NSClient Exchange

NSClient Exchange Profile

This profile monitors Exchange Mail Server on a Windows server using NSClient. NSClient is used by the Nagios server to communicate with the Windows server.

Services Configuration

Service - Definitions in Monarch are stored under this name.
Command LIne - Service command name with arguments to be passed to the plugin.
Plugin Command Line - Plugin script called by Nagios for this Service.

Extended Info - The Extended Service Info definition, typically used for generating graphs.

Command lines displayed below are intended to be single line commands.

Service	Command Line	Plugin Command Line	Extended Info
nsclient_exchange_mail_recvq	check_nt_counter_exchange_ mailrq!10!20	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v COUNTER -l " MSExchangeIS Mailbox(_Total) Receive Queue Size","Receive Queue Size is %.f " -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nsclient_exchange_mail_sendq	check_nt_counter_exchange_ mailsq!10!20	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v COUNTER -l " MSExchangeIS Mailbox(_Total) Send Queue Size","Send Queue Size is %.f " -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nsclient_exchange_mta_workq	check_nt_counter_exchange_ mtawq!10!20	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v COUNTER -l " MSExchangeMTA Work Queue Length","Work Queue Length is %.f " -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nsclient_exchange_public_recvq	check_nt_counter_exchange_ publicrq!10!20	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v COUNTER -l " MSExchangeIS Public(_Total) Receive Queue Size","Receive Queue Size is %.f " -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
nsclient_exchange_public_sendq	check_nt_counter_exchange_ publicsq!10!20	$USER1$/check_nt -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -v COUNTER -l " MSExchangeIS Public(_Total) Send Queue Size","Send Queue Size is %.f " -w "$ARG1$" -c "$ARG2$"	number_graph
tcp_nsclient	check_nt	$USER1$/check_nt -p $USER19$ -s $USER4$ -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -v CLIENTVERSION	number_graph

Profile Package

This package includes the following files:

Profile Definitions

service-profile-nsclient-exchange.xml
perfconfig-nsclient-exchange.xml

Plugins Scripts

check_nt

NSClient (installed on the monitored Windows Server)

nsclient.zip

Performance Graphing Programs

number_graph.cgi

Installation

GroundWork Monitor includes many monitoring profiles for a variety of devices, systems and applications. Profiles already imported on a new GroundWork installation include Service Ping, SNMP Network, and SSH UNIX. The GroundWork Monitor Configuration tool is used to import updated Profiles and Profiles that require additional setup; the Profile XML file and its companion Performance Configuration definition file. Services can also be imported in addition to Service Profiles in the Profile Importer. The import process is documented under GROUNDWORK PROFILES > How to import profiles.

Implementation

This section contains detail settings used by this Profile. These parameters can be altered with the Configuration tool.

Command Parameters

Command parameters are in the Configuration Services section with the following names and default values.

nsclient_exchange_mail_recvq

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

nsclient_exchange_mail_sendq

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

nsclient_exchange_mta_workq

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

nsclient_exchange_public_recvq

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

nsclient_exchange_public_sendq

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and execute the COUNTER command.
Default warning threshold for number of messages in the queue are 10
$ARG1$ - Warning number
Default critical threshold for number of messages in the queue are 20
$ARG2$ - Critical number

tcp_nsclient

Uses check_nt plugin to connect to NSClient on $HOSTADDRESS$ and retrieve the version number.
No arguments.

Performance Graphing Parameters

The following parameters are used to generate performance charts. These parameters are set using the Configuration>Performance tool in GroundWork Monitor.