To monitor the condition of the operating system on the Exchange server, you can create a monitor called ExchangeSystemCheck and add several parameters. The purpose of this monitor is to give an indication of the general state of the system on which your Exchange server is running. To this end, you can configure the monitor to check thresholds for the CPU, Memory, and System parameters. The monitor can also check the state of the System Attendant service.

  1. Go to the Index tab, then navigate to Network Performance Monitor > Configuration & Settings > Monitors Library.
  2. Click Create New. The Monitor Type menu appears.
  3. Click Active. The Select Active Monitor Type dialog appears.
  4. Click Exchange 2003 Monitor and click OK. The New Exchange Server 2003 Monitor dialog appears.
  5. Configure the following:
    1. In the Name box, enter ExchangeSystemCheck to indicate that this monitor performs a check on system parameters.
    2. Under Thresholds to monitor, select the CPU, Memory, and System parameters; then under Services to monitor, select the System Attendant service. Make sure these items have a check in the box to the left. Clear the selections for the other parameters and services.
    3. Highlight the CPU parameter, then click Configure. The CPU Threshold dialog opens. Enter an appropriate threshold, then click OK.
    4. Highlight the Memory parameter, then click Configure. The Memory Threshold disappears. Enter an appropriate threshold for the amount of free memory, then click OK.
    5. Highlight the System parameter, then click Configure. The System Threshold dialog appears. Enter an appropriate threshold, then click OK.
    6. Click OK to add the ExchangeSystemCheck monitor to the Monitor library.
  6. Add the ExchangeSystemCheck monitor to your Exchange server device.
  7. In your device list, find the device that represents the Exchange server.
  8. Click > Device Properties. The Device Properties page appears.
    1. Click Active Monitors. The Device Properties - Active Monitors page appears displaying all active monitors assigned to the device.
    2. Click Add. The Active Monitor wizard appears.
    3. Select the ExchangeSystemCheck monitor, and continue with the wizard to configure any actions for the monitor. For more information on setting up an action, see Configuring an action.

      After you complete the wizard, the monitor immediately begins to monitor the Exchange server.