TABLE OF CONTENTS Managing Exchange 2000 and 2003
Monitoring Exchange 2000 and 2003
Managing and Monitoring Exchange 5.5
The Exchange Management Pack is a series of components that can be imported into Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM). When you import this pack, groups of rules, performance counters, interfaces, reports, and other features are added to MOM, thereby allowing you to monitor and manage elements of the Exchange server and the services and resources it provides.
Some preparation is required to deploy the Exchange Management Pack, but as we ll see in this chapter, its import and configuration are relatively easy. A Configuration Wizard is also available to install, providing a tool that allows you to quickly change settings and determine what to monitor. Once your installation of the Exchange Management Pack is completed, interfaces and rules can be used to monitor events, monitor the health of the Exchange server, and manage availability.
We will also briefly discuss issues regarding Exchange 5.5 and the Exchange 5.5 Management Pack that was made available for MOM 2000. Although the Exchange Management Pack for MOM 2005 does provide methods of communicating with these older servers, this version of Exchange is no longer supported.
MOM with the Exchange Management Pack is a very interesting product, especially for relatively large organizations. With MOM and the Exchange Management Pack, you can be proactive by monitoring the performance, availability, and security features of Exchange. The Exchange Management Pack alerts you to events...
