Install components using the Setup wizard

This section describes how to install the full version of OpenText Professional Performance Engineering, standalone components, or additional components using the Setup wizard.

Setup wizard options

One or more of the following options may be displayed when running the Setup wizard, depending on the components that you are installing.

Review the following information to help you successfully install the component.

Option Description
OpenText Professional Performance Engineering Agent

Select the Start OpenText Professional Performance Engineering Agent after installation option to start the agent on a load generator immediately after installation.

The agent enables communication between the load generator and Controller.

Agent mode

During the installation of OneLG load generator, MI Listener, or Monitors over Firewall components, you are prompted to select the mode for the installed OpenText Professional Performance Engineering Agent:

  • OpenText Professional Performance Engineering mode. The agent runs as a regular process, requiring log in before the process can start.

    Note: Select this mode if you are installing a load generator for use with OpenText Business Process Monitoring (BPM).

  • OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering mode. The agent runs as a service, and is launched automatically when the operating system starts.

  • OpenText Core Performance Engineering mode. This is relevant for OneLG installation only. Select if you want to use the load generator with OpenText Core Performance Engineering.

Agent configuration can be changed after installation, if required.
Agent authentication

During the installation of OpenText Professional Performance Engineering Agent, OneLG load generator, MI Listener, or Monitors over Firewall components, you are prompted to configure the authentication settings:

  • Secure the connection: (From version 25.3) By default, agents are configured to run in SSL mode. To use non-SSL mode, clear this check box.

  • Specify a certificate… You can install the CA and TLS (SSL) certificates that will be used by the agent. You can choose an existing certificate or generate one automatically. For details and requirements for these certificates, see Secure communication with TLS (SSL).
Gatling

Select the Install Gatling after installation option to install Gatling on a load generator that will be used to run Gatling scripts. This installs the version of Gatling included with the product build.

Note: For manual installation, see Gatling tests.
JMeter

Select the Install JMeter after installation option to install JMeter on a load generator that will be used to run JMeter scripts. This installs the version of JMeter version included with the product build.

Note: For manual installation, see JMeter tests.

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Running the installation

The following procedure guides you through the Windows installation process. Review the information

To install components:

  1. Make sure the Windows Update process is not running on your machine.

  2. Run the setup.exe file in the root folder of the installation package. The installation begins and displays the installation options.

  3. Select the required installation option/components.

    For the machine that runs the load testing scenarios, select OpenText Professional Performance Engineering Full Setup. The Full Setup includes the following components:

    • VuGen
    • Controller
    • Analysis
    • OneLG load generator
    • Network Virtualization (optional)

    Note: In the Setup wizard, make sure to select OpenText Professional Performance Engineering, and not OpenText Enterprise Performance Engineering.

  4. Prerequisite software needs to be present on your Windows machine before you can perform an installation (see the Support Matrix). If the required software is not already installed on your computer, a dialog box opens displaying the list of prerequisite programs that are required.

    Click OK to install the listed software before continuing with the installation. The Setup wizard opens, displaying the Welcome page. If you click Cancel, the Setup wizard exits because the product cannot be installed without the prerequisite software.

    After installing prerequisite software, the machine might restart. If that occurs, rerun setup.exe.

  5. Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation. The default installation path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenText\. If you provide a different path, make sure that the installation path uses only non-English characters.

  6. From the wizard's Authentication Settings page, you can select the CA and TLS (SSL) certificates that will be used by the product.

  7. After the installation is complete, you can choose to install Network Virtualization (NV). For details on the NV installation modes (Typical or Custom), see Install NV using the Setup wizard.

  8. If there is a patch available for the installed version:

    1. Run the patch installation file provided with the installation package.
    2. Follow the on-screen instructions.
  9. If you have installed NV on load generators that have more than one network interface card, you must set the active adapter for each load generator. For details, see Customize NV settings .

Note:  

  • The default installation path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenText\

  • To change, repair, or remove (uninstall) your installation, run the setup.exe file located in the root directory of the installation package. Select OpenText Professional Performance Engineering Full Setup, and then select the relevant operation in the Setup dialog.

  • For a list of the components that were registered during setup, such as DLL and OCX files, see the RegisteredComponents_OpenText <product>.txt file in the build_info folder of the installation.

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