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Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Select this process: If you want to:
addresses using SMTP. If some addresses are on a foreign messaging system,
the routing engine assigns the message to a gateway that handles the address
type of the recipient and passes the message to the message transfer agent
(MTA).
Event Monitor the Event service, which reports warnings and errors.
POP3 Monitor the POP3 service, which lets a mail client access mail on the server.
IMAP4 Monitor the IMAP4 service, which lets a mail client access mail on the server.
xiii) Example: Exchange Server 2003 Monitor
To monitor the condition of the operating system on the Exchange server, you can create a
monitor called ExchangeSystemCheck and add several parameters. The purpose of this
monitor is to give an indication of the general state of the system on which your Exchange
server is running. To this end, you can configure the monitor to check thresholds for the CPU,
Memory, and System parameters. The monitor will also check the state of the System
Attendant service.
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Monitor Library. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2 Click the Active tab inside the dialog.
3 Click New. The Select Active Monitor Type dialog appears.
4 Select Exchange 2003 Monitor and click OK. The New Exchange Server 2003 Monitor
dialog appears.
a) In the Name box, enter ExchangeSystemCheck to indicate that this monitor
performs a check on system parameters.
b) Under Thresholds to monitor, select the CPU, Memory, and System parameters; then
under Services to monitor, select the System Attendant service. Make sure these
items have a check in the box to the left. Clear the selections for the other parameters
and services.
c) Highlight the CPU parameter, then click Configure. The CPU Threshold dialog opens.
Enter an appropriate threshold and click OK.
d) Highlight the Memory parameter, then click Configure. The Memory Threshold
disappears. Enter an appropriate threshold for the amount of free memory and click
OK.
e) Highlight the System parameter, then click Configure. The System Threshold dialog
appears. Enter an appropriate threshold and click OK.
f) Click OK to add the ExchangeSystemCheck monitor to the Active Monitor library.
5 Add the ExchangeSystemCheck monitor to your Exchange server device.
a) In your device list, find the device that represents the Exchange server. Right-click the
device, then select Properties. Select Active Monitors.
b) Click Add. The Active Monitor wizard appears.
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