HP Performance Center now allows definition of

performance requirements so that you can save your

requirements such as service level agreements (SLAs)

and throughput requirements with the project. As you

run the test, you can also create defects to log the

issues detected. In addition, there is now complete

traceability between performance requirements

and defects. Defects can be linked directly to a

requirement, or to the performance test that covers it.

You can see the exact status of a requirement at any

given time.

is now more informative and intuitive. It includes a

new grid view and an enhanced calendar view with

capabilities such as the ability to view complete details

of timeslot reservations and view multiple reservations

in parallel. Timeslot reservation has been made easier

with a scheduling assistant that provides a clear

indication of when requested resources are available.

Automatch (virtual) hosts can be refined using host

properties that provide more specific characteristics

about the hosts that are needed. A maintenance

timeslot can be scheduled by the HP Performance

Center administrator in Lab Management to reserve

hosts for maintenance tasks such as patch installations.

This feature introduces the capability to manage an

inventory of application under test (AUT) hosts. The AUT

hosts can be grouped into AUT host pools, similar to

HP Performance Center hosts and host pools. The AUT

hosts are a core element of the new Topology and HP

SiteScope software integration features. As such, they

can be added not only in Lab Management, but also in

the application lifecycle management (ALM) project itself.

HP Performance Center can now articulate the AUT

topology (deployment view) and use it as an interface

for defining performance monitors using the new

integration with HP SiteScope. This gives stakeholders

a visual representation of the environment, and allows

testers to deploy monitors using built-in monitoring

templates. During the tests, performance issues are

pinpointed by highlighting a topology node’s status

based on the HP SiteScope monitor threshold.

asset management capabilities of HP Performance

Center have been enhanced, and now you can

manage your assets in a hierarchal folder tree view,

copy assets within and between projects, manage

assets in libraries that are shareable between project,

and use version control to track changes.

new version of HP Performance Center provides

the ability to group projects into domains based on

various criteria. Project customization allows adding

of fields and properties to existing entities, and project

templates enable defining and maintaining a common

set of customizations for multiple projects. Import and

export capabilities provide easy archiving of projects.

the way hosts are assigned to projects and used in

performance tests. Hosts can be assigned to multiple

pools, and can be shared among projects. The new

Host Properties feature allows definition and selection

of host properties (e.g., location, central processing

unit (CPU) power, software installations, etc.). These

properties can be used when reserving timeslots

to narrow down the allocated automatch hosts

(previously known as virtual hosts).

Check Host and Check Server features enable

tracking and maintaining the system’s status. These

periodic checks are run automatically and ensure

constant monitoring of the system’s key components.

on the HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM)

platform, which supports multiple nodes. Multiple HP

Performance Center servers with internal load balancing

mechanisms can be added to provide full redundancy.

new, browser-based Virtual User Generator (VuGen)

to support modern JavaScript-based web applications,

including Ajax. It is embedded in the browser, and

provides interactive recording and scripting, which

removes the need for programming during scripting.

It gives you the ability to record and replay at various

levels, from the graphical user interface (GUI) level down

to the transport and socket level, depending on the

skillset available and the level of customization required.

This makes scripting easier, faster and more robust. It

supports regular web applications as well as a large

range of Ajax toolkits, and makes testing of Web 2.0

applications faster, easier and more comprehensive.

Silverlight-based applications. It generates high-level

scripts by automatically importing and configuring

Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) files used by

the application.

record Java-based applications and applets that can

record and replay Java remote calls over HTTP.

conversion of raw HTTP traffic into a maintainable and

structured Extensible Markup Language (XML) format,

and enables correlations by XPATH.

correlation mechanism has been enhanced to search

for possible correlations in the larger scope of snapshot

data created during code generation, including data

formatted by DFE.

(HTTP/HTML) protocol scripts enables viewing complete

HTTP traffic in both raw and DFE-generated formats.

provide fully customizable report templates that allow

you to control the content and format of a report,

so that you can have different report templates

for various stakeholders depending on the type of

information they need to see. Reports can also be

exported to different formats, such as Word, Excel,

PDF or HTML for any reporting purpose. Reports can

be generated automatically upon the creation of

analysis data.

transaction percentile have been added. Also, users now

have the ability to set decimal threshold values in SLAs.

on the usability of analysis. Users will now have the

ability to filter the graph legend, data or raw data by

any column by using wildcards and “like” statements

before opening the graph.

The new version of HP Performance Center is built

on the HP ALM platform. This gives users the ability

to integrate and merge it with their existing HP ALM

install. Once the two products are combined, users

can see all their requirements and their defects in a

single place and get full traceability. The benefit of

this merge is a common dashboard that shows the

exact status and quality of a project across the entire

lifecycle, including functional, non-functional and

performance testing.

*All functions supported on 64-bit operating systems, except recording with

VuGen