Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Process Explorer - Powerful tool to assist in identifying LoadRunner Vugen recording Issues

Microsoft Process Explorer is a very powerful tool to help you to identify certain types of recording issues e.g vugen is unable to record script as few of the application running on your machines are interfering in LoadRunner mechanism to place a hook on the communication flows between client and server or antivirus is causing issues etc.
Process explorer displays processes running on your machine, and associated dlls/exe invoked.The unique capabilities of Process Explorer make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.


Below steps explains how to use while trying to identify/troubleshoot recording related issues:
a. Having installed this program, run 'procexp.exe'. This launches the application.
b. The top half of the screen list all the processes running on the machine. Click on menu 'View | LowerPane View -> Dlls' and then the second half of the screen displays the list of DLLs used by the process which is highlighted in the top half of the screen.
c. Click on menu 'View | Select Columns' and under the Process Image tab check 'Image path'. Now under the DLL tab, make sure you have Path selected as well.
d. Now bring up VuGen and start your recording. After you have done so, come back to process explorer and select 'Vugen.exe' as the process and then have a look at the Dlls listed below. Now click on File | Save in a notepad file.

You can get detailed information and download it from below link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896653

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