Yes and no. This is still internal to Exchange, it is just
as bad as say a MOM agent that is running tests on a local box. Doesn't tell you
anything about whether clients can access you or not. Do you for instance warn
if the queue doesn't grow at all for a while? That would be an aside method of
determining whether an exchange server is working with clients or not. How do
you warn on that because some times maybe you shouldn't see anything hitting the
queue, etc. For testing Exchange specifically I would have scripts or something
sending mail to and fro the distance of the entire exchange organization that I
need mail delivery guarantees for for instance. Fortunately I am not in charge
of the availability of our exchange servers...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of deji Agba Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Server up/downtime >>So say an Exchange Server that is responding to pings but
isn't handling mail at all or not very well is considered UP for availability
numbers.
This you handle by using the Built-in
Exchange monitoring tool. You can roll your own sink to monitor queue and send
you an alert IF it reaches a certain threshold or if it can't determine the
threshold. I want to bet that you know this already and you are just
picking on Exchange as usual ;) Sincerely,
Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE MCSA MCP+I Microsoft MVP -
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