Although our company does use a somewhat outdated version (shown below), does HostMonitor have a way of alerting us when a client's Information Store in Exchange gets dismounted?
OS: Windows Server 2003
VS: HostMonitor Version 5.9
If not, I think I know of a workaround that includes alerting us when a specific Event Log has been written on the server, that talks about the store getting dismounted.
Thanks.
Information Store Dismounting.. any check for this?
Exchange provides some WMI classes
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... G.65).aspx
Information from WMI objects can be retrieved by WMI test method
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... ts.htm#wmi
Regards
Alex
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... G.65).aspx
Information from WMI objects can be retrieved by WMI test method
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... ts.htm#wmi
Regards
Alex
Both of you have hit on the best methods of testing Exchange info store status. WMI (preferred, I think) and Event Log.
Another thought: If a script testing the status of a known (existing) mailbox fails it's typically due to an inability to connect to the information store.
Additional resources:
Managing Exchange 2003 with WMI, Part 1 and the complimentary link to WMI Changes for Exchange Server 2003.
.........(Hint: Drill down through the classes/properties to find some good sample scripts
)
A great suite of scripts for managing and maintaining an Exchange server can be found on this Companion site to the Exchange Cookbook from O'Reilly Media.
There is also this three part article at MSExchange.org.
And for those with clusters (even if you don't) there's this link.
Can you tell I love to read!
Another thought: If a script testing the status of a known (existing) mailbox fails it's typically due to an inability to connect to the information store.
Additional resources:
Managing Exchange 2003 with WMI, Part 1 and the complimentary link to WMI Changes for Exchange Server 2003.
.........(Hint: Drill down through the classes/properties to find some good sample scripts
)A great suite of scripts for managing and maintaining an Exchange server can be found on this Companion site to the Exchange Cookbook from O'Reilly Media.
There is also this three part article at MSExchange.org.
And for those with clusters (even if you don't) there's this link.
Can you tell I love to read!
