Oracle® Enterprise Manager System Monitoring Plug-in Metric Reference Manual for Non-Oracle Middleware Management Release 12 (12.0) Part Number E10115-06 |
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Microsoft Exchange Server is a messaging and collaborative software product developed by Microsoft. It is commonly used by organizations and businesses that need to manage and store emails for multiple people. Enterprise Manager Grid Control allows you to discover and monitor Microsoft Exchange Servers that are in your environment
This chapter provides descriptions for all Microsoft Exchange Server metric categories, and tables list and describe associated metrics for each category.
This category provides reachability metrics for DSAccess Domain Controllers.
Default Collection Interval — Every 5 minutes
Table 9-1 DSAccess Domain Controllers Reachability Metrics
Metric | Description |
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IsFast |
When True, shows the domain controller response time has been less than two seconds. |
IsInSync |
Shows if the domain controller is synchronized with the Global Catalog server and with the Configuration domain controller. |
IsUp |
Shows whether the domain controller was available the last time Exchange attempted to access it. |
This category provides metrics about Microsoft Exchange Cluster resource.
Default Collection Interval — Every 5 minutes
This category provides connectors status metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 5 minutes
This category provides metrics related to directory service flags.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-4 Exchange - Directory Service Flags Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Critical-Data Flag |
Shows 1 if the Domain Controller contains the Exchange server account, 0 otherwise. |
GC-Capable Flag |
Shows 1 if the Domain Controller is also a Global Catalog Server, 0 otherwise. |
Is-Synchronized Flag |
Shows 1 if the Domain Controller is synchronized. |
Netlogon Flag |
Shows 1 when DsGetDcName to the DC succeeds, indicating that NetLogon service is running, 0 otherwise. |
OS Version Flag |
Shows 1 when the DC satisfies DSAccess OS/Service Pack requirements, 0 otherwise. |
SACL-Right Flag |
Shows 1 if the Exchange server has a SeSecurityPrivilege on the Domain Controller, 0 otherwise. |
This category provides directory service performance metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-5 Exchange - Directory Service Performance Metrics
Metric | Description |
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LDAP Read Time(in ms) |
Shows the time (in ms) taken to send an LDAP read request to the specified Domain Controller and receive a response. |
LDAP Read calls Per Second |
Shows the number of Depth 0 LDAP search calls made by this process per second. |
LDAP Search Calls Per Second |
Shows the number of Depth 1 or 2 LDAP Search calls made by this process per second. |
LDAP Search Time(in ms) |
Shows the time (in ms) taken to send an LDAP search request and receive a response. |
This category provides metrics links performance metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-6 Exchange - Links Performance Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Global Stop |
Shows whether the virtual server for the link is in disabled mode. If True, the virtual server is disabled. |
Increasing-Time(milliseconds) |
Shows the time (in milliseconds) that the number of messages waiting to be transferred by the link has been increasing. |
Number Of Messages |
Shows the number of messages that are waiting for transmission across the link. |
Oldest Message |
Shows the date and time when the oldest message, which is still waiting to be transmitted, was received into the link. |
Size Of Queue(Bytes) |
Shows the total size of the messages in the link (in bytes). |
Size Of Queue(MB) |
Shows the total size of the messages in the link (in megabytes). |
State Active |
Shows if the link is active. If True, then it is active. |
State Frozen |
Shows whether the link is currently frozen. |
State Ready |
Shows if the link is ready to accept new messages. If True, then is it ready. |
State Remote |
Shows if the destination for messages in this link is on a remote server. |
State Retry |
Shows if the link is retrying a transmission that was unsuccessful. If True, then it is retrying. |
State Scheduled |
When True, shows that the link is scheduled for periodic activation, as compared with asynchronous, on-demand activation. |
This category provides information about the host running Microsoft Exchange Server.
Default Collection Interval — Every 5 minutes
Table 9-7 Exchange - Server State Metrics
Metric | Description |
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DN |
Shows the Microsoft Active Directory distinguished name (DN) of the Exchange server object. |
GUID |
Shows the GUID of the Exchange Server object in Active Directory. |
Group DN |
Shows the DN of the Exchange Server routing group in Active Directory. |
Group GUID |
Shows the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the Exchange Server routing group in Active Directory. |
Server Maintenance |
Shows if the notifications set up in the Exchange Server System Manager Monitoring and Status page have been disabled. |
Server State |
Shows the current status of Microsoft Exchange Server. |
Server State String |
Shows the current state of the computer running Exchange Server. |
Services State |
Shows the current state of the monitoring services running on the Exchange Server host. |
Services State String |
Shows the current state of the monitoring services running on the Exchange Server host. |
This category provides metrics about the top sized mailboxes.
Default Collection Interval — Every 60 minutes
This category provides metrics about the top sized public folders in the exchange server.
Default Collection Interval — Every 60 minutes
This category provides exchange core processes performance metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-10 Exchange Core Processes Performance Metrics
Metric | Description |
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CPU utilization(%) |
Shows the percentage of elapsed time that all of process threads used the processor to execute instructions. |
Virtual Bytes (MB) |
Shows the current size (in megabytes) of the virtual address space the process is using. |
Working Set (MB) |
Shows the current size (in megabytes) of the Working Set of this process. |
This category provides metrics related to exchange file system driver status.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
This category provides metrics about the host on which Microsoft Exchange Server is running.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-12 Exchange Host Metrics
Metric | Description |
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CPU Utilization (%) |
Shows the total CPU utilization (in percentage) by all the processes running on the host. |
Memory Utilization |
Shows the total memory utilization (in megabytes) of all processes. |
Memory Utilization (%) |
Shows the percentage of main memory used by the processes running on the host. |
Total Physical Memory |
Shows the total main memory installed on the host. |
This category provides metrics related to information on the performance of Exchange Services.
Default Collection Interval — Every 5 minutes
Table 9-13 Exchange Services Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Caption |
Shows a short textual description (one-line string) of the Service. |
Description |
Shows the description of the Service. |
PathName |
Shows the fully qualified path to the service binary file that implements the service. |
ProcessId |
Shows the process identifier of the service. |
State |
Shows the current state of the base service. |
Status |
Shows the current status of the object. |
This category provides information store general metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-14 information Store General Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Active Connection Count |
Shows the number of connections that have shown some activity in the last 10 minutes. |
Active User Count |
Shows the number of user connections that have shown some activity in the last 10 minutes. |
Connection Count |
Shows the number of client processes connected to the information store. |
RPC Averaged Latency |
Shows the RPC latency (in milliseconds) averaged for the past 1024 packets. |
RPC Operations Per second |
Shows the rate at which the RPC operations occur. |
User Count |
Shows the number of users connected to the information store. |
Virus Scan Files Quarantined Per Second |
Shows the rate at which separate files are put into quarantine by virus scanner. |
Virus Scan Files Scanned Per Second |
Shows the rate at which separate files are processed by virus scanner. |
Virus Scan Queue Length |
Shows the current number of outstanding requests that are queued for virus scanning. |
This category provides metrics related to information store mailbox stores.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-15 Information Store Mailbox Stores Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Average Delivery Time |
Shows the average time (in milliseconds) between the submission to the mailbox store and the delivery to all local recipients for the last 10 messages. |
Local Delivery Rate |
Shows the rate at which messages are delivered locally. |
Messages Delivered Per Second |
Shows the rate at which messages are delivered to all recipients. |
Messages Submitted Per Second |
Shows the rate at which clients submit messages. |
Receive Queue Size |
Shows the number of messages in the mailbox store's receive queue. |
Send Queue Size |
Shows the number of messages in the mailbox store's send queue. |
This category provides metrics related to information store public stores metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-16 Information Store Public Stores Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Average Delivery Time(ms) |
Shows the average time (in milliseconds) between the submission to the public store and the delivery to all local recipients for the last 10 messages. |
Messages Delivered Per Minute |
Shows the rate at which messages are delivered to all recipients. |
Messages Delivered Per Second |
Shows the rate at which messages are delivered to all recipients. |
Messages Submitted Per Minute |
Shows the rate at which messages are submitted by clients. |
Messages Submitted Per Second |
Shows the rate at which messages are submitted by clients. |
Receive Queue Size |
Shows the number of messages in the public store's receive queue. |
Send Queue Size |
Shows the number of messages in the public store's send queue. |
This category provides logical disk performance metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-17 Logical Disk Performance Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Disk Reads Per Second |
Shows the number of disk reads per second. |
Disk Size(MB) |
Shows the size of the logical disk. |
Disk Writes Per Second |
Shows the number of disk writes per second. |
Free Space (%) |
Shows the percentage of free Space on the disk. |
Free Space (MB) |
Shows the amount of free space on the logical disk in MB. |
This category provides metrics related to MTA Connections.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-18 MTA Connections Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Connector Index |
Shows the unique index associated with a connector entity. |
Current Inbound Connections |
Shows the current number of inbound (remote initiated) associations with the entity. |
Current Outbound Connections |
Shows the current number of outbound (locally initiated) associations with the entity. |
Messages Received Per Second |
Shows the rate at which the messages are received from the connected entity. |
Messages Sent Per Second |
Shows the rate at which the messages are sent to the connected entity. |
Size of OutBound Messages Queue |
Shows the number of outstanding messages queued for transfer to the entity. |
This category provides status metrics for the Microsoft Exchange Server.
Default Collection Interval — Every 5 minutes
This category provides SMTP server metrics.
Default Collection Interval — Every 10 minutes
Table 9-20 SMTP Server Metrics
Metric | Description |
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Inbound Connections Current |
Shows the total number of connections currently inbound. |
Local Queue Length |
Shows the number of messages in the local queue. |
Messages Received Per Second |
Shows the rate at which inbound messages are being received. |
Messages Sent Per Second |
Shows the rate at which outbound messages are being sent. |
Outbound Connections Current |
Shows the number of connections currently outbound. |
Remote Queue Length |
Shows the number of messages in the remote queue. |