Jmeter 2.13 throws connection reset error? - jmeter

Question

Thanks for your support in advance.
It is from past two days I have started looking into JMeter 2.13 version to hit a application server component that accepts xml requests via http. I am targeting to hit with 5 million xml requests via Jmeter.
I did all the configuration and finally the error is
java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
Tried a lot with all the options described in this question, and others as well, but no positive result.
Here I am attaching the jmx configuration, sample input file and other jmeter environment configuration files for your reference.
I am using Java 1.7 (cannot use 1.8 because of other restrictions)
Jmeter 2.13
By the way, the application runs on a port 10011 on a remote linux server where i am doing tunnelling thru putty and accessing that application.
Any help why this error is caused ? I tried with all the options but no positive result.
hc.parameters
http.connection.stalecheck$Boolean=true
user.properties
httpclient4.retrycount=1
hc.parameters.file=hc.parameters
jmx file configuration
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jmeterTestPlan version="1.2" properties="2.8" jmeter="2.13 r1665067">
<hashTree>
<TestPlan guiclass="TestPlanGui" testclass="TestPlan" testname="Test Plan" enabled="true">
<stringProp name="TestPlan.comments"></stringProp>
<boolProp name="TestPlan.functional_mode">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="TestPlan.serialize_threadgroups">false</boolProp>
<elementProp name="TestPlan.user_defined_variables" elementType="Arguments" guiclass="ArgumentsPanel" testclass="Arguments" testname="User Defined Variables" enabled="true">
<collectionProp name="Arguments.arguments"/>
</elementProp>
<stringProp name="TestPlan.user_define_classpath"></stringProp>
</TestPlan>
<hashTree>
<ThreadGroup guiclass="ThreadGroupGui" testclass="ThreadGroup" testname="Thread Group" enabled="true">
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.on_sample_error">continue</stringProp>
<elementProp name="ThreadGroup.main_controller" elementType="LoopController" guiclass="LoopControlPanel" testclass="LoopController" testname="Loop Controller" enabled="true">
<boolProp name="LoopController.continue_forever">false</boolProp>
<intProp name="LoopController.loops">-1</intProp>
</elementProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.num_threads">1</stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.ramp_time">1</stringProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.start_time">1506518262000</longProp>
<longProp name="ThreadGroup.end_time">1506518262000</longProp>
<boolProp name="ThreadGroup.scheduler">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.duration"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="ThreadGroup.delay"></stringProp>
</ThreadGroup>
<hashTree>
<HTTPSamplerProxy guiclass="HttpTestSampleGui" testclass="HTTPSamplerProxy" testname="HTTP Request" enabled="true">
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.postBodyRaw">true</boolProp>
<elementProp name="HTTPsampler.Arguments" elementType="Arguments">
<collectionProp name="Arguments.arguments">
<elementProp name="" elementType="HTTPArgument">
<boolProp name="HTTPArgument.always_encode">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="Argument.value">${PATH}</stringProp>
<stringProp name="Argument.metadata">=</stringProp>
</elementProp>
</collectionProp>
</elementProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.domain">localhost</stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.port">9999</stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.connect_timeout">60000</stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.response_timeout"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.protocol"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.contentEncoding"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.path">Air/</stringProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.method">POST</stringProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.follow_redirects">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.auto_redirects">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.use_keepalive">true</boolProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.DO_MULTIPART_POST">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.implementation">Java</stringProp>
<boolProp name="HTTPSampler.monitor">false</boolProp>
<stringProp name="HTTPSampler.embedded_url_re"></stringProp>
</HTTPSamplerProxy>
<hashTree>
<HeaderManager guiclass="HeaderPanel" testclass="HeaderManager" testname="HTTP Header Manager" enabled="true">
<collectionProp name="HeaderManager.headers">
<elementProp name="" elementType="Header">
<stringProp name="Header.name">User-Agent</stringProp>
<stringProp name="Header.value">UGw Server/5.0/1.0</stringProp>
</elementProp>
<elementProp name="" elementType="Header">
<stringProp name="Header.name">Content-Type</stringProp>
<stringProp name="Header.value">text/xml</stringProp>
</elementProp>
<elementProp name="" elementType="Header">
<stringProp name="Header.name">Authorization</stringProp>
<stringProp name="Header.value">Basic Z3NkYzppbl9zaWRlX291dCE=</stringProp>
</elementProp>
<elementProp name="" elementType="Header">
<stringProp name="Header.name">user</stringProp>
<stringProp name="Header.value">fduser</stringProp>
</elementProp>
<elementProp name="" elementType="Header">
<stringProp name="Header.name">password</stringProp>
<stringProp name="Header.value">fdsuser</stringProp>
</elementProp>
</collectionProp>
</HeaderManager>
<hashTree/>
</hashTree>
<CSVDataSet guiclass="TestBeanGUI" testclass="CSVDataSet" testname="CSV Data Set Config" enabled="true">
<stringProp name="filename">C:\PentahoDataIntegration5.1\Airtel_Tanzania\jmetersetup\Create_DA_Product_Id_xml.txt</stringProp>
<stringProp name="fileEncoding"></stringProp>
<stringProp name="variableNames">PATH</stringProp>
<stringProp name="delimiter">\n</stringProp>
<boolProp name="quotedData">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="recycle">false</boolProp>
<boolProp name="stopThread">true</boolProp>
<stringProp name="shareMode">shareMode.all</stringProp>
</CSVDataSet>
<hashTree/>
<ResultCollector guiclass="ViewResultsFullVisualizer" testclass="ResultCollector" testname="View Results Tree" enabled="true">
<boolProp name="ResultCollector.error_logging">false</boolProp>
<objProp>
<name>saveConfig</name>
<value class="SampleSaveConfiguration">
<time>false</time>
<latency>false</latency>
<timestamp>false</timestamp>
<success>false</success>
<label>false</label>
<code>true</code>
<message>true</message>
<threadName>false</threadName>
<dataType>false</dataType>
<encoding>false</encoding>
<assertions>false</assertions>
<subresults>false</subresults>
<responseData>false</responseData>
<samplerData>false</samplerData>
<xml>true</xml>
<fieldNames>false</fieldNames>
<responseHeaders>false</responseHeaders>
<requestHeaders>false</requestHeaders>
<responseDataOnError>false</responseDataOnError>
<saveAssertionResultsFailureMessage>false</saveAssertionResultsFailureMessage>
<assertionsResultsToSave>0</assertionsResultsToSave>
<threadCounts>true</threadCounts>
</value>
</objProp>
<stringProp name="filename">C:\PentahoDataIntegration5.1\Airtel_Tanzania\jmetersetup\Result_PCRF_UpdateBalanceAndDate.xml</stringProp>
</ResultCollector>
<hashTree/>
</hashTree>
</hashTree>
<WorkBench guiclass="WorkBenchGui" testclass="WorkBench" testname="WorkBench" enabled="true">
<boolProp name="WorkBench.save">true</boolProp>
</WorkBench>
<hashTree/>
</hashTree>
</jmeterTestPlan>
Please help !

Answer 1

Connection reset can mean a lot of things and many are due to server side, not JMeter side.
Among possible reasons:
Any intermediate component overloaded, monitor them to see if it's the case
Server overloaded, monitor it to see if it's the case
JMeter overloaded, monitor it to see if it's the case
I would also advise you to switch to JMeter 3.3, 2.13 is now 4 versions old and very old.
And ensure you follow best-practices:
http://www.ubik-ingenierie.com/blog/jmeter_performance_tuning_tips/