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MessageStats 7.8.1 - Administrator Guide

What is MessageStats? MessageStats Information Sources Using the Console Interface Creating a Connection to Exchange Creating Gathering Tasks Default Gatherings Extending Gathering Tasks Configuring Audits Setting MessageStats Server Properties Setting Configuration Properties Setting Exchange Organization Properties Setting Exchange Server Properties Setting Task Execution Server Properties Setting Task Default Properties Compressing Tracking Log Files Using the MessageStats Reports Console Database Management Appendix A:Microsoft ASP.NET Configuration Issues Appendix B: Gathering Task Dependencies Appendix C:Troubleshooting Permission Problems

Scheduling the Task

Use the Scheduling Tasks page to schedule gathering tasks. You can run a task once or create a regular scheduled task:

Task Period

Select the time period (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Once Only, Now) for the scheduled task. For recurring tasks, you can set the recurrence for different intervals:

Daily: By default, the Daily Task Period is configured to perform the gathering task every day. You can change the interval to every two days or at any other appropriate daily period.

Weekly: Using the Weekly period, you can set the following types of schedules: gather every second Tuesday; or gather every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; or any other combination.

Monthly: Using the Monthly period, you can set the following types of schedules: gather on the first day of each month; gather on the last Friday of March, June, September, and December (each quarter); gather on the fifteenth day of every other month; or any other combination.

Start Time

Enter the start time for the scheduled task.

End Time

You do not need to set an End Time for the schedule. If you want to set an end time, click the check box to select it.

Start Date

Select a start date for the scheduled task.

Enabling Task Logging for Support

MessageStats creates log entries during several processes. If you contact Support for assistance, Support might request that you change your logging detail level to help troubleshoot technical issues. You use the Task Logging page to set logging at the task level.

For information about setting logging at the scheduler service level, see Configuring Service Logging .

You can define the logging level for your task logs. The following log levels are available, from the most detailed to the least detailed.

It is recommended that you periodically remove obsolete logs. If you want, you can set up task logging management for the task execution server. After specifying an expiry period, you can set task log files to be deleted, to be moved to a backup location, or to be compressed and moved to a backup location. For more information, see Setting Up Archiving for Task Logs .

Specifying Credentials for a Task

Using the Task Credential page, you set the security credentials for the task. By default, this page displays the credentials that you defined for the MessageStats Scheduler Service during installation. If you changed the Task Execution Server, this page automatically displays the credentials that you specified for that server.

Credentials are not verified in this page. Ensure that you enter a valid account or the gathering tasks will fail. Ensure that the credentials that are specified have the appropriate permissions to run the task against the selected Exchange servers. For more information, see the MessageStats Quick Start Guide.

Selecting a Gathering Server

For organization-level gathering tasks, the Exchange server that is defined as the default Connection server for the Exchange organization is used to gather information. The Connection server is the Exchange server that MessageStats uses as the access point to enumerate an Exchange organization.

On the Gathering Server dialog, you can select a different Exchange server in the organization from which to collect information when creating a Default gathering task. For performance reasons, you may want to gather Exchange information from an Exchange server other than the Connection server.

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