Overview
The Microsoft DynamicsTM
CRM 2015 Performance Toolkit was created by the Microsoft CRM product team to
formalize performance testing of Microsoft CRM 2015. The performance toolkit can be used by the
Microsoft CRM partners and customers to collect data to support their CRM
deployment decisions.
The toolkit facilitates load
testing the performance of CRM deployments. By carefully planning the required
dataset that the deployment needs to support and the workload requirements, the
toolkit can be used to test if the scale requirements of a particular
deployment can be met. This mechanism can be used in the decisions on a
particular deployment solution and avoid costly downtimes at a later stage.
Preparation &
Pre-installation requirements
Below
are the different checks Hardware and Software to
be made to install the Microsoft CRM Performance Toolkit 2015.
- Windows
10
- Windows
8.1
- Windows
8
- Windows
7 Service Pack 1
- Windows
Server 2012 R2
- Windows
Server 2012
- Windows
Server 2008 R2 SP1
- 1.6 GHz
or faster processor
- 1 GB of
RAM (1.5 GB if running on a virtual machine)
- 4 GB of
available hard disk space
- 5400 RPM
hard disk drive
- DirectX
9-capable video card that runs at
1024 x 768 or higher display resolution
- This
version of Visual Studio works best with Internet
Explorer 10 or later. Some
features might not work as expected when it, or a later version, is
not installed.
- For
Windows Store and Windows Universal app development:
- Windows
8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 and development require Windows 8.1 Update or
later.
- Windows
Phone 8.0 development requires Windows 8.1 Update (x64) or later.
- For
emulator support (Windows or Android), Windows 8.1 (x64) Professional
edition or later or Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise (x64) editions are
required. A processor that supports Client Hyper-V and Second Level
Address Translation (SLAT) is also required.
Requirement
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Example
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Domain
User
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Require
two domain user
Contaso\Admin
User
Contaso\Base
User
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Admin User
Privilege
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Member
of Active Directory Domain Users
Member
of Local administrator groups
Member of the Administrators group
on the computer where SQL Server installed
Should have sysadmin rights on MS
SQL Server
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CRM Organization
Name
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CRM Organization
Service URL
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CRM
Application URL or IP
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CRM SQL
Server Database IP and Access
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Org_MSCRM
and MSCRM_CONFIG
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SQL
Server Port
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SQL
Database port should have opened from that machine where you install CRM
Performance Toolkit.
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Performance Toolkit Installation
Steps
Step 1:
Download
CRM Performance toolkit Zip to your
local system.by https://github.com/Microsoft/CRM-Performance-Toolkit
Unzip
CRMToolkit.zp under C: drive or any other drivers
Open
Powershell and set-exexutionpolicy unrestricted.It will enable rights in
powershell
Move
go to C:\CRMToolkit\Setup (assume the toolkit was extracted to C:) in power shell
Run
the command in Power shell mentioned below. This command does the following.
·
Install CRM
SDK
·
Generate
WSDL proxy classes
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Partially
set up ConfigSettings.xml; please see Conig Settings below for the setup needed
after toolkit setup
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Build
toolkit
Run ToolkitSetup.ps1 - ToolkitSetup.ps1
-adminName:<CRM Administraor Name> -adminPassword:<CRM Administrator
<password>> -domainName:<CRM Domain> -crmServerName:<CRM
Server Name> -sqlServerName <SQL Server Name> -orgName:<test org
name> -configSku:<Online or Onprem> -release <CRM2013SP1 or CRM2015
or CRM2015SP1> -crmSdkBinDir <CRM SDK bin folder path>
-crmSDKReservedDllPath <the location for Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Reserved.dll>
-outlookDllsPath <the location for dlls required to run outlook test
case>
Sample commands:
- .\ToolkitSetup.ps1 -adminName
administrator -adminPassword <password> -domainName apollo6dom
-crmServerName apollo6web -sqlServerName apollo6sql -orgName testOrg -configSku
onprem -release CRM2015 -crmSdkBinDir "C:\CRM2015SDK\SDK\Bin"
-crmSDKReservedDllPath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics
CRM\Client\res\web\bin" -outlookDllsPath "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Dynamics CRM\Client\res\web\bin" -ssl $false
Step 2:
Open
the configuration settings file.
<CRMToolkit
Install Dir>\CRMToolkit\ConfigFiles
Modify
<AD> section. Mention Base User details.
Step
3:
Create
EntityManager on the client machine by
running command in powershell. Command is mentioned below.
run
<CRMToolkit Install Dir>\Binaries\Scripts\SQL\EMDB_Setup.sql
This
database will maintain the all entity details in client system
Note: Columns of each Entities should match
with CRM Server .if not add those columns.
Step
4:
Create Loadtest on the client machine by running
command in powershell. Command is mentioned below.
run
<CRMToolkit Install
Dir>\Binaries\Scripts\SQL\loadtestresultsrepository.sql
This
database will maintain the all load test results details in client system
Note: Take the backup of Entity Manger and Load
Test databases.
Step
5:
Configured
load test store on VS2015 Enterprise. Steps are mentioned below.
Load
Test(from toolbar) -> Manage Test Controller -> Load test results store
->
provide server and database (LoadTest2010) -> Test
Connection -> OK
Step
7:
Populated
test data by running following command in Power Shell.
-CD to <CRMToolkit Install
Dir>\Binaries\Scripts\ps >> .\DataPopulation_320UserBaseline.ps1
-release CRM2016
This
command import the test solutions from
C:\CRMToolkit\CRMToolkit\Binaries\Solutions to CRM Server
Note:Make sure Base and admin user details
are correct in sample xmls .
\Binaries\XMLFiles\DBPop\320UserBaselineData
Step
8:
Open
<toolkit dir>\CRM_Perf_Toolkit\CRM_Perf_Toolkit.sln in Visual Studio
Right
click on Solution ‘CRM_Perf_Toolkit’ -> Properties
Click
on Configuration Manager
Select
the proper configuration from Active solution configurations dropdown list
Click
Close -> 0K
Right
click on Solution ‘CRM_Perf_Toolkit’ -> Build solution
Step
9:
Run
the EMDB Loader file in power shell. Command mentioned below.
<CRMToolkit
Install Dir>\CRM_Perf_Toolkit\EMDBLoader\bin\Debug>> .\emdbloader.exe
This
will check the connectivity of CRM Server and load the sample data in local
database
Note: Make sure Base and admin user details
are correct in sample xmls.
Take the backup of Entity Manger and Load
Test databases after successful run of emdbloader
Step
10:
Open
the Visual Studio.
Right click on Load Test Folder>> Add
Load Test>> filled required Load Test details>> Right clicked on
Run Settings -> Run Load Test
Details
below:
Right
click on Load Test>> Add>> Load Test>>
a) Enter
the Name
Think
Time: Think times are fundamental to load testing and
represent pauses between actions that occur when a user is interacting with the
system. Think times can occur with almost any granularity depending on what is
being tested. For example, if you were load testing a keyboard driver, you
would be concerned with the think time that occurs between keystrokes.
b) Select
the load Pattern
Load
test can be done by two types of user load
1)
Constant
User Load:
Constant no of users will perform
test from start to end
2)
Step User
Load:
No of users will increase with certain
period of time
c) Select
Test Mixed Model
d) Select
the Test Mix
Click add
and select the test cases and click ok
Note: You can customize the load
tests by CRMToolkit\CRM_Perf_Toolkit\CRM_Perf_BenchMark\UnitTests\ExchangeSyncTestDriver
e) Select
the network mix
F) Enter the counter Sets (Optional Step)
Counter Set Details:
When you create a load test with the New Load Test Wizard, you add an initial set of counters. These offer you a set of predefined counter sets for your load test.
When you create a load test with the New Load Test Wizard, you add an initial set of counters. These offer you a set of predefined counter sets for your load test.
 Note |
If your load tests are
distributed across remote machines, controller and agent counters are mapped
to the controller and agent counter sets. For more information about how to
use remote machines in your load test, see Distributing Load Test Runs
Across Multiple Test Machines Using Test Controllers and Test Agents.
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Requirements
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Visual Studio Enterprise
Managing counter sets involves choosing the set of computers you
want to collect performance data from, and assigning a set of counter sets to
collect from each individual computer. You manage your counters in the Load
Test Editor.
Manage counter sets
1. Open a load test.
2. Choose the Manage
Counter Sets button.
– or –
Right-click Counter Sets folder in the load test tree and
choose Manage
Counter Sets.
The Manage
Counter Sets dialog
box is displayed.
3. (Optional) In the Selected
computers and counter sets will be added under the following run settings list box, select a different run
setting.
| Note |
This only applies if you have
more than one run setting in your load test.
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4. (Optional) Choose Add Computer to add a new computer to monitor. You
will be prompted for a name. Type the name of a computer, and you will see
nodes below the new entry. For example ASP.NET, IIS, SQL,
and others. Select the check boxes in front of the nodes you want to select.
The new counters appear in the Preview
selections pane.
5. (Optional) In the Computer Tags text box, type a tag to associate with
the computer. For example, "TestMachine12 in lab3".
Computer tags let you identify a computer with an easy-to-recognize
name.
The tags are displayed in the Counter Set
Mappings node in
the tree in the Load Test Editor. More important, the tags are displayed in
Excel reports, which help stakeholders identify what role the computer has in
the load test. For example, "Web Server1 in lab2" or "SQL
Server2 in Phoenix office"
6. Choose OK.
g)Enter the run settings and finish
h)Right click on Run Settings and
run the load test
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i) Finally you can see
the Load Test Results
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