Check Exchange 2007 with System Center Operations Manager 2007 - Part 3

1. Simplify the process of exporting customizations created in the test environment and pre-production environments to the production environment.
2. Allows you to delete the original management package without deleting the default management package.
3. Easier to check and upgrade for separate management packages.

1. In the console, click the Administration button .
2. In the admin panel, right-click Management Packs and then click Create Management Pack . The Create a Management Pack wizard will then appear.
3. On the General Properties page (see Figure 1), type the name of the management package in the Name box, the correct version number in the Version box and a brief instruction in the Description section. Click Next.
4. To finish creating the management pack, click Create .

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Figure 2: New-TestCASConnectivityUser.ps1

1. Set-OwaVirtualDirectory "owa (Default Web site)" -externalurl: "https: /// owa"

1. Open the Exchange console, select Server Configuration , Client Access , and then click the Outlook Web Access tab.

1. In the working panel, select the virtual directory you want to change, and then click Properties.

1. In the virtual directory properties dialog box, select the tab containing the properties you want to change. Click OK to save the changes and close the properties window.

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Figure 4: Setting up OWA external URLs using the Command Shell

1. In the Authoring section of the Operations Manager console, find the rule named Execute: Test-MAPIConnectivity diagnostic cmdlet (Report Collection) . Right-click it then click Overrides> Override the Rule / For all objects of type: Microsoft Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers Installation (see Figure 6).
2. Click cmdletCommand and expand the column. Change the parameters of the command accordingly (see Figure 7).
3. Select the destination management package, this is the package created according to the previous request, then click Apply .

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Figure 6: Override Test-MAPIConnectivity

1. If you have no idea what value will be set here, illustrate it in Performance View . To do that, in Computers view, right-click the server and open Performance View (see Figure 8). You will now know whether the current row threshold is giving warnings (Figure 9).

2. You can change the LDAP Search Time rules and test suites in two ways:
   
   a) To set a higher threshold, open the Authoring section of the Operations Manager console and search for testers starting with the name 'LDAP Search Time'. Right-click the LDAP Search Time - sustained for 5 minutes - Red (> 100msec) check box or LDAP Search Time - sustained for 5 minutes - Yellow (> 50msec) , select Overrides > Override the Monitor > For all objects of type Ex. Common (see Figure 10). Click Threshold and expand the Override Setting column. Change the appropriate value (Figure 11), select the destination management package, this is the previously created package, then click Apply.
   
   b) To change the number of templates, open the console's Authoring section and find the rules (note that the previous step is done with the testers) starting with the name 'LDAP Search Time'. Right-click the LDAP Search Time - sustained for 5 minutes - Red (> 100msec) rule or LDAP Search Time - sustained for 5 minutes - Yellow (> 50msec) and select Overrides > Override the Rule > For all objects of type: Exchange 2007 All Servers Installation . Click Num Samples and expand the Override Setting column. Change the appropriate value (Figure 12), select the destination management package, the previously created package, then click Apply.

1. Just like with a pre-adjustment, you can graphically illustrate the idea of ​​your value. To graphically illustrate this counter, in Computers view, right-click the Edge or Hub Transport server, open Performance View. Figure 13 describes the results in our experimental environment.
2. These rules and test suites can be changed in two ways: Setting higher levels or configuring a larger sampling range.
   
   a) To change the threshold, in the Authoring section of the Operations Manager Operations Console, search for testers that start with the name 'Failure DSNs Total'. Right-click on the Failure DSNs Total - increase over 60 minutes check box - Red (> 40) - Edge Transport or Failure DSNs Total - increase over 60 minutes - Yellow (> 30) - Edge Transport , select Overrides > Override the Monitor > For all objects of type Ex. Edge Transport (Figure 14). Click Threshold and expand the Override Setting column. Change to the appropriate value (see Figure 15), select the destination management package, the previously created package and then click Apply .
   
   b) To change the number of samples, in the Authoring section of the Operations Manager Console, find the rules with the start of 'Failure DSNs Total'. Right-click the Failure DSNs Total - increase over 60 minutes rule - Red (> 40) - Edge Transport or Failure DSNs - Total over-over 60 minutes - Yellow (> 30) - Edge Transport, select Overrides > Override the Rule > For all objects of type: Microsoft Exchange 2007 Edge Transport Servers Installation . Click Num Samples and expand the Override Setting column. Change the appropriate value (Figure 16), select the destination management package, then click Apply.