An Exchange storage group is a logical container for Exchange databases and their associated system and transaction log files. This test monitors the mailboxes in a storage group to report key statistics such as the number of mailboxes that have exceeded their storage limit, the number of mails in the mailboxes, etc.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the StorageGroupTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

• The Exchange Management Shell is a command-line management interface, built on Windows PowerShell v2, which enables you to administer every part of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/2010. This test uses the Exchange management shell to run scripts and collect the desired performance metrics from the Exchange server. To enable the test to load the Exchange management shell snap-in (exshell.psc1) for script execution, you need to specify the full path to the Exchange management shell in the XCHGEXTENSIONSHELLPATH text box. For instance, your specification can be, c:\progra~1\micros~1\exchan~1\v14\bin\exshell.psc1. By default, however, the XCHGEXTENSIONSHELLPATH is set to none. In this case, the eG agent will automatically discover the Exchange management shell path. Enter the path of the exchange powershell (Exshell.psc1). By default, this is set to none. In this case, the eG agent will auto-discover the powershell path.

• Once the necessary value has been entered, clicking on the Update button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.