Exchange Server Components Test

The inactive status of the exchange server components in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and above version will stop exchange services from running, causing disruption of mail flow, client access, and other exchange functionalities. End users might be unable to send or receive emails, access mailboxes, or use exchange features.

This test helps the administrators to monitor the health of server components and services, thereby detecting the issues early and recover services. Using this test, administrators can ensure that the users have uninterrupted access to email and related services.

Target of the test : A Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and above version

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each component operating on the target Microsoft Exchange 2013 Server being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Port

Specify the port number of the client access server. By default, this is 443. 

XCHGEXTENSIONSHELLPATH

The Exchange Management Shell is a command-line management interface, built on Windows PowerShell v2, which enables you to administer every part of the Microsoft Exchange Server. This test uses the Exchange management shell to run scripts and collect the desired performance metrics from the Exchange server. To enable the test to load the Exchange management shell snap-in (exshell.psc1) for script execution, you need to specify the full path to the Exchange management shell in the XCHGEXTENSIONSHELLPATH text box. For instance, your specification can be, c:\progra~1\micros~1\exchan~1\v14\bin\exshell.psc1.

Server Name

Specify the name of the server in the Server Name text box . This parameter provides the target server name for the command. If the parameter value is none or empty, then the system’s environment variable COMPUTERNAME will be used instead.

Exclude Components

Specify a comma-separated list of component names to be excluded from processing in the Exclude Component text box.

Measures reported by the test:
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

State

Indicates the status of this component.

 

The values reported by this measure and its numeric equivalents are mentioned in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Inactive 0
Active 1

Note:

By default, this measure reports the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the current state of. the server component. In the graph of this measure however, the same is represented using the numeric equivalents only - 0 or 1.