Managing scripts

BMC Synthetic End User Experience Monitoring uses prerecorded .ltz scripts to simulate end-user transactions, and BMC provides some basic scripts. You can create realistic and customizable scripts through an external scripting tool, and then upload the scripts through the BMC Application Performance Management Console. The scripts require a compatible runtime environment. For details about supported scripting environments, see System-requirements-for-synthetic-monitoring.

The following topics are presented:

Provided scripts

The following scripts are provided out-of-the-box and cannot be deleted:

Script name	Description
FtpPinger.ltz	Checks the availability of an FTP server by connecting to it and retrieving the current directory of the server. The script requires the following parameters: Host (required) Port User Password Timer Name
Pinger.ltz	Checks the availability of a specific host by sending it an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request via TCP/IP. The script requires the following parameters: Host (required) Ping Timeout Number of Pings Data Size Timer Name
URLChecker.ltz	Checks a URL by downloading its page and embedded objects and verifying the title and content. The script requires the following parameters: URL (required) HTTP Proxy host HTTP Proxy port Select to Use HTTP 1.0 through proxy connections Select to Bypass proxy server for local addresses Do not use proxy server for Verify if the title is Raise error if the title is Verify if the content contains Raise error if the content contains Suppress domains Select to use Link Checking Select to use Detailed Page Timers

To view the list of available scripts

On the BMC Application Performance Management Console, click the Synthetic tab, then click the Scripts menu.
A list of available scripts is displayed.
To modify the display, you can perform any of the following actions:
- To sort the list based on a specific column, click the relevant column heading. To sort in reverse order, click the column heading again.
- To filter the list, start typing a value in the box under the File Name column heading.

To upload a custom script

On the BMC Application Performance Management Console, click the Synthetic tab, then click the Scripts menu.
Below the list of scripts, click Add.
Browse and select a script (.ltz) file.
You can add up to ten scripts to the list before uploading. After uploading, you can add more scripts.
Click Upload.

To delete a script from the list

On the BMC Application Performance Management Console, click the Synthetic tab, then click the Scripts menu.
From the shortcut menu of the specific script, select DeleteScript.
Click OK in the confirmation message.