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Exchange Server Cookbook
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Exchange Server Cookbook

by Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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4.6. Monitoring Exchange Service Status

Problem

You want to be alerted if the Exchange-related services on your Exchange 2000 or 2003 servers are stopped.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

  1. Launch the Exchange System Manager (Exchange System Manager.msc).

  2. If you cannot see Administrative Groups in the left pane, right-click the Organization object and select Properties. On the General tab of the Properties page, check the Display administrative groups box. Click OK.

  3. In the left pane, expand the Servers container (if you are using multiple administrative groups, you will first need to expand each group to see the Servers container).

  4. Right-click the first server listed and select Properties.

  5. Select the Monitoring tab.

  6. Ensure the Default Microsoft Exchange Services group is present. If additional services need to be monitored, you may add them by double-clicking Default Exchange Services and using the Add button.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for all Exchange 2000 and 2003 servers within your organization.

  9. Expand the Tools container in Exchange System Manager, then expand the Monitoring and Status container.

  10. Right-click Notifications and select New Script Notification.

  11. Add a script you want to run, such as a batch file that uses blat.exe or another command-line mailing tool, when a service listed in the Default Exchange Services area is not running. Click OK.

Discussion

This recipe just covers setting up notifications to alert you when a service is down. While there are numerous third-party ...

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