Exchange Search Test
Exchange Search is a feature that enables fast searching of text in messages through the use of pre-built indexes. Exchange Search uses the Microsoft Search indexing engine, and creates the initial index by “crawling” all messages in mailboxes moved into an Exchange 2007/2010 database, and updates this index based on notifications from the information store as new messages arrive. This test summarizes the performance statistics of the Microsoft Search indexing engine for every Exchange 2007/2010 database.
Target of the test : A server configured with the Mailbox role
Agent deploying the test : An internal agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for Mailbox server being monitored.
Parameters | Description |
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Test Period |
How often should the test be executed. |
Host |
The IP address of the Mailbox server. |
Port |
The port number through which the Mailbox server communicates. The default is 6001. |
Measurement | Description | Measurement Unit | Interpretation |
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Mailboxes left to crawl |
Indicates the number of mailboxes that are currently left to be crawled on this database. |
Number |
Ideally, the value of this measure should be low. A high value is indicative of an inefficient search indexing engine. |
Documents to be indexed |
Indicates the number of documents that are currently awaiting indexing. |
Number |
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Documents indexed |
Indicates the number of documents that are being actively indexed in this database. |
Number |
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Documents successfully indexed |
Indicates the number of documents that were currently indexed successfully. |
Number |
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Documents failed during indexing |
Indicates the number of documents have not been indexed in this database since the last measurement period. |
Number |
A low value is desired for this measure. An unusually high value might call for further investigation. |
Average latency of RPCs to the information store |
Indicates the average latency of RPCs (in milliseconds) to the Exchange Information Store service. |
Msecs |
Typically, Exchange Search makes these RPC calls for crawling purposes for the given database. High RPC latencies are quiet obviously a cause for concern, as they can slow down crawling, and ultimately the search process. |
Average document indexing time |
Indicates the average (in milliseconds) of how long it takes to index documents. |
Msecs |
A high value of this measure could indicate an indexing bottleneck. |
Is full crawl mode in use for indexing? |
Indicates whether this database is going through a full crawl or not, currently. |
Status |
When the database is still being crawled, it has a value of 1. When the crawl is complete, the value is 0. |