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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

Replication Benchmark Settings

Use the Replication page of the Settings dialog to specify default values for some options related to creating objects for the Replication benchmark test.

The default settings apply to new Create Objects for Replication steps.

To specify default Replication test settings

Select Edit | Settings | Benchmarks | Replication.

Specify values to be used as default settings when creating objects for a Replication benchmark test. Review the following for additional information:

Database Size

Specify a database size. The Benchmark Scale readjusts according to the database size you specify.

Benchmark Scale

Specify a Benchmark Scale factor to be used to scale up table sizes and increase data. See Benchmark Scale Factor for more information.

The database size readjusts according to the scale factor you specify.

After adjusting benchmark scale (or database size) review the estimates for individual and total table sizes in the Object Details grid.

Show Empty Tables

Select to display any tables that will be created but not populated with data.

Click Apply to apply your changes.

Table Structure Settings

Use the Table Structure page of the Settings dialog to specify default values for the Replication tables.

The default settings apply to new Create Objects for Replication steps or new Replication tests.

To specify default table structure settings

Select Edit | Settings | Benchmarks | Replication | Table Structure.

Specify default settings to be used when creating objects for a Replication benchmark test. Review the following for additional information:

Number of Tables	Specify a default value for the number of tables to include in a new Create Objects for Replication step.
Number of Columns per Table	Specify a default range for the number of columns to include in each table in a new Create Objects for Replication step.
Add	Click to add a column.Then define the column details by entering values in the grid. See Replication Table Options Tab for more information.
Ave. Number of Statements per Commit	Specify a default value for the number of statements to include in a commit.

Click Apply to apply your changes.

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