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Manage health sets and server health

Applies to: Exchange Server 2013 SP1

You can use the built-in health reporting cmdlets to perform a variety of tasks related to managed availability, such as:

  • Viewing the health of a server or group of servers

  • Viewing a list of health sets

  • Viewing a list of probes, monitors, and responders associated with a particular health set

  • View a list of monitors and their current health

What do you need to know before you begin?

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View Server Health

You can use the Shell to get a summary of the health of a server running Exchange 2013.

Use the Shell to View Server Health

Run either of the following commands to view the health sets and health information on a server running Exchange 2013.

Get-HealthReport -Identity <ServerName>
Get-ServerHealth -Identity <ServerName> | Format-Table Server,CurrentHealthSetState,Name,HealthSetName,AlertValue,HealthGroupName -Auto

Run any of the following commands to view the health sets on a server or database availability group running Exchange 2013.

Get-ExchangeServer | Get-HealthReport -RollupGroup
Get-ExchangeServer | Get-HealthReport -RollupGroup -HealthSetName <HealthSet>
(Get-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup <DAGName>).Servers | Get-HealthReport -RollupGroup

View a List of Health Sets

A health set is a group of monitors, probes and responders for a component that determine whether the component is healthy or unhealthy. You can use the Shell to view the list of health sets on a server running Exchange 2013.

Use the Shell to View a List of Health Sets

Run the following command to view the health sets on a server running Exchange 2013.

Get-HealthReport -Server <ServerName>

View the Probes, Monitors and Responders for a Health Set

A health set is a group of monitors, probes and responders for a component that determine whether the component is healthy or unhealthy. You can use the Shell to view the list of probes, monitors, and responders associated with a health set on a server running Exchange 2013.

Use the Shell to View the Probes, Monitors and Responders for a Health Set

Run the following command to view the probes, monitors and responders associated with a health set on a server running Exchange 2013.

Get-MonitoringItemIdentity -Server <ServerName> -Identity <HealthSetName> | Format-Table Identity,ItemType,Name -Auto

View a List of Monitors and Their Current Health

The health of a monitor is reported by using the "worst of" monitors in the health set. You can view the details of a health set to see which monitors are healthy and which ones are unhealthy.

Use the Shell to View a List of Monitors and Their Current Health

Run the following command to view a list of the monitors and their current health on a server running Exchange 2013.

Get-ServerHealth -HealthSet <HealthSetName> -Server <ServerName> | Format-Table Name, AlertValue -Auto