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
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

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 - 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.

Note

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:

Note

For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Variables to Hosts.

Apply Changes Copied

Apply Changes and the system will now be monitored:

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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.

MS_EXCHANGE_EXPECTED_INACTIVE Copied

Plugin Parameter Position in Variable Name Description
-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
Exchange - Status - Service States MSExStatus.Service.States
Exchange - Status - Component States MSExStatus.Component.States
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