Monitors included into Other Applications and Services – MS Exchange 2010 Server template
Monitors from this application template check essential services availability and performance data for a Microsoft Exchange 2010 Server. MS Exchange is a popular Microsoft messaging system that includes a mail server, an e-mail program (e-mail client), and groupware applications. Designed for use in a business setting, the Exchange server is often used in conjunction with Microsoft Outlook to take advantage of Outlook’s collaborative features, such as the ability to share calendars and contact lists. More about templates.
Monitors list
Monitors description
Information Store Service (enabled by default) Shows if Information Store service is alive. The service manages the Exchange Information Store. This includes mailbox databases and public folder databases. If this service is stopped, mailbox databases and public folder databases on this computer are unavailable. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. This service is dependent on the RPC, Server, Windows Event Log, and Workstation services.
Service Host (enabled by default) Shows if Service Host service. The service provides a host for several Exchange services. On internal server roles, this service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service. On Edge Transport servers, this service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange ADAM service.
Unified Messaging Service (enabled by default) Shows if Unified Messaging service is alive. For Unified Messaging Server only. The service enables Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging features. This allows voice and fax messages to be stored in Exchange and gives users telephone access to e-mail, voice mail, calendar, contacts, or an auto attendant. If this service is stopped, Unified Messaging isn’t available. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology and the Microsoft Exchange Speech Engine service.
MS Exchange 2010 version check Checks if this template is suitable for the host. Disabled by default. This is a match monitor and used only in network discovery. You don’t need to enable it, since is does not check any valuable characteristic.
AD Topology Service Shows if AD Topology service (provides AD topology information to Exchange services) is alive. The service provides Active Directory topology information to Exchange services. If this service is stopped, most Exchange services are unable to start. This service has no dependencies.
ADAM Service Shows if ADAM service is alive. Off by default. Turn on for Egde Transport Server. The service stores configuration data and recipient data on the Edge Transport server. This service represents the named instance of Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) that’s automatically created by Setup during Edge Transport server installation. This service is dependent upon the COM+ Event System service.
Active Mailbox Delivery Queue Length Active Mailbox Delivery Queue Length represents the number of items in the active mailbox queues.
Active NonSmtp Delivery Queue Length Active NonSmtp Delivery Queue Length is the number of items in the active Non-Smtp queues. Non-Smtp Delivery Queue is associated with the queue for Foreign Connectors.
Active Remote Delivery Queue Length Active Remote Delivery Queue Length is the number of items in the active remote delivery queues.
Address Book Service Shows if Address Book service is alive. The service manages client address book connections. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.
Aggregate Delivery Queue Length (AllQueues) Aggregate Delivery Queue Length (AllQueues) is the number of items queued for delivery in all queues.
Average Document Indexing Time Average Document Indexing Time shows the average, in ms, of how long it takes to index documents.
Edge Credential Service Shows if Edge Credential service is alive. Off by default. Turn on for Egde Transport Server. The service monitors credential changes in AD LDS and installs the changes on the Edge Transport server. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange ADAM service.
EdgeSync Service Shows if Edge Sync service is alive. The service connects to an AD LDS instance on subscribed Edge Transport servers over a secure LDAP channel to synchronize data between a Hub Transport server and an Edge Transport server. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service. If Edge Subscription isn’t configured, this service can be disabled.
File Distribution Service Shows if File Distribution service is alive. The service distributes offline address book (OAB) and custom Unified Messaging prompts. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology and Workstation services.
IMAP4 Service Shows if IMAP4 service is alive. The service provides IMAP4 service to clients. If this service is stopped, clients won’t be able to connect to this computer using the IMAP4 protocol. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.
Mail Submission Service Shows if Mail Submission service is alive. The service submits messages from the Mailbox server to Exchange Hub Transport servers. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.
Mailbox Assistants Service Shows if Mailbox Assistants service is alive. The service performs background processing of mailboxes in the Exchange store. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.
Mailbox Replication Service Shows if Mailbox Replication service is alive. The service processes mailbox moves and move requests. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology and Net.Tcp Port Sharing service.
Messages Queued for Submission Messages queued for submission performance counter indicates the number of messages in the mailbox store that are ready to be sent and are waiting to be submitted to a transport server.
Microsoft Search (Exchange) Service Shows if Exchange Search service is alive. This service is a Microsoft Exchange-customized version of Microsoft Search. This service is dependent on the RPC service.
POP3 Service Shows if POP3 service is alive. The service provides POP3 service to clients. If this service is stopped, clients can’t connect to this computer using the POP3 protocol. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.
Poison Queue Length Poison Queue Length performance counter measures the number of messages currently in the poison queue. Messages in the poison message queue are in a permanently suspended state.
RPC Averaged Latency RPC Averaged Latency performance counter shows the remote procedure call (RPC) latency, in milliseconds, averaged for the past 1,024 packets. The maximum value of the RPC Averaged Latency performance counter should be less than 50 milliseconds at all times.
RPC Requests RPC Requests performance counter indicates the number of MAPI remote procedure call (RPC), or client, requests that are currently being processed by the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service. The average value of the RPC Requests performance counter should be under 30 at all times.
Replication Receive Queue Size Replication Receive Queue Size performance counter indicates the number of replication messages in the public store that have been delivered to the store but are waiting in the receive queue to be processed.
Replication Service Shows if Replication service is alive. The service provides replication functionality for mailbox databases on Mailbox servers in a database availability group (DAG) and database mount functionality for all Mailbox servers. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.
Retry Mailbox Delivery Queue Length Retry Mailbox Delivery Queue Length performance counter measures the number of messages currently in the retry mailbox delivery queue. Messages in this queue are in a retry state because an issue prevented their delivery.
Retry Non Smtp Delivery Queue Length Retry Non Smtp Delivery Queue Length performance counter measures the number of messages currently in the retry Non-SMTP delivery queue. Messages in this queue are in a retry state because an issue prevented their delivery.
Retry Remote Delivery Queue Length Retry Remote Delivery Queue Length performance counter measures the number of messages currently in the retry remote delivery queue. Messages in this queue are in a retry state because there an issue prevented their delivery.
Search Indexer Service Shows if Search Indexer service is alive. The service drives indexing of mailbox content, which improves the performance of content search. This service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology and Microsoft Search (Exchange Server) services.
Search Task Rate Search Task Rate counter shows the number of search tasks created per second.
Speech Engine Service Shows if Speech Engine service is alive. Off by default. Turn it on for Unified Messaging Server only. The service provides speech processing services for Unified Messaging. This service is dependent upon the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service.
Submission Queue Length Submission Queue Length performance counter measures the number of messages currently in the submission queue. Messages in this queue are in a retry state because an issue prevented their submission to the categorizer.
System Attendant Service Shows if System Attendant service is alive. The service forwards directory lookups to a global catalog server for legacy Outlook clients, generates e-mail addresses and OABs, updates free/busy information for legacy clients, and maintains permissions and group memberships for the server. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. This service is dependent on the RPC, Server, Windows Event Log, and Workstation services.
Transport Log Search Service Shows if Transport Log Search service is alive. The service provides remote search capability for Microsoft Exchange Transport log files. On Hub Transport servers, this service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service. On Edge Transport servers, this service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange ADAM service.
Transport Service Shows if Transport service is alive. Provides SMTP server and transport stack. On Hub Transport servers, this service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service. On Edge Transport servers, this service is dependent upon the Microsoft Exchange ADAM service.
Unreachable Queue Length Unreachable Queue Length performance counter measures the number of messages currently in the retry mailbox delivery queue. Messages in this queue are in a retry state because an issue prevented their delivery.
Templates overview
IPHost Network Monitor provides application templates (or just “templates” later in document), to create multiple relevant monitors in only a few clicks. Templates facilitate adding typical monitors sets; this can be particularly useful in case of big networks, when creating same-type monitors for many same-type devices is a common task. Application templates are sets of monitors that can be added, using specific predefined parameters, for a given host at once. The said set, added for given host, is displayed as a separate node in tree view pane, and is named application.
There are predefined templates; user can as well generate templates of their own – either out of existing monitors, or by cloning a predefined template. User-added template definitions are saved in XML files and can thus be conveniently augmented or applied to specific needs.
