HP Performance Center software
What’s New
Version 11.00
User features testers to deploy monitors using built-in monitoring
templates. During the tests, performance issues are
Performance Requirements and Defects: pinpointed by highlighting a topology node’s status
HP Performance Center now allows definition of based on the HP SiteScope monitor threshold.
performance requirements so that you can save your
requirements such as service level agreements (SLAs) Performance Test Asset Management: The
and throughput requirements with the project. As you asset management capabilities of HP Performance
run the test, you can also create defects to log the Center have been enhanced, and now you can
issues detected. In addition, there is now complete manage your assets in a hierarchal folder tree view,
traceability between performance requirements copy assets within and between projects, manage
and defects. Defects can be linked directly to a assets in libraries that are shareable between project,
requirement, or to the performance test that covers it. and use version control to track changes.
You can see the exact status of a requirement at any
given time. Administration and lab management
Timeslots: The timeslot reservation user interface Project grouping and management: The
is now more informative and intuitive. It includes a new version of HP Performance Center provides
new grid view and an enhanced calendar view with the ability to group projects into domains based on
capabilities such as the ability to view complete details various criteria. Project customization allows adding
of timeslot reservations and view multiple reservations of fields and properties to existing entities, and project
in parallel. Timeslot reservation has been made easier templates enable defining and maintaining a common
with a scheduling assistant that provides a clear set of customizations for multiple projects. Import and
indication of when requested resources are available. export capabilities provide easy archiving of projects.
Automatch (virtual) hosts can be refined using host Host management: There is now flexibility in
properties that provide more specific characteristics the way hosts are assigned to projects and used in
about the hosts that are needed. A maintenance performance tests. Hosts can be assigned to multiple
timeslot can be scheduled by the HP Performance pools, and can be shared among projects. The new
Center administrator in Lab Management to reserve Host Properties feature allows definition and selection
hosts for maintenance tasks such as patch installations. of host properties (e.g., location, central processing
Application Under Test (AUT) Management: unit (CPU) power, software installations, etc.). These
This feature introduces the capability to manage an properties can be used when reserving timeslots
inventory of application under test (AUT) hosts. The AUT to narrow down the allocated automatch hosts
hosts can be grouped into AUT host pools, similar to (previously known as virtual hosts).
HP Performance Center hosts and host pools. The AUT Enhanced system health checks: The new
hosts are a core element of the new Topology and HP Check Host and Check Server features enable
SiteScope software integration features. As such, they tracking and maintaining the system’s status. These
can be added not only in Lab Management, but also in periodic checks are run automatically and ensure
the application lifecycle management (ALM) project itself. constant monitoring of the system’s key components.
Topology and HP SiteScope Integration: High availability: HP Performance Center is based
HP Performance Center can now articulate the AUT on the HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)
topology (deployment view) and use it as an interface platform, which supports multiple nodes. Multiple HP
for defining performance monitors using the new Performance Center servers with internal load balancing
integration with HP SiteScope. This gives stakeholders mechanisms can be added to provide full redundancy.
a visual representation of the environment, and allows
Protocols so that you can have different report templates
for various stakeholders depending on the type of
Ajax TruClient: The Ajax TruClient technology is a information they need to see. Reports can also be
new, browser-based Virtual User Generator (VuGen) exported to different formats, such as Word, Excel,
to support modern JavaScript-based web applications, PDF or HTML for any reporting purpose. Reports can
including Ajax. It is embedded in the browser, and be generated automatically upon the creation of
provides interactive recording and scripting, which analysis data.
removes the need for programming during scripting.
It gives you the ability to record and replay at various Service Level Agreement (SLA): New SLAs for
levels, from the graphical user interface (GUI) level down transaction percentile have been added. Also, users now
to the transport and socket level, depending on the have the ability to set decimal threshold values in SLAs.
skillset available and the level of customization required. Usability: Many improvements have been made
This makes scripting easier, faster and more robust. It on the usability of analysis. Users will now have the
supports regular web applications as well as a large ability to filter the graph legend, data or raw data by
range of Ajax toolkits, and makes testing of Web 2.0 any column by using wildcards and “like” statements
applications faster, easier and more comprehensive. before opening the graph.
MS Silverlight: This new protocol supports Microsoft
Silverlight-based applications. It generates high-level Integration with HP ALM
scripts by automatically importing and configuring The new version of HP Performance Center is built
Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) files used by on the HP ALM platform. This gives users the ability
the application. to integrate and merge it with their existing HP ALM
Java-over-HTTP: This new protocol is designed to install. Once the two products are combined, users
record Java-based applications and applets that can can see all their requirements and their defects in a
record and replay Java remote calls over HTTP. single place and get full traceability. The benefit of
this merge is a common dashboard that shows the
VuGen exact status and quality of a project across the entire
lifecycle, including functional, non-functional and
Data Format Extension (DFE): This allows the performance testing.
conversion of raw HTTP traffic into a maintainable and
structured Extensible Markup Language (XML) format,
and enables correlations by XPATH.
New supported environments
• Windows Server 2008 SP2
Correlation Studio: The web (HTTP/HTML) automatic
correlation mechanism has been enhanced to search • Windows 7
for possible correlations in the larger scope of snapshot • Internet Explorer v8.0
data created during code generation, including data • 64-bit compatibility*
formatted by DFE.
HTTP Snapshot View: A new view for the web For more information
(HTTP/HTML) protocol scripts enables viewing complete Data sheets and white papers:
HTTP traffic in both raw and DFE-generated formats. www.hp.com/go/performancevalidation
HP Community: www.hp.com/go/swcommunity
Analysis
Reporting: New multi-level reporting capabilities
*All functions supported on 64-bit operating systems, except recording with
provide fully customizable report templates that allow VuGen
you to control the content and format of a report,
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