Exchange Management Pack Script Dependencies
The following table shows the rules and dependencies for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 scripts in the Exchange Management Pack.
| Script name | Rule name | Rule group | Needs test mailbox | Needs other configuration | Script dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exchange - Local Server Discovery |
Launch Exchange local server discovery |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange Service Discovery\Exchange Local Server Discovery\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange - Publish ExMP Data |
|
|
No |
No |
EMPKP.EXE |
Exchange - Topology Discovery |
Launch Exchange topology discovery |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange Service Discovery\Exchange Topology Discovery\ |
No |
Requires two manual configuration steps (enabling agent proxying and making an Exchange server a member of the Microsoft Exchange Topology Discovery Computers Computer Group) |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Check for existence of mailboxes on Front-End Servers |
Check for mailboxes on front-end servers. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Check local disks free space |
Check free disk space. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Free Disk Space Thresholds\ |
No |
Might need to set custom thresholds |
WMI, LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Check mailbox store status |
Check for unmounted mailbox store. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\Database Mounted Check\ |
No |
No |
CDOEXM, LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Check service(s) state |
Service verification. Check services script. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Exchange Services\ |
No |
Registry settings - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
WMI |
Exchange 2000 - Check service(s) state frontend |
Service verification. Check services script. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Exchange Services Frontend Servers\ |
No |
Registry settings - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
WMI |
Exchange 2000 - Check 'services to monitor' registry key |
Service verification. Check services to monitor registry key. |
|
No |
No |
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Exchange 2000 - Check value of HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold Registry Key |
Check the value of the HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold Registry Key. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
WMI |
Exchange 2000 - Collect database size per server |
Report Collection - Database Size per Server |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Utilization Logging: Reporting and Views\Report Collection\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Collect Mailbox Statistics |
Report Collection - Mailbox Statistics |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Utilization Logging: Reporting and Views\Report Collection\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPMB.EXE |
Exchange 2000 - Collect Message Tracking Log Statistics |
Report Collection - Message Tracking Log Data |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Utilization Logging: Reporting and Views\Report Collection\ |
No |
No |
EMPMT.EXE |
Exchange 2000 - Collect number of mailboxes per server |
Report Collection - Number of Mailboxes per server |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Utilization Logging: Reporting and Views\Report Collection\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Collect Operating System Server Information |
Report Collection - Windows Server Configuration Information |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Utilization Logging: Reporting and Views\Report Collection\ |
No |
No |
WMI |
Exchange 2000 - Collect Public Folder Statistics |
Report Collection - Public Folder Statistics |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Utilization Logging: Reporting and Views\Report Collection\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPPF.EXE |
Exchange 2000 - Collect Server Information |
Report Collection - Exchange 2000 Server Configuration Information |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Utilization Logging: Reporting and Views\Report Collection\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Install Exchange Helper Objects |
Install Exchange 2000 Helper Objects. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\Configuration Support\ |
No |
No |
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Exchange 2000 - Mail flow receiver |
Receive mailflow messages. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Mail Flow\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPMR.EXE |
Exchange 2000 - Mail flow sender |
Send mailflow messages. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Mail Flow\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPMS.EXE |
Exchange 2000 - MAPI logon verification |
Check mailbox store availability - MAPI logon test. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\MAPI Logon Check\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPML.EXE |
Exchange 2000 - Verify Circular Logging settings are correct for each Storage Group |
Verify Circular Logging setting for each Storage Group. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
CDOEXM |
Exchange 2000 - Verify IIS Lockdown was run |
Verify that the IIS lockdown wizard started. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
------- |
Exchange 2000 - Verify Log Files Are Being Truncated (by age modified) |
Verify that the log files are being truncated by backup (by age modified). |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Verify Message Tracking is Enabled |
Verify that Message Tracking is enabled. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Verify Message Tracking Log shares are locked down |
Verify Message Tracking Log shares are locked down. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Verify remote Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) queues |
Verify remote Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) queues. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\SMTP Remote Queues Thresholds\ |
No |
No |
LDAP, WMI |
Exchange 2000 - Verify required Windows hotfixes |
Verify required Windows hotfixes. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Verify Windows Hotfixes\ |
No |
No |
WMI |
Exchange 2000 - Verify SMTP Directories Are On an NTFS Formatted Drive |
Verify that the SMTP directories are on a NTFS formatted drive. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP, WMI |
Exchange 2000 - Verify SMTP VS Cannot Anonymously Relay |
Verify that SMTP Virtual Server cannot anonymously relay (spam prevention). |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Verify Test Mailboxes |
Verify Test Mailboxes |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Agent Mailbox Configuration\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2000 - Verify URLScan ISAPI Filter is Installed and Running |
Verify that the URLScan ISAPI filter is installed and running. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2000\Server Health Monitoring\Server Configuration Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
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Exchange 2003 - Check for existence of mailboxes on Front-End Servers |
Check for existence of mailboxes on Front-End Servers. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Check HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold Registry Key |
Check the value of the HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold Registry Key. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
WMI |
Exchange 2003 - Check local disks free space |
Check free disk space. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Free Disk Space Thresholds\ |
No |
Might need to set custom thresholds |
WMI, LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Check mailbox store status |
Check for unmounted mailbox store. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Database Mounted Check\ |
No |
No |
CDOEXM |
Exchange 2003 - Check service(s) state |
Service verification. Check services script. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Exchange Services\ |
No |
Registry settings - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
WMI |
Exchange 2003 - Check service(s) state frontend |
Service verification. Check services script. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Exchange Services Frontend Servers\ |
No |
Registry settings - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
WMI |
Exchange 2003 - Check 'services to monitor' registry key |
Service verification. Check services to monitor registry key. |
|
No |
No |
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Exchange 2003 - Collect database size per server |
Report Collection - Database Size per Server. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Report Collection Rules\Database Size Analysis\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Collect Mailbox Statistics |
Report Collection - Mailbox Statistics |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Report Collection Rules\Mailbox Statistics Analysis\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPMB.EXE |
Exchange 2003 - Collect Message Tracking Log Statistics |
Report Collection - Message Tracking Log Data |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Report Collection Rules\Message Tracking Log Analysis\ |
No |
No |
EMPMT.EXE |
Exchange 2003 - Collect number of mailboxes per server |
Report Collection - Number of Mailboxes per server. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Report Collection Rules\Mailboxes Per Server Analysis\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Collect Operating System Server Information |
Report Collection - Windows Server Configuration Information. |
|
No |
No |
WMI |
Exchange 2003 - Collect Public Folder Statistics |
Report Collection - Public Folder Statistics. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Report Collection Rules\Public Folder Statistics Analysis\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPPF.EXE |
Exchange 2003 - Collect Server Information |
Report Collection - Exchange 2003 Server Configuration Information. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Report Collection Rules\Exchange Server Configuration\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - EAS logon verification |
Synthetic Exchange ActiveSync logon. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Exchange ActiveSync Front-End Availability\ |
Yes* |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard. It may need registry settings to monitor custom URIs. |
LDAP, EasMonitor |
Exchange 2003 - Mail flow receiver |
Receive mail flow messages. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Mail Flow\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPMR.EXE |
Exchange 2003 - Mail flow sender |
Send mail flow messages. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Mail Flow\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPMS.EXE |
Exchange 2003 - MAPI logon verification |
Check mailbox store availability - MAPI logon test. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\MAPI Logon Check and Availability Reporting\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard |
LDAP, EMPML.EXE |
Exchange 2003 - OMA logon verification |
Synthetic Outlook Mobile Access logon. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Outlook Mobile Access Front-End Availability\ |
Yes* |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard. It may need registry settings to monitor custom URIs. |
LDAP, OmaMonitor |
Exchange 2003 - OWA logon verification |
Synthetic Outlook Web Access logon. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Outlook Web Access Front-End Availability\ |
Yes |
Must store the mailbox access account credentials - use the EMP Configuration Wizard. It may need registry settings to monitor custom URIs. |
LDAP, ManagementPackOwa |
Exchange 2003 - Verify Circular Logging settings are correct for each Storage Group |
Verify Circular Logging setting for each Storage Group. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify if SSL should be required |
Verify if SSL should be required. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify IIS Lockdown was run |
Verify that the IIS lockdown wizard started. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
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Exchange 2003 - Verify Log Files Are Being Truncated (by age modified) |
Verify that the Log Files are being truncated by backup (by age modified). |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify Message Tracking is Enabled |
Verify that Message Tracking is enabled. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify Message Tracking Log shares are locked down |
Verify Message Tracking Log shares are locked down. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify remote Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) queues |
Verify remote Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) queues. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\SMTP Remote Queues Thresholds\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify required Windows hotfixes |
Verify required Windows hotfixes. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Verify Windows Hotfixes\ |
No |
No |
WMI |
Exchange 2003 - Verify SMTP Directories Are On an NTFS Formatted Drive |
Verify that the SMTP directories are on an NTFS- formatted drive. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP, WMI |
Exchange 2003 - Verify SMTP VS Cannot Anonymously Relay |
Verify that SMTP Virtual Server cannot anonymously relay (spam prevention). |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify Test Mailboxes |
Verify Test Mailboxes. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Availability and State Monitoring\Verify Agent Mailbox Configuration\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |
Exchange 2003 - Verify URLScan ISAPI Filter is Installed and Running |
Verify that the URLScan ISAPI filter is installed and running. |
Microsoft Exchange Server\Exchange 2003\Health Monitoring and Performance Thresholds\Server Configuration and Security Monitoring\ |
No |
No |
LDAP |