Monitoring Weblogic using JMX in SiteScope

Using JMX (Java Management Extensions) it is possible to monitor Managed Beans published by MBean servers. Weblogic (WL) provides MBeans for both admin and managed servers.

You can find out more info about WebLogic MBeans and accessing them with JMX here …

Following are some augmented instructions for setting up JMX monitors within SiteScope. I used this [...]

Speeding Up Script Development Time in LoadRunner

If you’ve ever had to write lots of LoadRunner scripts you’ll probably be interested in this snippet of code. Imagine you’re in a situation where you need to produce many LoadRunner scripts each with multiple actions. Normally, once you’ve got all your custom correlations down pat (I hate correlation studio BTW) you will also have [...]

Monitoring Typical User Transactions with Ruby and SiteScope

A colleague asked me the other day if it was possible to setup a workstation with just LoadRunner installed and have it automatically carry out a typical user transaction to determine the ‘health’ of the target server. After explaining to him that it would be a clunky approach at best, and currently lacking an installation [...]

Monitoring Weblogic using JMX in LoadRunner

When configuring the WebLogic (JMX) monitor (Add Measurements via the Run tab in Controller) you may be presented with the following error:

Java Virtual Machine Version mismatch: Required version: 1.3

To overcome this try the following steps …

TextMate Alternative for Windows

Well as you know, I’ve become a bit of a Mac zealot (thanks Ted) and strongly favour TextMate as my preferred editor for coding and scripting … Unfortunately, my real job is in a pure Windows environment, so if you’re after a hit of TextMate-like functionality, try Intype … It’s currently available as a free [...]

[Bump] MyThree Bandwidth Usage Widget

Download it ‘ere…

I currently have a mobile broadband account (HSDPA) provided by three.com.au, and after a hexy surcharge from the previous month when exceeding my limit, thought it would be prudent to build a dashboard widget that tracks my monthly bandwidth usage.

Building on a previous post that automates calls to a https website, I followed [...]

An exercise in correlation – playing MySpace music via iTunes

[UPDATE] Mr Gecko, has since implemented this logic and sorted out downloading woes (for u US folk) in a nifty little OSX app here …

In between contracts, I have been practicing the art of correlation by scraping data from public web sites. The legality of this is perhaps a little unclear so I’ve aimed not [...]