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Chapter 2: Capacity and Availability Management 21

and “Edit Registry Information” Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back

up the registry before you edit it. If you are running the Microsoft Windows NT® or

Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating system, you should also update your emergency

repair disk (ERD).

No Performance Optimizer

The Performance Optimizer (also known as PerfWiz) is an Exchange 5.5 tool that enables

you to specify how an Exchange 5.5 computer is to be configured—for example as a

private store or a public store server. In addition, you can limit an Exchange 5.5 server’s

memory usage and specify how many users it would be expected to handle. Based on

your choices, files written by the various Exchange components (information store, message

transfer agent [MTA], and so forth) can be assigned to specific fixed disks, depending upon

available storage.

Exchange 2000 does not use a tool like Performance Optimizer. One reason for this is

that the new release of Exchange is better capable of performing certain tasks as they are

required, such as dynamically changing certain parameters, spinning up more threads, and

so on. To go beyond these dynamic changes, the administrator must manually optimize

disk utilization and manually modify registry keys, but fewer such registry changes are

necessary.

Optimizable Features

Features in Exchange 2000 that can be optimized include:

◆Disks

◆Message transfer agent (MTA)

◆Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

◆Information-store database

◆Extensible storage engine (ESE) cache and log buffers

◆Active Directory connector

◆Active Directory integration

◆Installable file system (IFS) handle cache, credentials cache, and mailbox cache,

DSAccess cache and DSProxy

◆Post Office Protocol v3 (POP3) and Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) settings

◆Outlook Web Access (OWA)

Contents

Main ii Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Capacity and Availability Management 11 Change and Configuration Management 37 Chapter 4 Enterprise Monitoring 53 Chapter 5 Protection 71 Chapter 6 Glossary 97 Support 89 Page Page Page Introduction Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) Page How to Use This Guide Efficiency, Continuity, and Security Figure 1.2 Efficiency Continuity Security Chapter Outlines Planning and Deployment Service Level Agreements Features Performance Recovery Support Related Topics Page Capacity and Availability Management Capacity Management Page Page Availability Management Service Hours Service Availability Minimizing System Failures Decreasing Single Points of Failure Increasing the Reliability of Exchange 2000 Minimizing System Recovery Time Performance Tuning Making Changes to the Registry No Performance Optimizer Optimizable Features Tuning Considerations Upgrading from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 Tuning the Message Transfer Agent (MTA) Tuning SMTP Transport Mailroot Directory Location SMTP File Handles Page Store and ESE Tuning Online Store Maintenance Online Backups Choosing the Correct Maintenance Strategy Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Heaps Store-Database Cache Size Page Log Buffers Tuning Active Directory Integration Page Tuning Outlook Web Access (OWA) Page Hardware Upgrades Page Change and Configuration Management Prerequisites Change Management Defining Change Type Step 1 Request for Change Is Submitted to Change Manager Step 2 Change Manager Assesses the RFC Step 3 Change Is Passed to IT Executive Committee for Approval Step 4 Change Is Passed to the Change Advisory Board for Scheduling Step 5 Change Is Passed to the Change Owner Step 6 Change Process Evaluation Minor and Standard Changes Scripting Minor and Standard Changes Security Software Control and Distribution Documentation Configuration Management Tools for Configuration Management Configuration Management and Change Management Configuration Items Page Page Page Defining Configuration Items Configuration Management and Exchange Maintaining the Configuration Management Database Change Management Ownership Security Backup Exchange System Policies Administering System Policies Page Enterprise Monitoring Prerequisites Performance Monitoring System Monitor Exchange 2000 Objects and Counters to Monitor Service or Resource Performance Object Information Store Counters SMTP Server MSExchangeMTA and MSExchangeMTAConnections MSExchangeIM Virtual Servers MSExchangeAL Windows 2000 Objects and Counters to Monitor Table 4.2 Subjects and Associated Objects and Counters Subsystem Object Counter Exchange Comments Subsystem Object Counter Exchange Comments Centralized Monitoring Event Monitoring Event Viewer Log Files Centralized Event Monitoring Availability Monitoring Monitoring and Status Tool Adding Services to the Default Configuration Monitoring Resources Notifications Status Disabling Server Monitoring Centralized Availability Monitoring Client Monitoring Page Page Protection Chapter Start Point Chapter End Point Protection Against Hacking Firewall Operations Maintaining Firewall Availability Ensuring That Only the Correct Traffic Passes Through the Firewall Monitoring Against Hacker Intrusion Dealing With Security Breaches Anti-Virus Measures Staying Current Dealing With Virus Infection Blocking Attachments at the Client Page Disaster Recovery Procedures Backing Up Page Offline Backup Disk Imaging Restoring Recovering Individual Messages Recovering Lost Mailboxes Recovering Exchange Stores and Storage Groups Full Exchange Server Recovery Recovering Exchange After Active Directory Failure Alternate Server Recovery Recovery Testing Page Page Support Providing Support for End Users Reducing End User Support Costs Page Problem Reporting Dealing with User Problems Notifying Users Exchange Problem Management Page Page Glossary