Forefront Security for Exchange Management Pack Readme

Applies To: Forefront Security for Exchange, Operations Manager 2007, Operations Manager 2007 R2

The Microsoft Forefront for Exchange (Forefront Exchange) Management Pack monitors the health of Forefront Exchange on computers that are running Forefront for Exchange 10.0 to improve the availability, performance, and security of your Forefront deployment.

This readme describes how to install the Forefront Exchange Management Pack in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. For more information about the Forefront Exchange Management Pack and how to use it, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=89240.

Before You Import the Management Pack

Before you import the Forefront Exchange Management Pack, you must install the updated Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Backward Compatibility Management Pack, 6.0.5000.12. You can download the Backward Compatibility Management Pack at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=89473.

Supported Applications

The Forefront Exchange Management Pack monitors computers that are running Microsoft Forefront Server Security for Exchange 10. To function optimally, each Forefront Exchange server must be managed by System Center Operations Manager 2007.

How to Import the Forefront Exchange Management Pack

Download the latest Forefront Exchange Management Pack files from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=82105. By default, the installer places the Forefront Exchange Management Pack in its own folder in the following directory: C:\Program Files\System Center Management Packs.

The contents of the Forefront Exchange Management Pack are described in the following table.

After you download the Forefront Exchange Management Pack, import it into System Center Operations Manager 2007.

To import the Forefront Exchange Management Pack

1. In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Administration.

2. In the navigation pane, expand Administration.

3. Right-click Management Packs, click Import Management Packs, select Microsoft.ForeFront.Exchange (Converted), and then click Open.

4. Follow the instructions in the wizard.

For more information, see "How to Import Management Packs in Operations Manager 2007" in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Help.

Optional Configuration

After you import the Forefront Exchange Management Pack, it begins to discover and monitor computers without additional configuration. However, you can configure the Forefront Exchange Management Pack for your environment and your preferences. For example, some of the monitors or rules are disabled by default but can be enabled. Or, if the default performance-measuring rules degrade server performance with slow WAN links, they can be disabled.

To enable a monitor

1. In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Authoring.

2. In the navigation pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Monitors.

3. In the Monitors list, expand the target that you want until the monitor appears.

4. Right-click the monitor that you want, point to Overrides, point to Override the Monitor, and then click For all objects of type: <type of object>.

5. Under Override-controlled parameters, in the Override column, select the Enabled check box.

6. In the Override Setting column, in the drop-down menu, click True, and then click OK.

To enable a rule

1. In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Authoring.

2. In the navigation pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Rules.

   To show rules for the Forefront Exchange Management Pack only, on the toolbar, click Scope, and then under Target, select the check boxes for the Forefront Exchange components.

3. Under Rules, right-click the rule that you want to turn off, point to Overrides, point to Disable the Rule, and then click For all objects of type: <type of object>.

For more information about the optional configurations for different monitoring scenarios, see the 2005 Microsoft Forefront for Exchange Management Pack Guide at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89240.