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Deprecated features and technologies
This section provides information about features, protocols, and technologies whose support was partially or fully discontinued, or will be discontinued in future versions of LoadRunner Professional and VuGen.
Removed features
The following lists some of the features that have been discontinued in LoadRunner Professional products.
LoadRunner Professional
| Removed feature | From version: | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| AutoPass License Server (APLS) | 2023 | No longer supported for running Vusers. |
| Authentication Settings tool | 2022 R1 | Instead, manage TLS (SSL) certificates using the Certificate Manager. |
| J2EE/.NET Diagnostics integration | 2020 SP2 | The J2EE/.NET Diagnostics integration with LoadRunner Professional is deprecated. |
TruClient
| Removed feature | From version: | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| TruClient Standalone | 2023 | We recommend using TruClient in VuGen instead. |
| Script development in IE | 2023 | Microsoft Internet Explorer browser is no longer supported for script development in TruClient. |
| TruClient coded scripts | 2022 | |
| TruClient Lite | 12.63 |
Removed support for technologies
LoadRunner Professional and VuGen no longer support these product technology versions:
| OS/browser/protocol | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows XP | All versions |
| OS | Windows 7 | All versions |
| OS | Windows 8.1 | All versions |
| OS | Windows 10 |
1507, 1511 (November), 1607, 1703 (Creators), 1709 (Fall Creators), 1803, 1809, 1903,1909, 2004, 21H1 |
| OS | Windows Server | 2008, 2008 R2 |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 7.7 and all earlier versions |
| Distribution | SUSE Linux Server Enterprise (SLES) | 12.1 64-bit |
| Distribution | Ubuntu | 16.04 |
| Browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer | IE 10 |
| .NET | .NET Framework |
4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1 |
| Citrix ICA | Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop |
5.x, 6.x, 7.18, 7.6, 7.15 LTSR |
| Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 |
1811, 1903, 1906, 2009, 2103 |
|
| Citrix Receiver | 4.9 | |
| Dynatrace | Dynatrace AppMon | All versions |
| Eclipse | Eclipse IDE | Neon, Mars, Luna, Oxygen, Photon |
| Java | Java | 6, 7, 9, 10 |
| Java Vuser for Continuous Delivery (Eclipse Add-in for Developers) | Selenium | 2.24.1 to 3.11.0 |
| JUnit | JUnit |
4.0 to 4.9.1 |
| MAPI | Microsoft Messaging Application Programming Interface | 2007, 2010 |
| NUnit | NUnit | 3.2, 3.4 |
| Oracle 2-Tier | Oracle Database | 9i R2, 10g R1, 11g R1 & R2 |
| Oracle NCA | Oracle Forms | 4.5.10.8 and 6i+ |
| SAP GUI | SAP GUI Client |
7.40, 7.50, 7.60 |
| Siebel Web | Oracle Siebel CRM | 7.5.2, 7.5.3, 7.7, 7.8 |
| Teradici PCoIP | Teradici PCoIP Agent | 2.7 to 2.13 |
| Teradici PCoIP Connection Manager | 1.5 to 1.8.0 | |
| Teradici PCoIP Security Gateway | 1.11 to 1.13 | |
| Teradici PCoIP - VMware Horizon | 6.2.1 | |
| Leostream Connection Broker | 8.2 | |
| VTS-Client | VTC for Java functions | All functions |
Protocols supported for replay only
If a protocol is supported for replay only, you can no longer create scripts based on that protocol.
| Protocol | Supported for replay only |
|---|---|
|
Ajax Click & Script |
From version 12.60 Tip: Migrate your existing Ajax Click & Script scripts to another Web protocol such as TruClient - Web or Web - HTTP/HTML |
| COM/DCOM | From version 12.60 |
| EJB (Enterprise Java Beans) | From version 12.00 |
| Java Record Replay with CORBA | From version 12.60 |
| Java Record Replay with Jacada | From version 2022 |
| JavaScript Vuser | From version 12.00 |
| MMS (Media Player) | From version 12.53 |
| MMS (Multimedia messaging service) | From version 12.53 |
| VBScript Vuser | From version 12.00 |
| Web - Click and Script | From version 12.00 |
Fully removed protocol support
There is no record or replay support for the following protocols:
| Protocol | Supported for replay only | No support |
|---|---|---|
| Flex | -- | From version 2021 |
| MQTester (IBM WebSphere MQ) | -- | From version 2021 |
| DB2 CLI | From version 11.00 | From version 12.55 |
| i-mode | From version 11.00 | From version 12.55 |
| Informix | From version 11.00 | From version 12.55 |
| PeopleSoft Enterprise | From version 12.00 | From version 12.55 |
| PeopleSoft -Tuxedo | From version 12.00 | From version 12.55 |
| Real | From version 11.50 | From version 12.55 |
| SAP - Click & Script | From version 12.53 | From version 12.55 |
| Siebel - DB2 CLI | From version 11.00 | From version 12.55 |
| Siebel MSSQL | -- | From version 12.55 |
| Siebel Oracle | -- | From version 12.55 |
| Silverlight | From version 12.55 | From version 2022 R1 |
| SQL Server | From version 11.50 | From version 12.55 |
| Sybase Ctlib | From version 11.00 | From version 12.55 |
| Sybase Dblib | From version 11.00 | From version 12.55 |
| VB Vuser | -- | From version 11.50 |
| VoiceXML (VXML) | From version 11.00 | From version 12.55 |
| WAP | From version 11.50 | From version 12.55 |
Planned future removal of technologies
The following product technology versions are no longer supported by their vendors. To align with this, support for these technologies will be discontinued in a future version:
| OS/browser/protocol | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 | 20H2 |
| OS | Windows Server | 2012, 2012 R2 |
| Distribution | Ubuntu | 18.04 |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 8 (64-bit) |
| Browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer | All versions |
| Browser | Microsoft Edge (legacy version) | All versions |
| Java | Java | 8 |
| MAPI | Microsoft MAPI | 2013 |
| Oracle 2-Tier | Oracle Database | 12c |
| Teradici PCoIP | Teradici PCoIP - VMware Horizon | 7.0 |
Planned future removal of functionality
The following information provides advance notice of functionality that will be removed in a future version of TruClient:
-
TruClient - Mobile Web protocol. We recommend using the TruClient - Web protocol instead.
-
TruClient IE scripts replay. We recommend using Chromium.
- Using synchronous APIs in JavaScript code. We recommend using asynchronous APIs instead.
- Connections measurement for TruClient.
- Configuring start and end events for a transaction in TruClient.
For details on these features, see the TruClient Help Center (select the relevant version)
See also:
