Adding and Editing an Exchange Monitor

The Exchange active monitor lets you monitor the Microsoft® Exchange™ Server application. This monitor provides real-time information about the state and health of Microsoft Exchange servers on your network. The Exchange Monitor supports monitoring of Microsoft Exchange Server version 2007 and later, which can be on any machine in your network. To create custom parameters to monitor, the Exchange Server host must be WMI-enabled.

Important: Do not use the Exchange Monitor to monitor Exchange 2003 servers.

Note: This feature is available with WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition only. To update your license, visit the WhatsUp Customer Portal.

To add a new Exchange active monitor:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Monitors. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2. Click the Active tab. The Active Monitor list appears.
3. Click New. The Select Active Monitor Type dialog appears.
4. Select Exchange Monitor, then click OK. The New Exchange Monitor dialog appears.
5. Enter or select the appropriate information:
   • Name. Enter a unique name for the active monitor. This name displays in the Active Monitor Library.
   • Description. Enter additional information about the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor in the Active Monitor Library.
   • Performance aspects to monitor. Select the category that matches the Exchange server role(s). Highlight the category and click Configure to set the individual thresholds. The threshold configuration dialog for the highlighted category opens.
   • Services to monitor. Select the services you want to monitor.
   • Use in Rescan. Select this option to have the monitor appear in the Active Monitor list on the Device Properties dialog. WhatsUp Gold adds the monitor type to the device during a rescan, which is launched using Rescan on the Device Properties dialog, if the protocol or service is active on the device.
6. Click OK to save changes.
7. After configuring an active monitor in the Active Monitor Library, add the monitor to devices.

For more information on configuring an Exchange Monitor, go to Getting Started with Exchange Monitors.

To edit an existing Exchange active monitor:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to Admin > Monitors. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2. Click the Active tab. The Active Monitor list appears.
3. Select the monitor you would like to edit, then click Edit. The Edit Exchange Monitor dialog appears.
4. Enter or select the appropriate information for the following boxes:
   • Name. Enter a unique name for the active monitor. This name displays in the Active Monitor Library.
   • Description. Enter additional information about the monitor. This description displays next to the monitor in the Active Monitor Library.
   • Performance aspects to monitor. Select the category that matches the Exchange server role(s). Highlight the category and click Configure to set the individual thresholds. The threshold configuration dialog for the highlighted category opens.
   • Services to monitor. Select the services you want to monitor.
   • Use in Rescan. Select this option to have the monitor appear in the Active Monitor list on the Device Properties dialog. WhatsUp Gold adds the monitor type to the device during a rescan, which is launched using Rescan on the Device Properties dialog, if the protocol or service is active on the device.
5. Click OK to save changes.

See Also Monitoring a Microsoft Exchange Server Getting Started with Exchange monitors