Microsoft Exchange Database Monitoring

Host Template: Application - Microsoft Exchange - Database

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 (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=20,40database_writes=50,100	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

Usage Instructions

Ensure you have set the Primary Hostname/IP field of your Opsview Host to the hostname or IP address of your exchange server.

Step 1: Add this Host Template

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.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Host Templates to Hosts.

Step 2: Add and configure variables required for this Host Template

The Service Checks in this Host Template use the following variables, and they will be added to your Opsview Monitor instance when you import the Opspack:

KERBEROS_REALM

Only required if authenticating using Kerberos.

Parameter	Position in Variable	Name	Description
Opsview UI Only	Value	Kerberos Realm	Kerberos realm. This value is not used by the plugin, it is used to automatically configure your 'krb5.conf' configuration file

WINRM_TRANSPORT

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
Opsview UI Only	Arg4	Extra Args	Extra args for check_by_winrm. The value is appended to the check_by_winrm call.

For more information, refer to Opsview Knowledge Center - Adding Variables to Hosts.

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`