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Benchmark Factory for Database 8.3 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Getting Started

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

Adding Virtual Users

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 Set Up New User Agent Specify Agent Settings Install Remote Agent on Windows Install Remote Agent on Linux Run Benchmark Factory with Multiple Agents Agents View Use the Agent Component Console BMFAgent.exe Specify Max Virtual Users Configure Firewall - Remote Agent Install

Create and Edit Connections

Connections Overview Create IBM DB2 CLI Connections Create MySQL Connections Create ODBC Connections Create Oracle Connections Create PostgreSQL Connections Create SAP Connections Create SQL Server Connections Edit and 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 Job Wizards 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 for Create Objects

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

Test Options for Transactions

Transactions User Load Timing Advanced Options (Capture/Replay) Add SQL Transactions Add User Scenario from XML Use BFScript Wizard Run SQL Preview Latency Interarrival Time Latency Distribution Models Replace Child Latencies Stagger User Startup

Job Setup Options

Schedule Alerts Performance Counters Global Variables

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

The Benchmark Factory REST API

Resource Structure and URI Hierarchy REST API Resources

About Scripts

Benchmark Factory provides scripting capabilities known as BFScripts. This feature allows you to customize and randomize the load testing process by using scripts and a number of built-in functions.

The built-in functions are formulas that take one or more values (arguments), perform an operation, and return a value that simulates real-world user activity. These functions can be used alone or as building blocks for creating complex user activity. Randomized data is important when attempting to simulate real-world user activity because data that is random prevents a server from using data stored in its cache.

In the Benchmark Factory console, fields with a yellow background allow you to insert BFScripts. To learn how to use scripts, see BFScript Wizard.

The following is a list of available scripts/functions:

Category	Script/ Function
Dates and Numbers	$BFCreditCardExp $BFCurrentDate $BFCurrentDateTime $BFDate
File Access	$BFFileArray
Global Variables	$BFGetGlobalVar $BFSetGlobalVar $BFSetGlobalVarRtn
Name and Address	$BFAddress $BFAddress2 $BFCity $BFCompany $BFCountry $BFEMail $BFFirstName $BFFullName $BFLastName $BFMiddleInitial $BFPhone $BFState $BFZipCode
Numerical Manipulation	$BFFormat $BFProd $BFSum
Random Numbers	$BFRand $BFRandRange $BFURand $BFURandRange
Random Strings	$BFCreditCard $BFRandList $BFRandMultiList $BFRandStr $BFURandList $BFList
String Manipulation	$BFAsc $BFChr $BFConcat $BFLeft $BFLen $BFLower $BFMid $BFRight $BFTrim $BFTrimLeft $BFTrimRight $BFUpper
Test Info	$BFGetVar $BFMaxNode $BFNode $BFNumberOfIterations $BFProfile $BFRunID $BFSetVar $BFSetVarRtn $BFUserCounter $BFUserID $BFUserLoad $BFNextUserload $BFPrevUserload

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