Host Template: Application - Microsoft Exchange - Database
Overview Copied
Monitor the status of your Microsoft Exchange mailbox databases with a variety of checks including database disk usage, replication health status and database IO operations.
This Host Template includes the following Service Checks:
| Service Check Name | Description | Default Thresholds (Metric: Warning, Critical) | UOM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange - Database - Disk Space | Shows the disk space information about one or more mailbox databases. | disk_free_space: 30:,10: |
% |
| Exchange - Database - Backup Status | Shows the backup status information about one or more mailbox databases. If not run with verbose mode, results will be truncated and summarised. | N/A | N/A |
| Exchange - Database - Replication Health Status | Checks all aspects of replication and replay and the status of Mailbox servers in a database availability group (DAG). | N/A | N/A |
| Exchange - Database - MAPI Connectivity Status | Checks the server functionality by logging on to the mailbox that you specify. If not run with verbose mode, results will be truncated and summarised. | N/A | ms |
| Exchange - Database - I/O | Shows the average length of time, in milliseconds, per database read/write operation. If not run with verbose mode, results will be truncated and summarised. | database_reads: database_writes: |
ms |
| Exchange - Database - Instances | Shows the number of active database copies on the server | N/A | N/A |
| Exchange - Database - RPC Latency | RPC Latency is the average latency in milliseconds of RPC requests per database. If not run with verbose mode, results will be truncated and summarised. | rpc_latency: 50,100 |
ms |
| Exchange - Database - LDAP Search Time | Shows the time in milliseconds to send an LDAP search request and receive a response. If not run with verbose mode, results will be truncated and summarised. | ldap_search_time: 50,100 |
ms |
Note
See details about Monitoring Plugin thresholds here.
Usage Instructions Copied
Please review the overall Application - Microsoft Exchange Agentless Opspack documentation for details on prerequisites, known issues, and other necessary configurations that apply to all Host Templates in the Opspack.
Add this Host Template Copied
Add the Application - Microsoft Exchange - Database Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host. If the resource you’re monitoring has no hostname or public IP, then open the Advanced settings pane and change Host Check Command to Always assumed to be UP.
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For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Host Templates to Hosts.
Add and configure Variables Copied
The Service Checks in this Host Template use the following variables, and they will be added to your Opsview Monitor instance alongside the Host Template:
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For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Variables to Hosts.
Apply Changes Copied
Apply Changes and the system will now be monitored:
Additional Information Copied
Ensure you have set the Primary Hostname/IP field of your Opsview Host to the hostname or IP address of your exchange server.
Available Variables Copied
WINRM_TRANSPORT Copied
| Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-Transport |
Value | Authentication Type | Authentication type to use |
-Username |
Arg1 | Username | Username for remote windows host |
-Password |
Arg2 | Password | Password for remote windows host |
-Scheme |
Arg3 | Scheme | Scheme for connecting to remote windows host |
| N/A | Arg4 | Extra Args | Extra args for check_by_winrm. The value is appended to the check_by_winrm call. |
Plugin help Copied
Plugin: check_microsoft_exchange
Secure Args
This plugin uses the Secure Args feature for argument passing.
For mode-specific help, run the plugin with the -h -m <mode> flags. This will list the required and optional Variable Arguments for that mode.
The appropriate mode for each Service Check is listed here:
| Service Check Name | Mode |
|---|---|
| Exchange - Database - Disk Space | MSExDatabase.Disk.Space |
| Exchange - Database - Backup Status | MSExDatabase.Backup.Status |
| Exchange - Database - Replication Health Status | MSExDatabase.Replication.Health |
| Exchange - Database - MAPI Connectivity Status | MSExDatabase.MAPI.Connectivity |
| Exchange - Database - I/O | MSExDatabase.IO |
| Exchange - Database - Instances | MSExDatabase.Instances |
| Exchange - Database - RPC Latency | MSExDatabase.RPC.Latency |
| Exchange - Database - LDAP Search Time | MSExDatabase.LDAP.Search.Time |