LoadRunner Professional and LoadRunner Enterprise Supported Protocols

Document release date: January 12, 2021 Software release date: January 2021

LoadRunner Professional and LoadRunner Enterprise

Supported Protocols

Version 2021

Supported Protocols

LoadRunner Professional and LoadRunner Enterprise (2021) 2

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Supported Protocols

LoadRunner Professional and LoadRunner Enterprise (2021) 3

Protocol Application

Application supported

versions

Server supported

versions

Native 64-

bit client

recording

64-bit

replay

Async

IPv6

support

IP spoofing

support

NV 2020

support

Load Generator OS

Multi-

protocol

Comments

Remote protocols

Citrix ICA

Citrix Receiver for Windows

Citrix Workspace for Windows

Citrix Receiver 4.9

Citrix Workspace 1912 without

cumulative updates (19.12.0.119),

2009.6, 2010

XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6,

7.15

Citrix Virtual Apps and

Desktops 1912, 2009

N N N Y

Y Any supported Windows OS Y

For recording, use Citrix multiprotocol with Web.

Citrix Agent supports XenApp and XenDesktop servers.

Network Virtualization supports Load Generator mode only.

Recomended client version is Citrix Receiver 4.9

or Citrix Workspace 19.12.0.119.

Citrix Agent supports text-trapping functions (ctrx_sync_on_text_ex

and ctrx_get_text) only on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)

Remote Desktop Connection 8.1, 10, 10.2, 10.4, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8

Windows 8.1

Windows Server 2012

Standard/R2

Windows 10 (1809,

1903,1909,2004)

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

Y N N Y Y Y Any supported Windows OS Y

Requires workaround connection to Windows 10 or Windows Server

2016.

Teradici PCoIP

Teradici PCoIP Client and

compatible implementations

N/A

Teradici PCoIP Agent 2.12 -

2.14.0 Teradici PCoIP

Connection Manager 1.8.0 -

1.8.2 Teradici PCoIP Security

Gateway 1.14 - 1.14.1

VMware Horizon View 6.2.1

N N N N N Y Any supported Windows OS N

Network Virtualization supports Load Generator mode only.

LoadRunner PCoIP client does not support connection to application

pools (published applications). You can connect only to desktop pools.

RTE (Remote Terminal Emulator)

PowerTerm for Micro Focus

(built-in version with

LoadRunner Professional).

Supported modes: 3270,

5250, VTxxx

12.2 N/A N N N Y N Y Any supported Windows OS N

GUI protocols

SAP GUI SAP GUI for Windows 7.6

SAP R/3 4.60c

SAP ERP ECC 5.0

SAP ERP ECC 6.0

SAP HANA Edition

N N N Y N Y Any supported Windows OS Y

MS Internet Explorer IE 11

Chromium Built-in 86.0.4240.183 (64-bit)

TruClient Browser Built-in 77.0.1.7530 (64-bit)

TruClient - Mobile Web TruClient Browser Built-in 77.0.1.7530 (64-bit) N/A Y Y N/A Y Y Y Any supported Windows OS N

TruClient - Native Mobile UFT Mobile 3.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Y (supported

through UFT

Mobile server)

Any supported Windows OS N

UFT Mobile is required for this protocol.

Physical devices are necessary to record and replay scripts.

TruClient Native Mobile Brower is based on Mozilla technology and has

built-in version 50.0.0 (64-bit)

TruClient - Web N/A Y Y YY Any supported Windows OS N

TruClient Browser is based on Mozilla technology.

N/AY

Protocols

The following table lists the supported Vuser protocols in LoadRunner. Software must be supported by both LoadRunner and the vendor. We recommend checking the

relevant product support matrix from the vendor.

Refer to the UFT Mobile documentation for details

Supported Protocols

LoadRunner Professional and LoadRunner Enterprise (2021) 4

Protocol Application

Application supported

versions

Server supported

versions

Native 64-

bit client

recording

64-bit

replay

Async

IPv6

support

IP spoofing

support

NV 2020

support

Load Generator OS

Multi-

protocol

Comments

Add-in protocols

C++.NET Template

(Visual Studio Add-in)

MS Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Y Any supported Windows OS N

C#.NET Template

(Visual Studio Add-in)

MS Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Y Any supported Windows OS N

VB.NET Template

(Visual Studio Add-in)

MS Visual Studio 2013, 2015, 2017 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Y Any supported Windows OS N

Eclipse IDE

2019-06 (4.12), 2019-09 (4.13), 2019-

12 (4.14)

JUnit 5.3.1, 5.4.0

Selenium 3.12, 3.13, 3.14

Java Vuser for Continuous Delivery (IntelliJ

IDEA Add-in)

IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1, 2019.2, 2019.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Any supported Windows OS N

MS Visual Studio

2013, 2015, 2017

NUnit 3.10, 3.11, 3.12

Custom Protocols developed with Protocol

SDK

Vendor dependent

Visual Studio 2015

.Net 4.8

Vendor dependent

Vendor

dependent

Vendor

dependent

Vendor

dependent

Vendor

dependent

Vendor

dependent

Y Vendor dependent N

Web protocols

MS Internet Explorer Same as Web - HTTP/HTML protocol N/A

SAP - Web

Same as Web - HTTP/HTML

protocol

Same as Web - HTTP/HTML protocol N/A Y N N Y Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Y DFE is not supported in Linux OSs.

Siebel - Web Oracle (Siebel) CRM N/A 8, 8.1, 8.2.2 (OpenUI) Y N N Y Y Y Any supported OS Y

MS Internet Explorer IE 11 Y

MS Edge

Edge - latest

Chromium-based Edge - latest

Google Chrome latest Y

Firefox latest N

PCAP

libpcap

tcpdump

Network Sniffer

WinPcap 4.1.3

Wireshark 2.6.0 - 3.2.7

Fiddler 4.5.x - 5.0.x

HAR file 1.2

Web - HTTP/HTML N/A Y YYYN

N/A

Unit Test based on .NET

(Visual Studio Add-in for Developers)

N/A N/A Any supported Windows OS

Java Vuser for Continuous Delivery (Eclipse

Add-in for Developers)

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Any supported Windows OS N

Recommended to use Selenium 3.13 and JUnit 5.4.0.

Java JRE is required. Supported versions are Java 7, 8 and 11.

Oracle NCA

Oracle Applications JInitiator 1.3.1.18, 1.1.8.16

Forms 10gR2, 11g

Oracle E-Business Suite 11,

12.2.x

Y N N

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Oracle - Web Y YYN

GWT: GWT Request Factory requires GWT 2.7.0 / 2.8.0 and Java 1.8.

DFE is not supported in Linux OSs.

To work with Oracle client, install one of the following JVMs: JRE 7/8

or JDK 7/8.Y

N/A N/A N/A N/A Y

Y YY

Oracle Applications JInitiator 1.3.1.18, 1.1.8.16

Forms 10gR2, 11g

Oracle E-Business Suite 11,

12.2.x

To work with Oracle client, install one of the following JVMs: JRE 7/8

or JDK 7/8.

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Supported Protocols

LoadRunner Professional and LoadRunner Enterprise (2021) 5

Protocol Application

Application supported

versions

Server supported

versions

Native 64-

bit client

recording

64-bit

replay

Async

IPv6

support

IP spoofing

support

NV 2020

support

Load Generator OS

Multi-

protocol

Comments

MS Internet Explorer IE 11, Edge

Google Chrome

latest

Firefox latest

DevWeb N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Y N N N

Any supported Windows OS

RHEL 8.0 64-bit

Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit

Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.3 64-bit

Supported on Dockerized LGs

N Replay is supported only in 64-bit mode.

IoT protocols

MQTT

MQTT protocol 3.1, 3.1.1

(built-in version with

LoadRunner Professional)

RabbitMQ

Mosquitto

EMQ

HiveMQ

N/A N N N Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

.NET/Java protocols

.NET .NET Framework

3.5 SP1*

4.5.2* - 4.7.2*, 4.8

N/A Y** Y N N/A N Y

Any supported Windows OS

Supported on Windows Dockerized LGs

* Supported on backward compatibility level.

** AUTs compiled in "AnyCPU" mode only.

Java Record Replay

Oracle JDK, Common

OpenJDK distributions (32/64-

bit)

1.7.x, 1.8.x, 11.x

WebLogic 11.x, 12.1.3

Generic

Y Y N N/A N Y

Any supported Windows OS

Supported on Windows Dockerized LGs

Network Virtualization supports Load Generator mode only.

Oracle JDK, Common

OpenJDK distributions (32/64-

bit)

1.7.x, 1.8.x, 11.x

Browser support: IE Same as in Web - HTTP/HTML

Java Vuser

Oracle JDK, Common

OpenJDK distributions (32/64-

bit)

1.7.x, 1.8.x, 11.x N/A N/A Y N N/A N Y

Any supported Windows OS

Supported on Windows Dockerized LGs

Network Virtualization supports Load Generator mode only.

Mail protocols

IMAP (Internet Messaging) N/A N/A N/A N N N Y Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

MAPI (Microsoft Exchange) Outlook 2013, 2016 Exchange Server 2013, 2016 N/A . N N/A N Y Any supported Windows OS N Network Virtualization supports Load Generator mode only.

POP3 (Post Office Protocol) N/A N/A N/A N N N Y Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Y POP3 S: SSL support.

SMTP (Simple Mail Protocol) N/A N/A N/A N N N Y Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Y SMTP S: SSL support.

Database protocols

ODBC ODBC ODBC Driver Mgr 6.1 - 10.0 N/A Y Y N N N Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Oracle - 2 Tier Oracle Client 12c Oracle 12c Y N N N N Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Web Services

WSDL 1.0, 1.1

SOAP 1.1, 1.2

WCF

UDDI 2, 3

WS-Security 1.0, 1.1

Attachments:

Dime, Mime, MTOM,

Base64Binary

JMS

Y N Y Y Y Y

Any supported Windows OS

Supported on Windows Dockerized LGs

Any supported Windows OS

Supported on Windows Dockerized LGs

Supported SOAP features:

WS HTTP-binding, Net TCP Binding, Named Piped, Basic HTTP

Binding and various custom binding, Federation scenarios, WS-

SecureConversation,

WS-ReliableMessaging, WS-Addressing,

Username Token, X509 Certificate Token, Kerberos Token, Message

signature, Message encryption.

Java over HTTP N/A Y Y N Y Y Y

Supported Protocols

LoadRunner Professional and LoadRunner Enterprise (2021) 6

Protocol Application

Application supported

versions

Server supported

versions

Native 64-

bit client

recording

64-bit

replay

Async

IPv6

support

IP spoofing

support

NV 2020

support

Load Generator OS

Multi-

protocol

Comments

Non-Web protocols

C Vuser

N/A N/A N/A N/A Y N N/A Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

N Replay only.

DNS (Domain Name Resolution)

N/A N/A N/A N N N Y Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

N Replay only.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) N/A N/A Y N N Y Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

FTPS is supported in passive mode only.

Dockerized LG supports Passive mode only.

LDAP (Listing Directory Service)

Based on Microsoft API

Based on Mozilla API

(Oracle) Sun ONE 5.2

Oracle DS 11

Y N N N N Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Windows Sockets Winsock 2.x N/A Y N N Y Y Y

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Third-party protocols

SMP (SAP Mobile Platform)

2.3 N/A N/A N N/A Y Y

Any supported Windows OS

Supported on Windows dockerized LGs

N Same as .NET protocol support.

CoAP

N/A N/A N N N Y Any supported Windows OS Y Third-party solution by Endpoint IOT.

Open source protocols

JMeter

Apache JMeter 5.3 N/A N/A N/A N N/A N N

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Apache JMeter requires Java JRE or JDK to be installed.

Supported JRE or JDK versions are aligned with JMeter.

Gatling

Gatling 2.x N/A N/A N/A N N/A N N

Any supported OS

Supported on Dockerized LGs

Gatling requires Java JDK and Gatling to be installed. Supported

JRE or JDK versions are aligned with Gatling.

Selenium

Selenium 3.x, 4.x

Selenium Standalone server

3.141.59

Built-in Selenium server

4.0.0 alpha 6

N/A Y N N/A N N Any supported Windows OS N

Selenium support is introduced as a Tech Preview, available in

LoadRunner Professional.

Silk Performer

Silk Silk Performer Workbench Silk Performer 21.0 and later Silk Agent 21.0 and later N/A Y N N/A N N Any supported Windows OS

Silk Performer integration is supported with LoadRunner

Enterprise.

The Silk Performer agent must be installed to run Silk scripts.

Tuxedo

Tuxedo 8.1 8.1 N N N N N N Any supported Windows OS

Refer to AppDelivery Marketplace for details:

https://marketplace.microfocus.com/appdelivery/content/coap-protocol