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Services to Monitor

By default, the only Microsoft Exchange Server services to be monitored are the directory, information store, and MTA. You can also monitor any Windows NT Server service running on a Microsoft Exchange Server computer.

Use the Services property page to specify which additional services you want to monitor. When services are configured to be monitored, that information is stored in the directory. This information is replicated to all servers in the organization where all monitors can find it.

Note   Because directory replication to other servers in the same and other sites is not instantaneous, additional services to be monitored may not be immediately monitored.

Monitors that are running do not pick up changes. You must restart the monitor after the data is replicated into the local directory of the monitoring server.

Getting to the Services property page

  1. In the Administrator window, choose Servers, and then select a server.
  2. From the File menu, choose Properties.
  3. Select the Services tab.
    4. All services installed on this server appear in the Installed services box. All services currently being monitored appear in the Monitored services box.

Note   You can also choose Services in the Servers property page of a monitor to get to the Services property page.

Adding a Service

You can add selected services or all services to those being checked by this server monitor.

Note   You must restart the monitor after services are added.

  1. Select the Services tab.
  2. Add the services you want to monitor.

Option Description
Add Adds the service selected in the Installed services box.
Default Adds only installed Microsoft Exchange Server services.
All Adds all services.

Removing a Service

If you no longer need to monitor some services, you can remove them from the list of monitored services.

Note   You must restart the monitor after services are removed.

  1. Select the Services tab.
  2. Remove the services you no longer want to monitor.

Option Description
Remove Removes a selected service.
None Removes all services.