Host Template: Application - Microsoft Exchange - Status
Overview Copied
Monitor the status of your Microsoft Exchange server with checks to monitor the status of required services and components.
This Host Template includes the following Service Checks:
Service Check Name | Description | Default Thresholds (Metric: Warning, Critical) | UOM |
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Exchange - Status - Service States | Check required Microsoft Exchange services are running. If not run with verbose mode, results will be truncated and summarised. | N/A | N/A |
Exchange - Status - Component States | Check the status of Microsoft Exchange components. If not run with verbose mode, results will be truncated and summarised. | N/A | N/A |
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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 - Status 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 |
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-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. |
MS_EXCHANGE_EXPECTED_INACTIVE Copied
Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
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-InactiveComponents |
Arg1 | MS Exchange Inactive Components | Comma separated list of components which are expected to be inactive |
-InactiveServices |
Arg2 | MS Exchange Inactive Services | Comma separated list of services which are not expected to be running |
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 |
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Exchange - Status - Service States | MSExStatus.Service.States |
Exchange - Status - Component States | MSExStatus.Component.States |