What’s New in

HPE LoadRunner and

HPE Performance
Center 12.55
Gaspare Marino – Product Marketing Manager
Agenda
– Introduction
– Modernize application performance testing
– What’s new in LoadRunner and Performance Center 12.55?
– Why HPE performance testing
– Q&A
“I think that the next century (21st)
will be the century of complexity”
Stephen Hawking

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The Age of Complexity

Shared Open IoT and

APIs
services Source mobile

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Simplify and modernize application performance testing

We need end-to- We must

Root cause We support a
end alignment accurately
analysis is variety of
with dev and simulate network
complex applications
test efforts challenges

Smart analytics Wide range of

and Integrations with Network
Commercial and protocols &
sophisticated
Open Source Virtualization
capabilities technologies

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LoadRunner &
Performance Center
12.55 Highlights
 Open
Continuous Testing new Network
source and Reduce the
Performanc DevOps technologie Virtualizatio
collaboratio complexity
e Testing s n for LR/PC
n

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Open source and collaboration

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JMeter Integration (Beta)

• Run your JMeter scripts

in PC and LR

• Integrate JMeter with

additional script types
in any performance test
 Dockerized Load Generator

• Available for LoadRunner

since 12.53

• Now available for

Performance Center as well

• Can be used in combination

with REST API
Continuous Performance Testing

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 Integrate with Jenkins build pipeline

• Integrate performance testing in

your product Jenkins build pipeline

• Easily share results with all stake

holders
DevOps

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 APM Integration - Dynatrace

• Integrate Dynatrace
dashboards during
online execution

• View combined results

in Analysis report
 APM Integration – New Relic

• Integrate New Relic

graphs during online
execution

• View combined results

in Analysis report
 REST API – Continuous Integration Oriented APIs

REST API added functionality for:

• Get list of Runs – cross projects

• Delete Runs – cross projects
• Get Runs statistics
• Define SLA
• Add global RTS and command line
• Upload Analysis template
• Choose Analysis template per Run
 REST API – Lab Management Oriented APIs

REST API added functionality for:

• Get LAB Hosts

• Create new LAB Host
• Delete LAB Host
• Get LAB Runs
• Delete LAB Runs
Testing new technologies

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TruClient Coded

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Introduction to MQTT
– Message Queue Telemetry
Transport
– Designed for Machine-to-Machine
(M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT)
communication
– Simple&Lightweight
– Supports different communication
models: 1:1, 1:N, M:N
– TCP-based
– Publisher-subscriber pattern
– Broker is a routing server
– Publishers publish messages
– Subscribers consume published
messages
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 IoT ready: new MQTT Protocol

MQTT “publisher” script example

MQTT “publisher” script example

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Network Virtualization for LR/PC

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 NV Insights Reports – Client Side Metrics

• Client side breakdown

information on waterfall for
TruClient scripts

• Resource breakdown page

• Display test execution errors

 NV Insights Reports – HTTP/2 support

• Enable network insights

report of HTTP/2 traffic

• Existing recommendations
were adjusted for HTTP/2

• New recommendation for

using HTTP/2
Reduce the complexity

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 Online Anomaly Detection

• Detecting abnormal
behaviors in
transactions

• Easier detection of
Anomaly root cause
 Offline results (technical preview)

• Quick access to
performance graphs
without having to wait
for run results to be
collated and analyzed
Recording Summary Report

– View general information on the

recording session
– View detailed information on hosts,
content types, and headers
– Conveniently manage traffic filtering
(Google statistics, ads, third-party
data)
– Help on troubleshooting issues

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 PC Web Administration

• Web Interface for PC

Administrator

• Manage resources with

enhanced usability

• Advanced usage reports

Why HPE

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Why HPE
Marketplace validation

 HPE is the leader in Gartner’s Test Automation Magic Quadrant

 LoadRunner is rated #1 Performance Testing Tool on IT Central
 HPE’s tools are trusted by
• 40% of Fortune/Global 500 customers, more than any other
load testing tool/product
• Federal/defense agencies, financial institutions, and
manufacturers worldwide
• Millions of users worldwide
 Legacy of leadership
• Inventor of Performance Testing
• Leader in application performance since 1994
Minimize risk by simulating all critical elements
Complete end-user response time

SV
PC
LR

SRL
Constrained
services/
NV applications
User behavior components
and load

Network
characteristics

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Market Guide for Performance Testing by Gartner

We now offer SRL Load

x generators on premise

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Why HPE Performance Testing?
Q&A

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Thank you
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