Everything you wanted to find about LoadRunner

Everything you wanted to find about LoadRunner, but didn't know the URL

http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/loadrunner/archive/2009/05/06/89411.aspx

by mark.tomlinson

Courtesy: Rupesh Garg

Recently I've had some inquiries about finding all the information available in the entire universe about HP LoadRunner, specifically stating that it's very common to get "not found" as a return to results. So, I thought I'd take a few minutes of my generous free time to list the main links to find the official (and some unofficial) links to LoadRunner information on the web.

Let's start with the Hewlett-Packard website - which can just seem like the deepest jungles in the Amazon where you will find that Google does a better job searching and indexing our site that we do.
The main concern about the URLs on the HP website is that they appear to be very long and cryptic and often look to be dynamic strings.
So, with special thanks to our really good friends at Google, here are some very handy links to find LoadRunner information in the www.hp.com website:

· Google Advanced Search for "LoadRunner" on hp.com

· The main LoadRunner "Home Page" on hp.com (just search for BTO LoadRunner)

· Download for the LoadRunner v9.5 Evaluation (HP Passport login required)

· My own LoadRunner blog on the HP Communities site

· LoadRunner overview in a Flash-based movie (on www.youtube.com)

· HP Media Center & Library (link to webinars, videos, demos and podcasts)

· Training Courses for LoadRunner (newly updated)

· HP's IT Resource Center (forums, knowledgebase, downloads ,etc.)

· HP Support…including Submitting and Tracking your SR's and Enhancement Requests

· LoadRunner Patches and Product Manuals (HP Passport login required)

· HP Software Customer Connection Portal and Presentation (HP Passport login required)

Of course, there's all kinds of external sites - ranging from interactive forums, to FAQ's and answers to every possible interviewing question that you might get asked (I remind you it is unethical to cheat on interviews) and there are some quite large communities of LoadRunner gurus out there. Here's a few forums and blogs that I know, love and use daily:

· LoadRunner Google Group - moderated by Dmitry Motevich

· LoadRunner @ Yahoo! Groups -moderated by Mark, James, Matt and Suresh

· LoadRunner Facebook Group - moderated by Kiran Badi

· The new LoadRunner Social Network (on Ning.com)

· LoadRunner on LinkedIn professional network - moderated by Kiran Badi

· LoadRunner @ SQAForums - moderated by JakeBrake, TedZlat, AJ, James Pulley and Terri C

· LoadRunnerTNT – a dynamite site hosted by Hwee Seong Tan

And a posting like this should also include some of the key individual contributors to the LoadRunner performance testing and performance engineering discipline - our leaders and true gurus:

· Dmitry Motevich - a great blog about performance testing and 40 other top blogs

· Alexander Podelko - A Personal Site about Performance Engineering

· Scott Barber - founder of PerfTestPlus

· Wilson Mar - more information than you ever cared to know about LoadRunner

· Ben Simo (a.k.a. Quality Frog) founder of the Questioning Software site

· James Pulley - excellent resources for performance engineering

· Scott Moore - about to launch a new version of the LoadTester website

Although it may seem obvious that I'm just posting a huge bunch of links to get click-throughs on this blog, I honestly must tell you that was not my intention. I have heard from numerous customers that there just isn't the same community of LoadRunner users and engineers out there - like we used to have in the Mercury knowledge base. Hopefully you'll find these links helpful and lasting - people and places you can trust will always have great information about LoadRunner and performance testing.

(note: updated on 3/9/2009…to accurately indicate affiliation for the individuals listed.)