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Unified Communications Diagnostics 8.6.2 - User Guide

About Unified Communications Diagnostics Getting Started Using the Management Console Introducing Management Console health tests Health tests available from the Exchange organization node
About the Exchange-based health tests Exchange Server Health Test Prerequisites for Exchange Delivery Health Tests Exchange Internal Server Delivery Health Test Exchange Internal Mailbox Delivery Health Test Exchange External Message Delivery Health Test Exchange Modern Message Delivery Health Test Exchange Storage Health Test Exchange Queue Health Test Internal Outlook Web Access (OWA) Availability Health Test External Outlook Web Access (OWA) Availability Health Test Exchange Replication Health Test Exchange System Health Test Active Directory Account Lockout Health Test Exchange Online Connectivity Health Test Exchange Online Mailbox Logon Health Test Exchange Online Message Delivery Health Test Office 365 Subscription Health Test BlackBerry Server Health Test BlackBerry Message Delivery Health Test Creating test mailboxes for Exchange Adding health sets for Exchange System health tests Configuring Exchange impersonation for the Modern Message Delivery health test Registering UC Diagnostics with the Microsoft Azure portal
Health tests available from the Lync/Skype for Business Environment Resolving Problems with Native Tools Launching the Diagnostic Console from the Management Console Launching UC Analytics from the Management Console Diagnosing Problems using the Diagnostic Console UC Diagnostics: Exchange 2007 Diagnostic Console (Plug In) UC Diagnostics: Exchange 2010 Diagnostic Console (Plug In) UC Diagnostics: Exchange 2013 Diagnostic Console (Plug In) UC Diagnostics: Exchange 2016 Diagnostic Console (Plug In) UC Diagnostics: BlackBerry Diagnostic Console (Plug In) UC Diagnostics: OCS Diagnostic Console (Plug In) UC Diagnostics: Lync 2013 or Skype for Business 2015 Diagnostic Console (Plug In) Reporting Using Web Reports Counters with Non-Zero Alarm Values

Information Store Panel

The Information Store Panel displays key operational metrics for the information store on this Exchange 2016 server. This information includes:

 
Table 6. Exchange 2016 Information Store panel.
Component
Description

Public Folder

Shows the number of the public folder which are located in the Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server.

In order to take advantage of the high availability and the storage technologies of the mailbox database, Microsoft Exchange 2016 Public Folders have been modernized. The specially designed mailboxes have been used to store both the public folder content and the hierarchy in the Public Folder architecture. There's no a public folder database any more.

In Exchange 2016, the Public Folder replication uses continuous replication model.

The content mailboxes and the high availability for the hierarchy are provided by database availability group (DAG).

Public Folder Mailbox

Shows the number of the public folder mailboxes which are located on the Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server.

The Exchange 2016 public folder mailboxes contain the information about the hierarchy for a public folder, and the actual content is contained in the Exchange 2016 public folder. When you create a public folder, the first public folder mailbox will become the master hierarchy mailbox. Public folder hierarchy mailbox subsequently created will become a secondary mailbox.

DAG

Shows the name of the Database Availability Group to which this Exchange 2016 server belongs. This is shown for informational purposes only. View the Mailbox Databases drilldown to see more information about the mailbox databases installed on this server.

Replication Service

Shows the Exchange 2016 Replication Service Status.

Store Worker Process

Shows the CPU Utilization of the Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Worker Service in Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server.

In Exchange 2016, the information store is now called Managed Store, which has two processes:

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Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Service.exe
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Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Worker.exe

Each database is running under its own process, which isolates the stores issues to a single database. Working with the Microsoft Exchange Replication service, Managed Store manages the mailbox databases and uses the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) as the database engine. This architectural changes enable faster database failover and better physical disk failure handling.

Mailbox Counts

Shows the total number of mailboxes that reside in all mailbox stores. This is shown for informational purposes only.

Store Service Process

Shows the CPU Utilization of the Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Service Service in Exchange 2016 Mailbox Server.

In Exchange 2016, the information store is now called Managed Store, which has two processes as below:

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Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Service.exe
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Microsoft.Exchange.Store.Worker.exe

Each database is running under its own process, which isolates the stores issues to a single database. Working with the Microsoft Exchange Replication service, Managed Store manages the mailbox databases and uses the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) as the database engine. This architectural changes enable faster database failover and better physical disk failure handling.

Mailbox Databases

Shows the percentage of disk space consumed by the mailbox stores on this server. This also shows how much of the server disk consumption is caused by mailbox store consumption versus other data.

Transaction Logs

Shows the total percentage of disk space consumed by the transaction logs on this server. It can be used to quickly assess how much server disk is consumed by transaction log data versus other data on the Exchange server.

OS/ Subsystem Panel

The Subsystem panel displays components that represent the health of important subsystem features. This information includes:

 
Table 7. Exchange 2016 subsystem panel.
Component
Description

CPU Usage

Shows the amount of CPU used on this Exchange 2016 server.

System Disk

Shows the percentage of disk usage for the Windows system disk on this Exchange 2016 server.

System Memory

Shows the amount of physical memory (RAM) Windows is using. Physical memory usage can normally remain close to the total amount of physical memory installed on the system unless the amount of physical memory exceeds the amount of virtual memory that Windows is using. Windows normally keeps some physical memory available for immediate use.

Ping Time

Shows the ping time (in milliseconds) from the client (UC Diagnostics) to the Exchange 2016 server.

Top CPU Consumer

Identifies the process that is consuming the most CPU on this Exchange 2016 server.

Top Memory Consumer

Identifies the process that is consuming the most memory on this Exchange 2016 server.

Message Flows

The Exchange 2016 Diagnostic Console contains the following message flows that show the amount of information being sent to various components in your Exchange 2016 environment.

 
Table 8. Exchange 2016 message flows panel.
Message Flow
Description

HTTP Proxy Requests/sec

Shows the rate of the HTTP Proxy requests per second.

Inbound Msgs/Sec

Shows the number of messages (sent inbound into the forest) received by the SMTP server each second.

Msgs Sent/sec

Shows the number of messages sent by the SMTP Send connector per second.

Msgs Received/sec

Shows the rate of messages received by SMTP Receive connector on this Exchange 2016 server.

The SMTP Receive connector is part of the Microsoft Exchange Transport service on Exchange 2016 holding Mailbox server roles. It controls message processing through a series of SMTP Receive agents performing anti-spam, antivirus, and other tasks before messages are submitted to the categorizer.

Messages Sent/sec

Shows the rate of messages delivered to the mailbox database using Exchange Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

Messages Submitted/sec

Shows the rate of retrieving messages from Mailbox database using Exchange Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

Bytes Written/sec

Shows the Process IO Write Bytes / Sec through the MSExchangeFrontendTransport service.

Bytes Read/sec

Shows the Process IO Read Bytes / Sec through the MSExchangeFrontendTransport service.

Bytes Read/sec

Shows the rate at which data is being read from the disk, network, and device subsystems of the Windows server running Exchange. The data is primarily read from the disk subsystem.

Bytes Written/sec

Shows the rate at which data is being written to the disk, network, and device subsystems of the Windows server running Exchange. The data is primarily written to the disk subsystem.

Drilldowns

Each drilldown page contains displays that provide you with specific information about the components of your system. Drilldowns mainly use two different types of displays — tables and charts. Drilldowns have the following features:

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They can be configured to show all or some of the metrics associated with components.
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You can access further information about displays in drilldowns by moving the mouse over the displays, or by clicking or right-clicking on them.
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You can copy the data shown in drilldowns to other applications or save it to a file.
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You can view a brief description of a drilldown by hovering your mouse over a component, such as a button, dataflow, status ball, or Toolbar button.
To view a drilldown

Right-click a component in a panel and select Show Details.

 
Table 9. Exchange 2016 drilldowns.
Drilldown
Associated Charts/Tabs

Active Directory Server

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Active Directory Servers - shows information about the Active Directory servers in use by this Exchange 2016 server. Exchange 2016 stores all configuration and recipient information in the Active Directory directory service database.
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Active Directory Server Details - Shows information about selected Active Directory Server. Exchange 2016 stores all configuration and recipient information in the Active Directory directory service database.

DNS Servers
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DNS Servers - Shows information about the Domain Name System (DNS) Servers used by this Exchange 2016 server. The Exchange 2016 server uses the DNS server that is configured in the IP properties of the network adapter to locate domain controllers and global catalog servers, other Exchange servers, and remote domains. DNS lookup settings can be specified on the Hub Transport server, which override the settings on the network adapter to route messages.

Clients

You can drilldown to more detailed information for the following clients:

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ActiveSync
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IMAP4
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UM Clients
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Outlook
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Web Service
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POP3

For more information, see Clients Panel .

Exchange Services

You can drilldown to more detailed information for the following services:

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Front-End Transport Service
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Transport Submission Service
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IIS Service
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Mailbox Transport Service
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Transport Delivery Service
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Store Service

For more information, see Transport Panel .

Client Access Services

You can drilldown to more detailed information for the following components:

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SMTP Inbound Connections
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HTTP/Proxy Outstanding Requests
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Avg. Authentication Latency
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Avg. RPC Latency
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SMTP Outbound Connections
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Users at Max Concurrency
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Proxy Failure Rate
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LDAP Search Time

For more information, see Client Access Services Panel .

Transport

You can drilldown to more detailed information for the following components:

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Inbound Connections
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Outbound Connections
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ActiveSync Pending
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ActiveSync Request Time
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Unreachable Queue
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EWS Response Time
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Poison Queue
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Delivery Queue
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Submission Queue

For more information, see Transport Panel .

Information Store
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Public Folder List - shows information about the public folders on this Exchange 2016 server.
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Public folder Mailbox List - shows the information of the public folder mailboxes.
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Exchange Database Information - shows information about the databases on this Exchange 2016 server, such as Transaction Log Free Space, Database Free Space, and Database Mount Status.

Subsystem

You can drilldown to more detailed information for the following components:

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CPU Usage
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System Disk
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System Memory
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Ping Time

For more information, see OS/ Subsystem Panel .

Processes
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Process Name — indicates the image name of the application itself.
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CPU Usage — indicates the percentage of CPU time that the program is currently consuming. This is an instantaneous result.
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Physical Memory — indicates the current size of the working set of the process.
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Virtual Memory — indicates current memory allocated to this process that cannot be shared with other processes.
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