Workspaces

This section describes the predefined workspaces that come with the Monitoring Agent for Microsoft® Exchange Server.

The following table shows the organization (according to navigator item) of the predefined workspaces provided with the monitoring agent:

Navigator item Workspace
Database Navigator item
Information Store Navigator item
IS Mailbox Navigator item
IS Public Navigator item
Microsoft Exchange Server Navigator item

Microsoft Exchange Server workspace (Microsoft Exchange Server Navigator item)

MTA Navigator item

MTA workspace (Navigator item)

Roles Navigator item
SMTP Navigator item

SMTP workspace (SMTP Navigator item)

Server Navigator item

Attribute groups used by predefined workspaces

In most cases, a workspace contains data or columns that have similar attributes in an attribute group. The table shows the relationships between the predefined workspaces and the attribute groups.

Workspace Related attribute group
Activity (IS Mailbox Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS Private attributes.
Activity (IS Public Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS Public attributes.
Client Access Server (Roles Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange Server attributes
Database (Database Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange DB attributes.
Database Logs (Database Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange DB attributes.
Edge Transport Server (Roles Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange Server attributes
Filter Reports (Roles Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange Server attributes
Forefront Security (Roles Navigator item) For all views see MS Forefront Server Security attributes
Hub Transport Server (Roles Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange Server attributes
Information Store Historical (Information Store Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS attributes.
Information Store (Information Store Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS attributes.
IS Client (Information Store Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS Client attributes
Mailbox Server (Roles Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange Server attributes
Microsoft Exchange Server (Microsoft Exchange Server Navigator item)

For MTA Connections Queue see MS Exchange MTA Connections attributes.

For MTA Work Queue see MS Exchange MTA attributes.

For Server Status see MS Exchange Server attributes.

For SMTP Queues see MS Exchange SMTP attributes.

MTA (MTA Navigator item)

For MTA Connection Message Rates view see MS Exchange MTA Connections attributes.

For MTA LAN Rates and MTA Message Totals see MS Exchange MTA attributes.

SMTP (SMTP Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange SMTP attributes.
Status (IS Mailbox Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS Private attributes.
Status (IS Public Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS Public attributes.
Usage (IS Mailbox Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange IS Private attributes.
Storage Group Detail (Information Store Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Storage Group Detail attributes.
IS Private (IS Mailbox Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange IS Private attributes.
Mailbox Detail (IS Mailbox Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Mailbox Detail attributes.
Public Folder Detail (IS Public Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Public Folder Detail attributes.
Topology (Roles Navigator item) For all views see MS Exchange Server attributes
Services Detail (Server Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Services Detail attributes.
Reachability (Server Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Reachability attributes.
Store Driver (Server Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Store Driver attributes.
Assistants (Server Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Assistants attributes.
Active Directory Activity (Server Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange ADAccess Processes attributes.
IS Public (IS Public Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange IS Public attributes.
Server Information (Server Navigator item) For all views, see MS Exchange Server attributes.
Unified Messaging Server (Roles Navigator Item) For all views, see MS Exchange Server attributes

Activity workspace (IS Mailbox Navigator item)

Monitors the activity of the Mailbox Information Store. This workspace provides the following views:

Activity workspace (IS Public Navigator item)

Monitors the activity of the Public Information Store. This workspace provides the following views:

Database workspace (Database Navigator item)

Monitors database metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

Database Logs workspace (Database Navigator item)

Monitors database logs. This workspace provides the following views:

Information Store Historical workspace (Information Store Navigator item)

Monitors Information Store historical metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

The views contain data for a 24-hour period. You must enable historical data collection for the agent so that data is available to populate this workspace. See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring User's Guide for more information about historical data collection.

Information Store workspace (Information Store Navigator item)

Monitors Information Store metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

IS Client workspace (Information Store Navigator item)

Monitors IS client metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

Note:
Top 10 Information Store Client RPC status view will display the data based on the top 10 RPC Bytes Received/Sec and Top 10 IS Client Average Latency view will display the data based on the top 10 RPC_Average_Latency

Storage Group Detail workspace (Information Store Navigator item)

Monitors the storage groups that form the Exchange Server. This workspace provides the following views:

Microsoft Exchange Server workspace (Microsoft Exchange Server Navigator item)

Monitors the key metrics for the server. This workspace provides the following views:

MTA workspace (Navigator item)

Note:
This workspace returns no data on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Monitors MTA and MTA Connections. This workspace provides the following views:

Mailbox Server workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Mailbox Server metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

Client Access Server workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Client Access Server metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

Edge Transport Server workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Edge Transport Server metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

Forefront Security workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Forefront Security metrics. This workspace provides the Forefront Security Plot chart view.

Hub Transport Server workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Hub Transport Server metrics. This workspace provides the Services Details views.

Filter Reports workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Filter Reports metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

Topology workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Topology metrics. This workspace provides the Topology view.

Unified Messaging Server workspace (Roles Navigator item)

Monitors Unified Messaging Server metrics. This workspace provides the Services Details view.:

SMTP workspace (SMTP Navigator item)

Note:
This workspace returns no data on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Monitors SMTP metrics. This workspace provides the following views:

Status workspace (IS Mailbox Navigator item)

Monitors the status of Mailbox Information Store messages. This workspace provides the following views:

Status workspace (IS Public Navigator item)

Monitors the status of IS Public messages. This workspace provides the following views:

Public Folder Detail workspace (IS Public Navigator item)

Provides details about the IS Public folder. This workspace provides the following views:

Usage workspace (IS Mailbox Navigator item)

Monitors the Mailbox Information Store messages. This workspace provides the following views:

IS Private workspace (IS Mailbox Navigator item)

Provides the Exchange Server Information Store Private statistics. This workspace provides the following views:

Mailbox Detail workspace (IS Mailbox Navigator item)

Provides detail information about mailbox utilization with a storage group. This workspace provides the following views:

Services Detail workspace (Server Navigator item)

Provides details about the services that form the Microsoft Exchange Server. This workspace provides the following views:

Reachability workspace (Server Navigator item)

Provides details about mailbox reachability. This workspace provides the following views:

Store Driver workspace (Server Navigator item)

Provides details about messages from the transport pipeline. This workspace provides the following views:

Assistants workspace (Server Navigator item)

Monitors the Microsoft Exchange Server Assistants services activity. This workspace provides the following views:

Active Directory Activity workspace (Server Navigator item)

Monitors the Microsoft Exchange Server Active Directory activity. This workspace provides the following views:

IS Public workspace (IS Public Navigator item)

Monitors the public folders and stores. This workspace provides the following views:

Server Information workspace (Server Navigator item)

Monitors the server status and status of some key services. This workspace provides the following views: