PRTG Manual: WMI Exchange Server Sensor
The WMI Exchange Server sensor monitors a Microsoft Exchange Server as of version 2016 via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
You might be able to monitor aspects regarding:
- SMTP Server: Queue Lengths
- MSExchangeIS Mailbox: Queue Sizes, Delivery Times, Operations, Messages
- MSExchangeIS Public: Queue Sizes, Delivery Times, Operations, Messages
- MSExchangeIS: Packets, Operations, Clients, Latency, Requests, Users
- MSExchange RPC Client Access: Active User Count, User Count, Connection Count
- MSExchange OWA: Current Unique Users, Average Response Time
Depending on your Exchange server version, not all counters might be available.
For a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.
- Dutch: WMI Exchange Server
- French: Exchange serveur (WMI)
- German: WMI Exchange-Server
- Japanese: WMI Exchange サーバー
- Portuguese: Servidor Exchange (WMI)
- Russian: WMI Exchange Server
- Simplified Chinese: WMI Exchange 服务器
- Spanish: Servidor Exchange (WMI)
Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:
Remark |
Description |
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Performance impact |
This sensor has a high performance impact. Stay below 200 WMI sensors per probe. Above this number, consider using multiple remote probes for load balancing. |
WoW64 |
This sensor requires WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) for target systems that run Windows Server 2016. |
Credentials |
This sensor requires credentials for Windows systems. |
IPv6 |
This sensor supports IPv6. |
Hosted probe |
You cannot add this sensor to the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. If you want to use this sensor, add it to a remote probe device. |
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
- wmiexchangeserversensor
For more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.
Exchange Server Data Readings Accessible Using WMI
Setting |
Description |
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Display Name |
The display name that the sensor uses to query data from the target device. |
Instance |
The instance that the sensor uses to query data from the target device. |
WMI Class |
The WMI class that the sensor uses to query data from the target device. |
Counter |
The counter that the sensor uses to query data from the target device. |
Time Stamp |
The time stamp that the sensor uses to query data from the target device. |
Time Frequency |
The time frequency that the sensor uses to query data from the target device. |
Counter Type |
The counter type that the sensor uses to query data from the target device. |
Result Handling |
Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:
In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node. |
Setting |
Description |
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Primary Channel |
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor. You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab. |
Graph Type |
Define how this sensor shows different channels:
|
Stack Unit |
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above. Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so. |
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
For more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel |
Description |
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Active User Count |
The number of active users |
Average Response Time |
The average response time (OWA) |
Connection Count |
The number of connections |
Current Unique Users |
The number of current unique users (OWA) |
Downtime |
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status. |
RPC Requests Failed |
The number of failed RPC requests |
RPC Requests Outstanding |
The number of outstanding RPC requests |
RPC Requests Sent |
The number of sent RPC requests |
RPC Slow Requests |
The number of slow RPC requests |
User Count |
The number of users |
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