Foglight for Exchange 5.7.1 - User and Reference Guide

Exchange Environment > Health Check tab

The Health Check tab displays the health state of clusters and servers in your environment. This tab consists of the following views:

•	Cluster Health Check

•	Server Status

Cluster Health Check

Click the Cluster Health Check link at the top of the tab, to display the Cluster Health Check view.

Figure 7. Cluster Health Check view

The following table lists the information displayed in the report.

 

Table 3. Cluster Health Status view - information

Column	Description
Cluster	Cluster name.
Server Name	Name of the Exchange servers included in the cluster.
Storage Group/Database	Exchange cluster storage group or database name.
Active Copy	Cluster copy state (active or passive).
Replication State	Health state for cluster replication state.
Copy Queue Length	Health state for cluster copy queue length on a passive node.
Replay Queue Length	Health state for cluster replay queue length on a passive node.
Content Index State	Health state for cluster content index state.

To search for a particular cluster, type the cluster name on the Search box at the top right corner of the view, then press Enter.

Server Status

Click the Server Status link at the top of the tab, to display the Server Status view.

Figure 8. Server Status view

The following table lists the information displayed in the report.

 

Table 4. Server Status view - information

Column		Description
Host Metrics	Server	Server name.
	Service	Indicates if Exchange services are running.
	CPU	Health state for the host CPU.
	Storage	Health state for the host storage.
	Network	Health state for the host network.
	Memory	Health state for the host memory.
Mailbox	MAPI	Health state for the Outlook MAPI feature.
Hub Transport	SMTP	Health state for the SMTP feature.
	Send Queue	Health state for the hub transport send queue.
	Unreachable Queue	Health state for the hub transport unreachable queue.
	Poison Queue	Health state for the hub transport poison queue.
Client Access	OWA	Health state for the OWA feature.
	ActiveSync	Health state for ActiveSync.
	EWS	Health state for the Exchange Web Service.

To search for a particular server, type the server name on the Search Server box at the top right corner of the view, then press Enter.

Exchange Environment > Monitoring tab

The Monitoring tab provides a summary of the Exchange servers in your environment, the Exchange roles performed by these servers, and the sites where these servers reside. This tab consists of the following views:

•	Exchange Environment Overview

•	Quick View

Exchange Environment Overview

The Exchange Environment Overview is located across the top of the Exchange Environment dashboard. It provides you with an overview of your Exchange environment.

Figure 9. Exchange Environment Overview

The overview contains a tile for the following object types in your Exchange infrastructure: clusters, roles, servers, and sites. Each tile shows the number of corresponding objects of that type in your Exchange infrastructure as well as a count of objects of that type in each of the alarm states (fatal, critical, warning, and normal).

Clicking a tile displays summary information for that object type in the Quick View. Clicking an alarm state (for example, warning) on a tile displays summary information in the Quick View for the objects of that type that are in the selected alarm state.

Quick View

The Quick View is located across the middle of the Exchange Environment dashboard. The following illustration is an example of the Server Quick View, displayed when the Servers tile is selected in the Exchange Environment Overview.

Figure 10. Server Quick View

Purpose

The Quick View displays summary information pertaining to the component selected from the Exchange Environment Overview and Object Tree view. For example,

•	Select an object tile in the Exchange Environment Overview to view summary information for all objects of the selected type.

•	Select an alarm indicator in an object tile in the Exchange Environment Overview to view summary information for the objects of that type in the selected alarm state.

•	Select an object item from the Object Tree view (as described below) to view summary information for that individual object.

Description of embedded views

The Quick View consists of the following embedded views:

•	Object Tree view

•	Object Summary view

•	Alarms view

Object Tree view

The Object Tree view is located at the left of the Quick View and displays objects based on the tile selected in the Exchange Environment Overview. Use the Object Tree view to select a single object or a group of objects of a particular type for display in the Object Summary view.

Object Summary view

The Object Summary view is located to the right of the Object Tree view and displays summary information for a single object or a group of objects, depending on what is selected in the Object Tree view.

The Object Summary view displays a number of embedded views which is determined by the item selected in the Exchange Environment Overview and Object Tree view. It provides a quick and easy view into the items that make up the selected Exchange object and the alarm states of these items.

In addition, at the top right of the Object Summary view there is an Explorer link. This enables you to quickly navigate to the Exchange Explorer dashboard for more detailed metrics about the selected object or group of objects.

The following table lists the information displayed when the different object tiles are selected.

 

Table 5. Object Summary view information

Item Selected in Overview	Item Selected in Object Tree	Views Displayed in Object Summary View
Roles Tile	Summary	Exchange Roles Environment Summary (All Exchange Roles) view
Roles Tile - Alarm Indicator	Summary	A summary of all Exchange roles defined in your environment, in the selected state. For details, see Exchange Roles Environment Summary (All Exchange Roles) view.
Roles Tile or Alarm Indicator	Role Item	One of the following views: • Client Access Role Environment Summary view • Edge Transport Role Environment Summary view • Hub Transport Role Environment Summary view • Mailbox Role Environment Summary view • Unified Messaging Role Environment Summary view
Servers Tile	Summary	Exchange Servers Environment Summary (All Exchange Servers) view
Servers Tile - Alarm Indicator	Summary	A summary of all Exchange servers in your environment, in the selected state. For details, see Exchange Servers Environment Summary (All Exchange Servers) view.
Servers Tile or Alarm Indicator	Server Item	Exchange Server Environment Summary view
Sites Tile	Summary	Exchange Sites Environment Summary (All Sites) view
Sites Tile - Alarm Indicator	Summary	A summary of all sites in your environment, in the selected state. For details, see Exchange Sites Environment Summary (All Sites) view.
Sites Tile or Alarm Indicator	Site Item	Exchange Site Environment Summary view.
Clusters Tile or Alarm Indicator	Cluster Item	Exchange Cluster Environment Summary view

Alarms view

The Alarms view that appears at the bottom of the Quick View in the Exchange Environment dashboard displays a sortable list of all the outstanding alarms for the item selected in the Object Tree view.

NOTE: An Alarms view also appears at the bottom of the Exchange Explorer dashboard when you are viewing an object in the Exchange Explorer Primary view. It displays the outstanding alarms for the item selected in the Exchange Infrastructure view.

Exchange Environment > Administration tab

The Administration tab includes the following components, and allows you to perform administrative tasks, as follows:

•	Tasks list:

•	Deploy Agent Package: Deploy the Exchange agent package, create Exchange agent instances on one or more servers at a time, activate or deactivate Exchange agents, and start and stop collecting data.

•	Rule Management: View and manage rules that exist in your environment. For more information, see Foglight for Exchange rules.

•	Diagnostic Tests: View a list of diagnostic tests that are available, as well as run a test immediately or define a schedule for when a test is to be run. For more information, see Running diagnostic tests.

•	Metrics Management: View, edit, and enable/ disable the optional metric collections that are configurable for Exchange agents. For more information, see Managing Exchange metrics.

•	Script for configuring the Exchange settings: Download and run a script that automatically configures the Exchange servers.

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Agents view: Add and configure Exchange agents on one or more servers. Once added, the Agent Management view displays all of the Exchange agents configured to monitor Exchange metrics. For more information on using the Agent Setup wizard and the Agent Management view to manage your Exchange agents, see Managing Exchange agents.

 

NOTE: In a federated environment, the administrative tasks and Agents view are available only on the Federated Children and not on the Foglight Federation Master.

Figure 11. Exchange Environment > Administration tab

Exchange Environment > Reports tab

The Reports tab allows you to manage custom Exchange reports. It consists of the following components:

•	Tasks list

•	Recent Report History view

•	About Reports view

•	Reports view

Figure 12. Exchange Environment > Reports tab

Tasks list

From the Tasks list, you can create a report, copy an existing report, or edit an existing report for your Exchange environment:

•	Click Create a Report to select and generate a report using the Create a Report wizard.

•	Click Copy Existing Report to duplicate an existing report using the Copy Existing Report wizard.

•	Click Edit Existing Report to modify an existing report using the Edit Existing Report wizard.

Create a Report wizard

To create a report:

1	Start the Create a Report wizard.

2	On the Basic Configuration page, define the following settings, then click Next:

•	Scheduled Report Name: Type a valid name for the report.

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Report Templates: Select the template on which you want to base your report. The Report Inputs section is populated with the template’s report parameters. Use the default parameters to quickly create a report, or optionally change the report parameters to customize the report to better meet your requirements. For more details about Exchange template reports, see Foglight for Exchange reports.

3	On the Advanced Configuration page, define the following settings, then click Finish:

•	Schedule: Select the report schedule from the list of available options.

•	Retained Results: Type the number of results retained for the report.

•	Enabled: Select the check box if you want to enable the report. Clear the check box if you want to disable the report.

•	Report Format: Select the report format from the list of available options.

•	Email Recipients: Type the email addresses of the recipients to be notified when the report is generated.

The scheduled report is created and appears in the Reports view.

Copy Existing Report wizard

To copy an existing report:

1	Start the Copy Existing Report wizard.

2	On the Select Report page, select the report to be copied, then click Next.

3	On the Edit Report Configuration page, define the following settings, then click Finish:

•	Scheduled Report Name: Type a valid name for the new report.

•	Report Templates: The report template can not be modified, only the report parameters in the Report Inputs section at the bottom of the page.

•	Schedule: Select the report schedule from the list of available options.

•	Retained Results: Type the number of results retained for the report.

•	Enabled: Select the check box if you want to enable the report. Clear the check box if you want to disable the report.

•	Report Format: Select the report format from the list of available options.

•	Email Recipients: Type the email addresses of the recipients to be notified when the report is generated.

The scheduled report is created and appears in the Reports view.

Edit Existing Report wizard

To edit an existing report:

1	Start the Edit Existing Report wizard.

2	On the Select Report page, select the report to be edited, then click Next.

3	On the Edit Report Configuration page, define the following settings, then click Finish:

•	Scheduled Report Name: Change the report name, as necessary.

•	Report Templates: The report template and its parameters can not be modified.

•	Schedule: Select the report schedule from the list of available options.

•	Retained Results: Type the number of results retained for the report.

•	Enabled: Select the check box if you want to enable the report. Clear the check box if you want to disable the report.

•	Report Format: Select the report format from the list of available options.

•	Email Recipients: Type the email addresses of the recipients to be notified when the report is generated.

The new report settings are saved and the updated scheduled report appears in the Reports view.

Recent Report History view

The Recent Report History view provides information about the most recent report instances run in your environment.

About Reports view

The About Reports view enables you to get answers to common questions about Exchange reports.

Clicking a question from the list displays a dialog box that provides information about the selected topic.

Reports view

The Reports view displays all of the report instances configured in your Exchange environment.

The view contains the following information for each configured report instance.

 

Table 6. Reports view - information

Column	Description
	Use the selection check boxes to select report instances for running or removal.
Name	Displays the name of the report.
Date	Indicates the date and time when the report was last run.
Last Run	Indicates the report type.
History	Click the icon in this column to open the Report History dialog box, and review the history of the selected report. To view the report content, click one item in the list.
Schedule	Displays the time when the report is scheduled to run.
Run Now	Click the icon in this column to manually run a selected report. The Run Now dialog box opens, displaying the status of the report generation. When the report is complete, you can view the report content by clicking the Download.
Template	Displays the template used for a scheduled report.

To delete one or several reports from the list, select the report(s) and click the Delete button at the top left corner of the view.

To search for a particular report, type the report name on the Search box at the top right corner of the view, then click Enter.