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by vboundy

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In addition to monitoring the usual WinNT perfromance counters, we are now starting to monitor the Exchange 5.5 counters themselves. Unfortunaetly, there is an amazing number of counters to choose from and we are unsure as to which to use.

We are preparing to migrate to Exchange 2000 early next year. Before we design a new system, we need to have a complete understanding of our present environment.
Can anyone suggest a set of Exchange counters to monitor and how to interprete them?

Does anyone know of any reference resources that clearly defines how to interpret the Exchange 5.5 counters?

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by amagoon

Monitor your MTS-IN and MTS-OUT Queue, as well as your Internet Mail Service queues. These will be the most useful to you. You may also choose to monitor Current Connections (or Logins).

I know this isn't a great answer, but I've found that most problems are caught early because I see backups in the queues.

Be aware that running perfmon on the server itself with update intervals of 1 sec may seriously affect performance if you have minimum hardware.

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