Documentation forServer & Application Monitor
Monitoring your applications and environment is a key capability of Hybrid Cloud Observability and is also available in a standalone module, Server & Application Monitor (SAM). Hybrid Cloud Observability and SAM are built on the self-hosted SolarWinds Platform.

Exchange 2007 — 2010 Mailbox Send and Receive Statistics with PowerShell

This SAM application monitor template tracks Exchange Mailbox Send/Receive statistics of Exchange 2007 — 2010 servers with the Mailbox role using PowerShell scripts.

Prerequisites:

  • PowerShell 5.1 and Exchange Management Tools 2007 or 2010 are both installed on the target server.
  • The Exchange server has an Exchange Mailbox role.
  • The SolarWinds Platform server and the Exchange server are in the same domain.

Credentials:

Use an Exchange Administrator (Organization Manager) account with at least view-only permissions.

Component monitors

Before using this template, expand the Advanced option to set the correct platform; 32-bit or 64-bit.

Specify the correct arguments in the Script Arguments field of the corresponding PowerShell monitors. Otherwise, the counter returns an "Undefined" status error. Put arguments in the following order:

some.user@apm.sw,server,version,domain_controller_name

where:
some.user@apm.sw - the user you want to monitor;
server - hostname or FQDN of target Exchange server
exchange_version - version of target Exchange server (2007 or 2010);
domain_controller_name – hostname or FQDN of domain controller;

For example:

pi@apm.com,xchng2010,2010,dc.apm.com

To see the names of your Exchange servers, run the following command in the Exchange Management Shell: Get-ExchangeServer

To see the names of the users, run: Get-Mailbox


Number of items received by specific user (total)

The total number of items received by the specified user.

Number of items sent by specific user (total)

The total number of items sent by the specified user.

Number of items received by specific user during last hour

The number of items received by the specified user during the last hour.

Number of items sent by specific user during last hour

The number of items sent by the specified user during the last hour.

Number of items received by specific user during last day

The number of items received by the specified user during the last day.

Number of items sent by specific user during last day

The number of items sent by the specified user during the last day.

Number of items received by specific user during last month

The number of items received by the specified user during the last month.

Number of items sent by specific user during last month

The number of items sent by the specified user during the last month.

Number of items received by specific user during last polling period

The number of items received by the specified user during the last polling period.

Number of items sent by specific user during last polling period

The number of items sent by the specified user during the last polling period.