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Benchmark Factory for Database 8.0 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Getting Started With Benchmark Factory What's New in Benchmark Factory Additional Resources

Overview of Benchmark Factory

About Benchmark Factory Benchmark Factory Components Understanding Benchmark Testing Understanding Benchmark Factory Terminology How Benchmark Factory Works

Benchmark Factory Components

Benchmark Factory Console Agents Run Reports Repository Manager Jobs View BMFServer.exe

About Agents Agent Settings Install Remote Agents Run Benchmark Factory with Multiple Agents Test Status Tab Virtual Users Tab Transactions Tab Output Tab BMFAgent.exe Configure Firewall - Remote Agent Install

About Connections Create Oracle Connection Create Microsoft SQL Server Connection Create SAP Connection Create MySQL Connection Create ODBC Connection Create IBM DB2 CLI Connection Edit/Manage Connections Timeout and Reconnect Options Environment Information Performance Counters Oracle Statistics Collection Oracle Clustering Options Configure RAC Load Testing

Create and Edit Tests and Jobs

Jobs View Pane Quickstart: Create a New Job Edit a Job Industry Standard Benchmark Tests Replication Benchmark Test Capture and Replay a Workload

Capture and Replay Oracle Workload Capture and Replay SQL Server Workload Run Capture Scenario Wizard Run Capture Wizard from Cmd Line Replay Load from an Oracle Trace File Replay Load from SQL Server Trace Table Replay Load from ODBC Trace File Import from Delimited Text File Import from Oracle Dynamic Performance View Import from Dell Tools Export File

Create Artificial Test for Desired Effects Test Stored Procedures for Scalability Test SQL for Scalability Custom Tests

Create Mix Test Create Replay Test Create Goal Test Create Scalability Test

Create/Delete Benchmark Objects Execute External File Test Options - Create Objects

Benchmark Scale Factor Options (Create Objects) Create Objects Using Custom SQL Table Options (Create Objects for Replication)

Test Options - Transactions

Transactions User Load Timing Advanced Options (Capture/Replay) Add SQL Transactions Use BFScript Wizard Run SQL Preview Latency Stagger User Startup

Job Setup Options

Schedule Alerts Performance Counters Global Variables

Replace Child Latencies Use Global Search/Replace Save Job as BMF Script Copy Test to Replay, Mix, Goal, or Scalability Test

Test Results and Run Reports

Overview View Real-Time Test Results

View Test Results - Running Job Realtime Statistics Tab Run vs Userload Tab Transaction vs Load Tab Changing Graph View

View Test Results - Completed Job Benchmark Factory Run Reports

Overview Changing Graph View Run Reports Viewer Using Benchmark Factory Run Reports Viewing Multiple Run Results

Exporting Test Results to Excel Exporting Test Results to Excel Using the Command Line Benchmark Factory Test Results Terminology

Troubleshooting

Support Bundle Agent Connection

Licensing and Keys Adding Virtual Users

The Benchmark Factory REST API

Resource Structure and URI Hierarchy REST API Resources

BFRandList

Description:

Returns a string randomly selected from the list of items. If no weight is specified, a weight of 1 is assumed. Each virtual user gets a different seed value to generate unique sequences.

Parameters:

string1-The first string in a list to return.

nWeight1-Positive integer indicating the relative weight of the first string.

string2-The second string in a list to return.

nWeight2-Positive integer indicating the relative weight of the second string.

stringN-The last string in a list to return.

nWeightN-Positive integer indicating the relative weight of the last string.

Syntax:

$BFRandList(string1[:nWeight1], string2[:nWeight2], …,stringN[:nWeightN])

Example:

$BFRandList("Red", "White":2, "Blue":5)

The value White will be returned 2 times more often than the value Red. The value Blue will be returned 5 times more often than the value Red.

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