSpeed=0 EnableCustomModemSpeed=0 ModemSpeed=14400 [TIMEOUT] Connect=180 Waiting=60 Typing=150 [FILTERS] IncludeFiltersInList= FilterType=0   [AED] TempAedFile=NO_APP_AT_AED Happy Exploring!!!

Citrix based Applications are now days very popular. We can perform load testing on Citrix based application using load runner tool also. Quick tips for Citrix applications: 1. You can use "HTTP" and "Citirix" protocol together in load runner. 2. Try to keep windows in full screen mode. Some time while replaying the recorded script can give some error too. one of the error i have encountered was: Error: Failed to get window size, wrong format. Unable to detect client version. Warning: Extension CitrixClientImpl.dll reports error -1 on call to function ExtPerThreadInitialize Error: Vuser failed to initialize extension CitrixClientImpl.dll Resolve the issue: 1. Save the script after recording. 2. Go to Script directory and look for "default.cfg” file 3. Open the file into edit mode 4. Add below mentioned code in file and save it [CITRIX] DesktopColors=32 Colors=True Color (24 bit) Enctyption=128 Bit Window=1024 x 768 ...