Exchange 2007 from Linux

[Shed]

Well, I solved my problem!!! Hurrayy!!!

When importing templates there is a radiobutton in the bottom called "Import RRA Settings". I chose "Use custom RRA settings from the template " and that was my problem. When I deleted evrth and imported templates again with "Use defaults for this installation (Recommended)" - evrth became OK.

Thanks a lot to everybody who wrote about typo's and other small things. You helped me very much!!

(I still got problem with memory graph, but I hope I'll cure it by 'playing' with 'max values' as written above)

[Shed]

Well, I've solved my memory graph problem!

The problem was solved when I changed "Internal Data Source Name"
in Data Template. There were names "bytes_allocated" and so on, and I set them to short names like "cba", "mba" and so on (like variables in the script output), and in Graph Template in Data Sources I changed them also. I don't know - may be smth wasn't needed, but it helped me..

[beandip]

For those who are increasing the max data values for the memory graph what are you using?

My Exchange server has 12 GB of RAM. I have tried 10000 and 1000000 as the max values and still get nothing.

[magzz69]

When I use the plugin in command line i've got 0 for all the plugins. But my exchange didn't send 0 messages etc etc..

What is the problem?


I'm using the plugin on nagios but it will be working , won't it?

[Doolphin]

Hi, when I try to execute the script in the shell, i dont have any answer from it
here an example :

[root@cacti scripts]# /usr/bin/perl /var/www/cacti/scripts/exchange2007_memory.pl 192.168.168.253
mba:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nt -H $ARGV[0] -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\MSExchangeIS(_Total)\Exchmem: Maximum Bytes Allocated" cba:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nt -H $ARGV[0] -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\MSExchangeIS(_Total)\Exchmem: Current Bytes Allocated" mvba:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nt -H $ARGV[0] -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\MSExchangeIS(_Total)\Exchmem: Maximum Virtual Bytes Allocated" cvba:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nt -H $ARGV[0] -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\MSExchangeIS(_Total)\Exchmem: Current Virtual Bytes Allocated"
[root@cacti scripts]#


if someone have any idea, because I dont

thanks for your help

[Doolphin]

Hi, I solved my problem, it was a bad c/c in my .pl script.
But now, i have another problem.
I always got that in cacti log :
perl /var/www/cacti/scripts/exchange2007_spamfilter.pl , output: bypassed:check_nt: Could not parse arguments

i really dont understand what does it mean

Thanks for your answer

[bornpilot]

Greetings,

I am attempting to use the exchange scripts to monitor my exchange servers the graphs show up in cacti but in the log I this error:

10/13/2009 10:02:08 PM - SPINE: Poller[0] Host[20] ERROR: Empty result [10.1.0.28]: 'perl /var/www/html/scripts/exchange2007_users.pl Mailbox'

But if I go to the script and copy out the line and replace the $ARGV[0] with the ip address of the exchange server such as:

/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nt -H 10.1.0.28 -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSExchangeIS\\User Count"

I get a valid return from the server. I don't understand why the perl script will not return a value but if I run the command from the a terminal windows I do get value?

Tim

[Runan]

When I use the plugin in command line i've got 0 for all the plugins. But my exchange didn't send 0 messages etc etc..

What is the problem?


I'm using the plugin on nagios but it will be working , won't it?

Hello everybody,

I have the same problem as magzz69. All results of scripts return the value 0 ...

i launch this command on my cacti server :

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_nt -H mailserver -p 12489 -v COUNTER -l "\\MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Active Client Logons" -s ""

And the result is 0.

On my exchange server, i have in the nsclient.log :

2009-11-13 10:12:57: error:modules\CheckSystem\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: Counter not found: \MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Active Client Logons: The specified performance object was not found on the computer.
2009-11-13 10:12:57: error:modules\CheckSystem\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: Counter not found: \MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Active Client Logons: The specified performance object was not found on the computer.
2009-11-13 10:12:57: error:modules\CheckSystem\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: \MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Active Client Logons: PdhAddCounter failed: -1073738824: L'objet spécifié n'a pas été trouvé sur le système.
(\MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Active Client Logons|\MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Active Client Logons)

Any ideas ?

[Lol91]

When I use the plugin in command line i've got 0 for all the plugins. But my exchange didn't send 0 messages etc etc..

What is the problem?


I'm using the plugin on nagios but it will be working , won't it?

Are you using a non english version for your OS ?
if YES, ALL counters must be translated inside the scripts.

Exemple : on a french W2K3 you must use :

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SMTP_MsgsReceived=\SmtpReceive MsExchangeTransport(_total)\Nombre Total de Messages reçus

If you have trouble with "spéçiàl" caracters beetween Linux and Windows you can use NPRE alias on NSCLient to define the counter on windows side to avoid the problem

Exemple :
in NSC.ini

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[External Alias]
alias_SMTP_MsgsReceived=CheckCounter "Counter:SMTP_MsgsReceived=\SmtpReceive MsExchangeTransport(_total)\Nombre Total de Messages reçus" ShowAll

And then use NRPE

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check_nrpe -H serveur -c alias_SMTP_MsgsReceived

<VF>Bon courage </VF>

[Runan]

Ok, you're right ...

Thanks.

[Minifab]

Hi Runan,

I have the same probleme for my French Exchange 2007 Server.
Can you give me all alias you are using please ?

Thanks in advance

Minifab

[Runan]

You can find on this post the .pl scripts avec french counters.

Enjoyed

[Minifab]

Hey thanks very much for your help ! But it still doesn't work , it still returned me 0 :

[root@adm2 scripts]# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nt -H 10.0.94.230 -p 12489 -s mdpmdp -v COUNTER -l "\\SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\\Nombre total de messages reçus"
0

Have you any idéas ?


Minifab

[Minifab]

It seems to be a problem with charset

(\File d'attente MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre total de messages remis|\File d'attente MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre total de messages remis)
2010-07-15 11:29:41: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: Counter not found: \SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre Total de Messages reçus: The specified counter was not found in the performance object.
2010-07-15 11:29:41: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: Counter not found: \SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre Total de Messages reçus: The specified counter was not found in the performance object.
2010-07-15 11:29:41: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: \SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre Total de Messages reçus: PdhAddCounter failed: -1073738823: Le compteur spécifié n'a pas été trouvé.
(\SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre Total de Messages reçus|\SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre Total de Messages reçus)
2010-07-15 11:29:45: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: Counter not found: \SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre total de messages reçus: The specified counter was not found in the performance object.
2010-07-15 11:29:45: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: Counter not found: \SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre total de messages reçus: The specified counter was not found in the performance object.
2010-07-15 11:29:45: error:.\CheckSystem.cpp ERROR: \SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre total de messages reçus: PdhAddCounter failed: -1073738823: Le compteur spécifié n'a pas été trouvé.
(\SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre total de messages reçus|\SmtpReceive MSExchangeTransport(_Total)\Nombre total de messages reçus)

[Runan]

To find the exact label, you need to open mmc of performance counter of the exchnage 2007 server and you will read the exact synthax ... it depends of the system langage