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Benchmark Factory for Database 7.6 - User Guide

Table of Contents

Getting Started

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

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

About Agents Agent Settings Install Remote Agents Run Benchmark Factory with Multiple Agents Test Status Tab Virtual Users Tab Transactions Tab Output Tab 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

Jobs Job Tests Test

Oracle Settings

You can use the Oracle page of the Settings dialog to specify default settings for tests run against an Oracle database. Use this page to select the performance collection and reporting method.

Note: If you modify the default settings in the Settings dialog, the changes apply to new jobs only, not to existing jobs.

To specify Oracle settings

Select Edit | Settings. The Settings dialog opens.

Select Oracle. Select default options for collection of Oracle database-wide performance statistics. Review the following for additional information:

Statspack Options
Perform Statspack snapshot during each iteration	Select to use Oracle’s “Stats Pack” utility to collect statistics. Number of snapshots—Specify the number of snapshots.
AWR and ADDM Options
Perform AWR snapshot at the start and end of each test iteration	Select to use the optional Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) “Diagnostic Pack” Automatic Workload Repository (AWR) to collect statistics. Then select the type of report to generate: Generate AWR report Generate ADDM report
Perform AWR snapshot during each iteration	Select to use Oracle AWR to collect statistics. Number of snapshots—Specify the number of snapshots.

Note: A valid license is required to use the optional Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Diagnostics Pack.

Tip: You can also specify performance collection and reporting methods for each Oracle connection. See Oracle Statistics Tab (Connections) for more information.

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