Microsoft Exchange 2007 Synthetics Mail Flow Transactions Local Discovery
Topic Last Modified: 2009-05-28
This workflow discovers Exchange Local Mail Flow synthetic transactions on agent-managed Mailbox servers.
This discovery is enabled by default. By default, the management pack will perform a local mail flow transaction every 15 minutes.
Details
Product Name |
Exchange |
Product Version |
8.0 (Exchange Server 2007) |
MOM Rule Path |
Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2007 |
MOM Rule Name |
Exchange 2007 Mail Flow Local Discovery |
Explanation
The discovery accepts the following overrides:
IntervalSeconds: the default frequency of the discovery (in seconds)
Logging Level: Controls whether the discovery will generate troubleshooting events to the event log on the agent where the discovery is running. Valid settings are:
1 = Log errors only
2 = Log errors and warnings
4 = Log errors, warnings, and information
Sync Time: Allows you to specify a specific time at which the discovery should run
Timeout Seconds: the default time-out value of the discovery (in seconds)
User Action
To change the time-out and frequency of the local mail flow synthetic transactions, perform the following steps:
In the Operations console, in the Authoring section, click Rules.
Change scope to targets that start with “Mail Flow”
Right-click the Exchange 2007 Test Local Mail Flow Collection rule and select Overrides\Override the rule\For a specific instance of type: Mail Flow Local Connectivity.
Change the Interval Seconds (which is the frequency with which the transaction runs) and Error Latency (which is the value at which the Exchange test-mailflow cmdlet marks a transaction as failed) values to the desired values. You can also change the Time-out Seconds value, which controls how long the cmdlet can run. By default, five minutes is allowed.
Choose a destination management pack to save the override and click OK.
Note
By default, when you create a management pack object, disable a rule or monitor, or create an override, Operations Manager saves the setting to the Default Management Pack. As a best practice, you should create a separate management pack for each sealed management pack, rather than saving your customized settings to the Default Management Pack. For more information, see Customizing Management Packs (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=140601).
Perform the same steps for the Exchange 2007 Test Local Mail Flow Monitor.
Note
Be sure to use the same Sync Time, Log Level (Logging Level), Time-out Seconds, Interval Seconds, and Error Latency values for the rule and monitor. This ensures that the synthetic transaction will run only once. If you use different overrides for the rule and monitor, the synthetic transaction will run multiple times: once for collecting performance data and once for collecting state information.
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