Determine the Best Time to Run Report Data Collection Scripts

Applies To: Exchange Server, Operations Manager 2007 R2

The Exchange Server 2007 Reporting Management Pack collects information on a daily basis to report on a set of objects on the Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers.

The report collection scripts are resource-intensive and could impact CPU utilization on the Exchange server when they are running. To mitigate the impact on the Exchange servers, the report data collection scripts use a Sync Time parameter to ensure that the scripts only run during an assigned time period, typically daily between 7:00 PM and midnight, with a default time-out value of 10 minutes. The script run times are also distributed to ensure that only one script runs at a time.

By default, the report collection scripts run according to the schedule below. The time zone is the time zone of the agent-managed server. You may want to adjust the time to tune it for best performance in your environment. To change the time that the Report Data Collection Scripts run, override the Sync Time for the data collection rule you want to change.