Run LoadRunner Controller from command line?

You can open LoadRunner Controller scenario with:

LoadRunner\bin\Wlrun.exe -Run -TestPath scenario.lrs -ResultName res_folder

For example: 

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As a result of above command, LoadRunner Controller: 

• starts
• opens Controller scenario
• executes it
• saves results to folder 'C:\Temp\LR_Res\result_0'

After that, Controller finishes working and closes.

Please, see files from created 'C:\Temp\LR_Res\result_0' folder:

Tips: As you see, there is LoadRunner Result file (result_0.lrr). You can pass it automatically to LoadRunner Analysis for further processing.

Actually, Wlrun.exe can have several settings. There are their descriptions from HP LoadRunner Controller User's Guide (© HP/Mercury Interactive):

TestPath	Path to the scenario. For example, C:\LoadRunner\scenario\Scenario.lrs If the path includes blank spaces, use quotation marks.
Run	Runs the scenario, dumps all output messages into res_dir\output.txt and closes Controller
InvokeAnalysis	Instructs LoadRunner to invoke Analysis upon scenario termination. If this argument is not specified, LoadRunner uses the scenario default setting.
ResultName	Full results path. For example, "C:\Temp\Res_01"
ResultCleanName	Results name. For example, "Res_01"
ResultLocation	Results directory. For example, "C:\Temp"

Note: ResultName (full path) = ResultLocation (directory) + ResultCleanName (name)

Well, let's see different variants of how to open and run LoadRunner Controller script: 

1. Open LoadRunner Controller:

  Wlrun.exe

2. Open LoadRunner Controller scenario 'scenario.lrs' and do not execute it: 

  Wlrun.exe -TestPath scenario.lrs

3. Open LoadRunner Controller scenario 'scenario.lrs', execute it, and save results to default folder ('C:\Documents and Settings\user_login\Local Settings\Temp\res'): 

  Wlrun.exe -Run -TestPath scenario.lrs

4. Open LoadRunner Controller scenario 'scenario.lrs', execute it, and save results to 'res_folder' folder:

 Wlrun.exe -Run -TestPath scenario.lrs -ResultName res_folder

5. Open LoadRunner Controller scenario 'scenario.lrs', execute it, save results to 'res_folder' folder, and after that start Analysis on created results with default template: 

Wlrun.exe -Run -TestPath scenario.lrs -ResultName res_folder - InvokeAnalysis

And please see more complex example for desert :) 

6. Open LoadRunner Controller scenario 'scenario.lrs', execute it, save results to 'res_folder' folder, and after that start Analysis on created results with default template. Repeat all these steps 10 times: 

 set LR_HOME=C:\Program Files\Mercury\LoadRunner

 for /L %%i in (1,1,10) do "%LR_HOME%\bin\Wlrun.exe" -Run -TestPath "%LR_HOME%\scenario\memory_leak_crash.lrs"
 -ResultName C:\Temp\LR_Res\result%%i 

Result is: 

Well, where to use execution from a command line?

It can be very useful in some cases, when you plain to:

• run LoadRunner Controller and pass its results to LoadRunner Analysis
• run LoadRunner scripts by schedule