Exchange MailBox Test

This test automatically discovers all the mailboxes on a monitored Exchange 2000/2003 server, and reports the usage of each mailbox. Mailbox monitoring enables Exchange administrators to be proactively alerted when the mailbox usage grows close to the mailbox quota. In the long run, such a practice could deter mailbox users from storing unnecessary mails, thus automatically making room for important ones. 

This test is disabled by default. To enable the test, go to the enable / disable tests page using the menu sequence : Agents -> Tests -> Enable/Disable, pick Exchange the desired Component type, set Performance as the Test type, choose the test from the disabled tests list, and click on the < button to move the test to the ENABLED TESTS list. Finally, click the Update button.

Note:

In order to enable this test to run, the eG agent executing the test should be configured to run using the Exchange administrator account.

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 mailbox configured on the specified exchangeserver.

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.
LogonUser	By default, a "*" is displayed here, indicating that the test automatically discovers all the mailboxes configured for all the users on the Exchange server.
ExchangeServerName	The name of the Exchange server instance on which mailbox monitoring is to be performed.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Exchange mailbox size	Indicates the current size of this mailbox.	MB
Quota size	Indicates the maximum size up to which the mailbox can grow.	MB
Exchange mailbox usage	Indicates the percentage of mailbox space that has been utilized currently.	Percent	This is computed as Mailbox_size/Quota_size*100. If the value of this measure is very high, it indicates that the mailbox is being over-utilized. If the situation is left unchecked, then soon the mail server will bounce off all new mails that are being delivered to the mailbox. You might want to clear unwanted mails from your mailbox to prevent such an occurrence.