The SRM Exchange Agent gathers statistics on the allocation and usage of storage by Exchange Mailboxes and Public Folders on the local computer.
Data collected by the SRM Exchange Agent is summarized by many types of reports that may be further customized with user-selected filters and charts in the Report Manager.
This agent supports two job types for data collection:
This job collects basic information about Exchange mailbox stores, public stores, and storage groups present on the server, including their sizes and configurations or properties. Collections using the Discovery level job require minimal processing on the Exchange server and may be run throughout the day. However, because this job does not gather detailed information about mailboxes or individual messages, you will not receive meaningful data in certain of the more extensive reports.
This job collects statistics on the size and properties of each Mailbox Store, Public Store, Storage Group, Folder Tree, and Mailbox on the server. Each Mailbox is also scanned for statistics on message-level attributes such as item sizes, message attachment types, and destinations. Collections using the Discovery and Analysis job should be run during off-peak hours because they require processing that is CPU and disk-intensive on the Exchange Server.
| For SRM Exchange Agents running with Exchange 2010, public folder object data is not collected when a Discovery and Analysis type data collection job is run. |
See Reports - SRM Exchange Agent for more information about which reports require Discovery and Analysis level data collection.
When the SRM Exchange Agent is installed, the following levels are automatically created in the CommCell Browser.
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| ex2010-yi_cn: |
Client |
| Microsoft Exchange: |
Agent |
| default: |
Subclients |
| Storage Groups: |
This level displays Storage Group information for the SRM Exchange
Agent's client computer. Public Folder and Mailbox databases associated
with the client computer are populated under this level after completion
of the first Data Collection operation. For more information, see
SRM
Exchange Agent Summaries. |
| Storage Devices: |
Storage
Devices
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To perform a data collection operation using this Agent, you need a SRM Exchange Agent license, available in the SRM server. This license is consumed when you install the Agent. See License Administration for more details on license requirements.