This monitor tests a server by sending a test message to a queue. Receipt of the message is validated through a response message to an admin queue at which point both the test message and response message are removed.
This monitor tests a server by sending a test message to a queue.
Receipt of the message is validated through a response message to an admin queue at which point both the test message and response message are removed.
The behavior of this monitor may be modified with an override setting the following parameters.
IntervalSeconds | The number of seconds between executions of the test. If this value is set too low, it could result in excessive overhead against the MSMQ service. If it is set to high, an error condition may not be detected within a suitable time. Default setting is 600 seconds (send a test message every 10 minutes). |
TargetQueue | Path name of the target queue to send the message to. |
AdminQueue | Path name of the admin queue to send the response message to. |
CreateQueues | If set to true, the target queue and admin queue will automatically be created if they do not already exist. |
MessageBody | Text to include in the body of the test message. |
AppSpecific | Application specific long integer used to uniquely identify Operations Manager messages. |
The connection is made under the credentials defined in the Queue Access User Profile. This account must have access to the queues being tested. The account is configured in the Administration section of the Operations Console.
For transactional Queues the Admin Queue will switch from the own queue to the test default queue: X.
Check the information in the alert related to this monitor and the returned in the State Change Event. This will include the step in the process that ended in a failure and the exact error message.
| Target | Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Queues | ||
| Parent Monitor | System.Health.AvailabilityState | ||
| Category | AvailabilityHealth | ||
| Enabled | False | ||
| Alert Generate | True | ||
| Alert Severity | Error | ||
| Alert Priority | Normal | ||
| Alert Auto Resolve | True | ||
| Monitor Type | Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.MonitorType.TestMessage | ||
| Remotable | True | ||
| Accessibility | Public | ||
| Alert Message |
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| RunAs | Default |
Home<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Monitor.Queue.TestMessage" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="false" Target="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Queues" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.MonitorType.TestMessage" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Monitor.Queue.TestMessage.AlertMessageResourceID">
<AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="MessageFailed" MonitorTypeStateID="MessageFailed" HealthState="Error"/>
<OperationalState ID="MessageReceived" MonitorTypeStateID="MessageReceived" HealthState="Success"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<IntervalSeconds>600</IntervalSeconds>
<ComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</ComputerName>
<TargetQueue>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Queue"]/PathName$</TargetQueue>
<AdminQueue>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.MSMQ.2008.Queue"]/PathName$</AdminQueue>
<CreateQueues>true</CreateQueues>
<AppSpecific>123456789</AppSpecific>
<MaxWaitTime>10</MaxWaitTime>
<MessageBody>Test message sent by Operations Manager 2007.</MessageBody>
<RemoveMessage>true</RemoveMessage>
<CleanupQueue>true</CleanupQueue>
<CleanupAdminQueue>true</CleanupAdminQueue>
<LogDetail>false</LogDetail>
<TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>