[mrtg] Re: MRTG and Exchange

Wed Nov 24 11:36:14 MET 1999

Yes you have to :(
It will remove your counters (and it says so in the original message).

alexf

-----Original Message-----
From: Zaid Ali [mailto:zaida at webex.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 9:26 PM
To: 'Alexander Fichman'
Subject: RE: [mrtg] MRTG and Exchange

One quick question, I am already monitoring NT performance on my
exchange server e.g Memory, Disk Usage etc.. If I run the install file
and set the parameters will this remove the ability for me to see those
counters? I would hate to do a mibcc but I think I might have to..

What is your opinion?

Thanks
Zaid
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Zaid Ali
Network Engineer
WebEx
110 Rose Orchard Way
San Jose, CA  95134
Tel: 408-435-7251
fax: 408-435-7004
www.webex.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Fichman [mailto:alexf at ipexsoft.co.il]
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 6:13 AM
To: Mrtg-list (E-mail)
Subject: [mrtg] MRTG and Exchange

Well, just made it work!

It is possible to produce graphs of the internal workings of Exchange
Server with MRTG, this includes the MTA and IMC.

Right now I used off-the-shelf counters and did not compile my own.

Steps needed to install the counters and sub-agent:

1. Install the SNMP service on your ExSrv (Exchange Server) machine. Set
up the community name (DO NOT leave the default "Public") and set it to
READ ONLY! Leave the traps alone for now.

2. Reapply the latest NT service pack (very important!).

3. Insert the Exchange server 5.5 CD into the Exchange machine, point to
X:\SERVER\SUPPORT\SNMP\I386 (where X is your CD drive and you run on
Intel machine) and initiate install.bat. This batch will copy the needed
files to system32 and write the needed registry values.

4. At this point I reapplied Exchange Server SP3 - to be on the safe
side.

5. On the monitoring machine, install ActiveState Perl from
www.activestate.com

6. Install GetIF (MIB browser, my favorite) from
http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/pub/ and put the file
exchange.mib from the Exchange Server snmp CD directory into the MIBS
folder at the location where you installed GetIF.

7. Download MRTG from
http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/pub/ (2.8.9 or better),
read the manual and follow the instructions at
http://ee-staff.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/nt-guide.html 

8. DO NOT install any other PerfMIB on the destination machine at this
time, as it will override the exchange counters you just installed.
There are other SNMP counters packages for NT that add many NT counters
but do not include the ExSrv ones. To have both, I will probably need to
compile them myself... :-(

9. Point GetIf to your ExSrv machine and start the MIB browser. you
should see the ExSrv counters under the OID
.iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.microsoft.software.systems.os.
winnt.performance (.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1).

9. Run "perl cfgmaker " with your ExSrv machine as the destination to
produce a preliminary .cfg file, which you will experiment with later.
It will have your ExSrv's NIC settings when done.

the syntax is: path\Perl \path\cfgmaker <community string>@IP >
exchange.cfg

10. Make sure to make the necessary modifications to the .cfg file (at
least the "WorkDir" parameter which tells MRTG where to save the
produced html, log and graphics files).

11. Make sure MRTG is running at least EVERY 5 minutes! I recommend the
"MRTG Statistic Updater" at http://www.queso.com/mrtgstatupdater.htm .

12. Start experimenting!

some valuable OIDs I found on my machine include:

Total kilobytes of message data queued in the Internet Mail Service
queues:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.29.0

Total messages waiting in the Internet Mail Service queues:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.28.0

The hourly rate at which inbound connections were received:

.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.27.0
The hourly rate at which outbound connections were made (hourly):
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.26.0

The total number of outbound messages delivered to their destinations:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.21.0
The total number of Internet messages delivered into MS Exchange Server:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.20.0

The total number of Non-delivery reports generated for inbound mail:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.16.0
The total number of Non-delivery reports generated for outbound mail:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.17.0

The number of messages received from the Internet destined for MS
Exchange Server:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.15.0
The number of messages from MS Exchange Server, that are queued to be
delivered to the Internet:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.1.1.3.1.1.3.14.0

And there are many more!

if you cannot seem to get a response from your machine, check that the
destination SNMP service is started.

if it is, parse the snmp install script (install.bat) on the ExSrv CD
and check that the files were indeed copied and registry values written
into the registry. Check that you use the correct community name.

You can e-mail me for assistance.

Then you need to modify the .cfg file MRTG will work with to add the
ExSrv OIDs. I am currently experimenting at building one and will share
my findings.

Good luck,

alexf

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