Dear all, we have set up a new Exchange system with 2 sites and 2 CAS/Hub Transport servers per site. As with Exchange 2003 it was quite easy to monitor the delivery queues. I tried the included Exchange 2007 WMI sensors, but as i far as i see, they cover queue length on Mailbox servers only. This is quite interesting as well, but delivery queues to external mail server would be much more interesting. Do i need to code an own sensor or am i missing something? If i need to code a sensor on my own, is there somebody out there who did this already? I think this is a very common problem. Thanks in advance!
Exchange 2010 Delivery Queues
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We have developed a solution that will return the number of elements in the queue beneath some other interesting parameters like when was the last run of full/incremental backup, if the databases are mounted correctly, if the backup is currently running and so on.
Altogether, the following Exchange Server sensors are currently available in PRTG:
- Exchange Backup (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Database (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Mailbox (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Mail Queue (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Public Folder (Powershell) Sensor
- WMI Exchange Server Sensor
- WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor
For details, please see PRTG Manual: List of Available Sensor Types—Mail Servers Sensors.
Created on Mar 1, 2012 3:10:00 PM by
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Are you still running PRTG v8? If so, please upgrade to the current PRTG version. There is a new WMI Exchange Server Sensor (using a different method) which works on all Exchange versions. PRTG queries your Exchange server and will automatically show all available performance counters.
For details, please see PRTG Manual: WMI Exchange Server Sensor
Created on Sep 29, 2011 10:05:13 AM by
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For a better understanding could you please point out the names of these Counters together with their respective Classnames as shown in the Windows Performance Monitor.
Counters like "SMTP Server: Local Queue Length","SMTP Server: Local Retry Queue Length","MSExchangeIS Mailbox: Send Queue Size","MSExchangeIS Mailbox: Receive Queue Size" and many more like it should be available, if present on the Targetcomputer.
Please crosscheck with Windows Performance Monitor.
Created on Sep 30, 2011 2:13:28 PM by
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Please have a look onto the following screenshot 
All my needed counters are in the object "MSExchangeTransport Queues".
I think this would be a nice addition for all those Exchange admins around, because it helps you to identify very fast if there are any problems in your outgoing mailflow.
Thanks in advance, have a nice weekend and and even nicer public holiday for you who are German out there :-)
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Thank you for the feedback, we've put it on the task-list ;).
Created on Oct 4, 2011 11:46:13 AM by
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We have developed a solution that will return the number of elements in the queue beneath some other interesting parameters like when was the last run of full/incremental backup, if the databases are mounted correctly, if the backup is currently running and so on.
Altogether, the following Exchange Server sensors are currently available in PRTG:
- Exchange Backup (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Database (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Mailbox (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Mail Queue (Powershell) Sensor
- Exchange Public Folder (Powershell) Sensor
- WMI Exchange Server Sensor
- WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor
For details, please see PRTG Manual: List of Available Sensor Types—Mail Servers Sensors.
Created on Mar 1, 2012 3:10:00 PM by
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Hi,
we are planning to release the requested sensor in the next 4 to 5 weeks.
Best regards
Created on May 11, 2012 9:10:55 AM by
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Hi,
the transport queue sensor is already implemented in the preview release of PRTG. This preview release will be rolled out as stable sometime next week.
Best regards
Created on Aug 9, 2012 6:18:26 AM by
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