Exchange AD Processes Test

This test reports whether there is a slow-down in communicating with the global catalogs.

Target of the test : An Exchange server 2000/2003

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Exchange server process.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameters	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The IP address of the machine where the Exchange Server is installed.
Port	The port number through which the Exchange server communicates. The default is 691.
IsPassive	If the value chosen is Yes, then the Exchange server under consideration is a passive server in an Exchange cluster. No alerts will be generated if the server is not running. Measures will be reported as “Not applicable’ by the agent if the server is not up.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
LDAP read time	The time that an LDAP read request from the Exchange server takes to be fulfilled.	Secs	The average value should be less than 50 milliseconds. Spikes (Maximum) should not be higher than 100 milliseconds.
LDAP search time	The time that an LDAP search request takes to be fulfilled.	Secs	The Average value should be less than 50 milliseconds. Spikes (Maximum) should not be higher than 100 milliseconds.