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Jean-Paul Natola > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:51:55 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Exchange] RE: Monitor Ex2010: > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Looks compelling. What do others here use to monitor round trip time? I > hate having my users tell me email doesn't work when all I can really do > it look at Exchange queues and only hop to the SPAM filter when someone > tells me they've been expecting something but haven't seen it... > > Dave > > > Ten bucks a month. Have not used them in a long time but they worked well > > back in the old days. > > > > https://www.site24x7.com/mail-server-monitoring.html > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Orlebeck, Geoffrey > > Sent: Monday, December 1, 2014 2:15 PM > > To: '[email protected]' > > Subject: [Exchange] Monitor Ex2010: > > > > Just had an issue over the weekend where two separate environments running > > on top of our DMZ cluster stopped receiving external email after a > > networking change on the ESX hosts. Both environments are setup with one > > edge server and one HUB/CAS server (Ex2010 SP3 UR4 across all VMs). Emails > > were timing out and senders were receiving 4.4.7 NDRs from their servers. > > Restarting the Microsoft Exchange Transport service allowed mail to begin > > flowing again. We understand how/why the issue occurred, however, none of > > our regular SCOM alerts flagged any issues (no queue growth, ports are > > open, services were running, etc.). After the fact, we noticed our 3rd > > party spam filter was receiving "Message refused" errors. We are working > > with the vendor to see if we can setup a baseline alert if/when this issue > > comes up, but from a strictly Exchange perspective, we are lacking any > > alerting on an event such as this. > > > > I'm curious if anyone else has setup either a SCOM monitor or perhaps > > PowerShell script for testing external connectivity for something like > > this? I use the Exchange connectivity test a lot in troubleshooting, but > > that has to be performed manually. We'd like to setup an automated monitor > > confirming mail delivery and returning values based on outcome. The part > > I'm trying to figure out is the external portion, and how best to test > > against it, since all internal traffic was fine and nothing on the server > > itself showed any obvious problems. I have skimmed through a few of the > > logs on the Edge server but do not see any real differences from pre/post > > ESX host change that caused email to stop flowing. > > > > Any insight or even general direction is greatly appreciated. Thank you! > > > > -Geoff > > Confidentiality Notice: This is a transmission from Community Hospital of > > the Monterey Peninsula. This message and any attached documents may be > > confidential and contain information protected by state and federal > > medical privacy statutes. They are intended only for the use of the > > addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > > or distribution of this information is strictly prohibited. If you > > received this transmission in error, please accept our apologies and > > notify the sender. Thank you. > > > > > > > >
