The Microsoft IIS monitor shows the measurements and server properties that can be monitored on the Microsoft IIS web server during the test run.
Set up the Microsoft IIS monitor
This task describes how to configure the Microsoft IIS monitor.
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Prerequisite
If your monitor accesses a server outside of your internal network, you may need to set up a web proxy to collect data from it. For details, see Prerequisite (use a proxy server).
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From the LoadRunner Enterprise navigation toolbar, click
and select Monitors (under Assets). -
In the test resource tree, select an existing monitor profile, or click New Monitor Profile
and create a new monitor profile. -
In the Monitor Profile page, click
Add Monitor and select MS IIS. -
In the MS IIS page, enter the server details:
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Click Get Counters to display a list of available metrics and counters, and select the relevant measurements that you want to monitor.
The following table describes the measurements and server properties that can be monitored on the Microsoft IIS web server during the test run:
Object
Measurement
Description
Web Service
Bytes Sent/sec
The rate at which the data bytes are sent by the Web service.
Web Service
Bytes Received/sec
The rate at which the data bytes are received by the Web service.
Web Service
Get Requests/sec
The rate at which HTTP requests using the GET method are made. Get requests are generally used for basic file retrievals or image maps, though they can be used with forms.
Web Service
Post Requests/sec
The rate at which HTTP requests using the POST method are made. Post requests are generally used for forms or gateway requests.
Web Service
Maximum Connections
The maximum number of simultaneous connections established with the Web service.
Web Service
Current Connections
The current number of connections established with the Web service.
Web Service
Current NonAnonymous Users
The number of users that currently have a non-anonymous connection using the Web service.
Web Service
Not Found Errors/sec
The rate of errors due to requests that could not be satisfied by the server because the requested document could not be found. These are generally reported to the client as an HTTP 404 error code.
Process
Private Bytes
The current number of bytes that the process has allocated that cannot be shared with other processes.
Notes and limitations
If you encounter a "Failed to retrieve measurements" error when trying to get monitor counters or run a test, see Monitor fails to retrieve measurements.
See also:
