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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.
| Removed feature: | Discontinued from version: | Additional information: |
|---|---|---|
| NV Global Library (GL) service | 24.1 |
Network Virtualization Global Library (GL) service removed from all LRP and LRE versions. You cannot access the GL service, even if it appears in the UI. |
| 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 Standalone | 2023 | Use TruClient in VuGen instead. |
| TruClient Lite | 12.63 |
Removed support for technologies
Support is discontinued for the listed versions of these product technologies.
| 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, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 |
| OS | Windows Server | 2008, 2008 R2 |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 7.x and all earlier versions |
| Distribution | Oracle Enterprise Linux | 7.x |
| Distribution | SUSE Linux Server Enterprise (SLES) | 12.1 64-bit |
| Distribution | Ubuntu | 16.04, 18.04 |
| Browser | Microsoft Internet Explorer | All versions |
| Browser | Microsoft Edge (legacy version) | All versions |
| .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, 2013 |
| 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, 7.70 |
| 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, 7.0 | |
| 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: | Replay only from version: |
|---|---|
|
Ajax Click & Script |
12.60 Tip: Migrate your existing Ajax Click & Script scripts to another Web protocol such as TruClient - Web or Web - HTTP/HTML |
| COM/DCOM | 12.60 |
| EJB (Enterprise Java Beans) | 12.00 |
| Java Record Replay with CORBA | 12.60 |
| Java Record Replay with Jacada | 2022 |
| JavaScript Vuser | 12.00 |
| MMS (Media Player) | 12.53 |
| MMS (Multimedia messaging service) | 12.53 |
| VBScript Vuser | 12.00 |
| Web - Click and Script | 12.00 |
Fully removed protocol support
There is no record or replay support for the listed protocols.
| Protocol: | Replay only from version: | No support from version: |
|---|---|---|
| Flex | -- | 2021 |
| MQTester (IBM WebSphere MQ) | -- | 2021 |
| DB2 CLI | 11.00 | 12.55 |
| i-mode | 11.00 | 12.55 |
| Informix | 11.00 | 12.55 |
| PeopleSoft Enterprise | 12.00 | 12.55 |
| PeopleSoft -Tuxedo | 12.00 | 12.55 |
| Real | 11.50 | 12.55 |
| SAP - Click & Script | 12.53 | 12.55 |
| Siebel - DB2 CLI | 11.00 | 12.55 |
| Siebel MSSQL | -- | 12.55 |
| Siebel Oracle | -- | 12.55 |
| Silverlight | 12.55 | 2022 R1 |
| SQL Server | 11.50 | 12.55 |
| Sybase Ctlib | 11.00 | 12.55 |
| Sybase Dblib | 11.00 | 12.55 |
| TruClient on IE | 2023 | 2023 R1 |
| TruClient coded | -- | 2022 |
| VB Vuser | -- | 11.50 |
| VoiceXML (VXML) | 11.00 | 12.55 |
| WAP | 11.50 | 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 | 22H2 |
| OS | Windows 11 | 21H2, 22H2 |
| Distribution | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 8 (64-bit) |
| Distribution | Ubuntu | 20.04 |
| Citrix ICA | Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 | 1912 LTSR |
| Java | Java | 8 |
| MAPI | Microsoft Messaging Application Programming Interface | 2016 |
| Oracle 2-Tier | Oracle Database | 12c |
| .NET+ protocol | .NET | 6.0 |
| Silk Performer | Silk Performer Workbench | All versions |
Planned future removal of functionality
The following gives advance notice for functionality that will be removed in a future version of LoadRunner Professional.
TruClient protocols
Support will be removed for the following features:
-
TruClient - Mobile Web protocol. We recommend using the TruClient - Web protocol instead.
- 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 TruClient protocols.
See also:
