PRTG Manual: WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor

The WMI Exchange Transport Queue sensor monitors the length of transport queues of a Microsoft Exchange Server as of version 2016 via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). It shows the same information as in Windows System Monitor perfmon.

WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor

WMI Exchange Transport Queue Sensor

i_square_cyanFor more information and an explanation of transport queue types, see the Knowledge Base: What types of Exchange transport queues are there?

i_square_cyanFor a detailed list and descriptions of the channels that this sensor can show, see section Channel List.

Sensor in Other Languages

  • Dutch: WMI Exchange Transport Wachtrij
  • French: Exchange file d'attente de transport (WMI)
  • German: WMI Exchange Transportwarteschlange
  • Japanese: WMI Exchange 転送キュー
  • Portuguese: Fila de transporte Exchange (WMI)
  • Russian: Очередь транспорта WMI Exchange
  • Simplified Chinese: WMI Exchange 传输队列
  • Spanish: Cola de transporte Exchange (WMI)

Remarks

Consider the following remarks and requirements for this sensor:

Remark

Description

Performance impact

This sensor has a high performance impact. Stay below 200 WMI sensors per probe. Above this number, consider using multiple remote probes for load balancing.

WoW64

This sensor requires WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) for target systems that run Windows Server 2016.

Credentials

This sensor requires credentials for Windows systems.

IPv6

This sensor supports IPv6.

Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base: What types of Exchange transport queues are there?

Hosted probe

i_podYou cannot add this sensor to the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. If you want to use this sensor, add it to a remote probe device.

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Setting

Description

Transport Queue

Select the transport queues that you want to monitor. PRTG creates one sensor for each transport queue that you select.

i_round_blueThe available options depend on your Exchange server configuration. PRTG shows all possible queues with names and instance descriptions (if available).

i_round_redFor performance reasons, we recommend that you only select necessary items.

Basic Sensor Settings

Basic Sensor Settings

Basic Sensor Settings

The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:

  • wmiexchangeservertransportqueuesensor

i_square_cyanFor more information about basic sensor settings, see section Sensor Settings.

WMI Exchange Transport Queue Specific

WMI Exchange Transport Queue Specific

WMI Exchange Transport Queue Specific

Setting

Description

Display Name

The display name that the sensor uses to query data from the target device.

Instance

The instance that the sensor uses to query data from the target device.

WMI Class

The WMI class that the sensor uses to query data from the target device.

Counter

The counter that the sensor uses to query data from the target device.

Time Stamp

The time stamp that the sensor uses to query data from the target device.

Time Frequency

The time frequency that the sensor uses to query data from the target device.

Counter Type

The counter type that the sensor uses to query data from the target device.

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

  • Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.
  • Store result: Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file names are Result of Sensor [ID].txt and Result of Sensor [ID].Data.txt. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites these files with each scanning interval.

i_round_blueIn a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Sensor Display

Sensor Display

Sensor Display

Setting

Description

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

i_round_blueYou can set a different primary channel later by clicking b_channel_primary below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

  • Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
  • Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
    i_round_redYou cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Inherited Settings

By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click b_inherited_enabled under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.

i_square_cyanFor more information, see section Inheritance of Settings.

Channel List

i_round_blueWhich channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.

Channel

Description

Active Mailbox Delivery Queue Length

The number of items in the active mailbox delivery queue

Active Non-SMTP Delivery Queue Length

The number of items in the non-SMTP delivery queue

Active Remote Delivery Queue Length

The number of items in the active remote delivery queue

Aggregate Delivery Queue Length (All Queues)

The number of items in the aggregate delivery queue (all queues)

Aggregate Shadow Queue Length

The number of items in the aggregate shadow queue

Categorizer Job Availability

The categorizer job availability

Downtime

In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status

Items Completed Delivery Per Second

The number of items with completed delivery

Items Completed Delivery Total

The number of items with completed delivery in total

Items Deleted By Admin Total

The number of items deleted by the admin in total

Items Queued For Delivery Expired Total

The number of items expired queued for delivery in total

Items Queued for Delivery Per Second

The number of items queued for delivery

Items Queued For Delivery Total

The number of items queued for delivery in total

Items Resubmitted Total

The number of items resubmitted in total

Largest Delivery Queue Length

The largest number of items in the delivery queue

Messages Completed Delivery Per Second

The number of messages with completed delivery

Messages Completed Delivery Total

The number of messages with completed delivery in total

Messages Completing Categorization

The number of messages completing categorization

Messages Deferred Due To Local Loop

The number of messages deferred due to local loop

Messages Deferred During Categorization

The number of messages deferred during categorization

Messages Queued For Delivery

The number of messages queued for delivery

Messages Queued for Delivery Per Second

The number of messages queued for delivery per second

Messages Queued For Delivery Total

The number of messages queued for delivery in total

Messages Submitted Per Second

The number of messages submitted

Messages Submitted Total

The number of messages submitted in total

Poison Queue Length

The number of items in the poison queue

Retry Mailbox Delivery Queue Length

The number of items in the retry mailbox delivery queue

Retry Non-SMTP Delivery Queue Length

The number of items in the retry non-SMTP delivery queue

Retry Remote Delivery Queue Length

The number of items in the retry remote delivery queue

Shadow Queue Auto Discards Total

The number of auto discards in the shadow queue in total

Submission Queue Items Expired Total

The number of items expired in the submission queue in total

Submission Queue Length

The number of items in the submission queue

Unreachable Queue Length

The number of items in the unreachable queue

More

i_square_blueKNOWLEDGE BASE

What types of Exchange transport queues are there?

What security features does PRTG include?

My WMI sensors don't work. What can I do?