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Topic Last Modified: 2006-09-29
The Microsoft® Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool report displays six types of information:
- Error
- Warning
- Non-default configuration
- Recent change
- Baseline mismatch
- Best practice
- Information
Error
An error indicates a critical issue that requires a change for resolution. For example, an instance of a server that is down or a server that is unreachable is an error.
Errors appear in the following reports:
- Critical Issues list
- Full Issues List
- Detailed View List
- Detailed View—Full Issues List
If you disable an error, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer displays the error on the Disabled Issues List.
The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer indicates an error with a red X (Figure 1).
Warning
A warning indicates an issue that is not a recommended best practice. The issue might require a change for resolution, or it might be a known issue that does not require a change in your Exchange Server organization. For example, a service that is not started on a server is a warning.
Warnings appear in the following reports:
- Full Issues List
- Detailed View List
- Detailed View—Full Issues List
If you disable a warning, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer displays the warning on the Disabled Issues List.
The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer indicates a warning with a yellow warning symbol (Figure 2).
Non-default configuration
A non-default configuration indicates a setting that has been changed from the default value. If the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer determines that a non-default configuration is an error or a warning, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer identifies the non-default configuration with the appropriate error symbol or warning symbol elsewhere in the report, in addition to identifying it as a non-default configuration.
Non-default configurations appear in the following reports:
- Full Issues List
- Detailed View List
- Detailed View—Full Issues List
If you disable a non-default configuration, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer displays the non-default configuration on the Disabled Issues List.
The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer indicates non-default configuration with the symbol of a pointer to a document (Figure 3).
Recent change
A recent change indicates a setting that has changed in the last 5 days. The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer can identify as recent changes only those settings that have a last modified time property. If the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer determines that a recent change setting is an error, a warning, or a non-default configuration, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer identifies the recent change with the appropriate error symbol, warning symbol, or non-default configuration symbol elsewhere in the report, in addition to identifying it as a recent change.
Recent changes appear in the following reports:
- Full Issues List
- Detailed View List
- Detailed View—Full Issues List
If you disable a recent change, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer displays the recent change on the Disabled Issues List.
The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer indicates a recent change with a symbol of a penciled change (Figure 4).
Baseline mismatch
A baseline mismatch indicates a setting whose value is different from the value of that setting on the baseline server. To view baseline mismatches, you must run a baseline scan. If the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer determines that a baseline mismatch is an error, a warning, or non-default configuration, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer identifies the baseline mismatch with the appropriate error symbol, warning symbol, or non-default configuration symbol, in addition to identifying it as a baseline mismatch.
Baseline mismatches appear in the following reports:
- Full Issues List
- Detailed View List
- Detailed View—Full Issues List
If you disable a baseline mismatch, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer displays the baseline mismatch on the Disabled Issues List.
The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer indicates a baseline mismatch with a symbol of a clipboard and check mark (Figure 5).
Best practice
A Best practice message indicates a setting that is not considered a best practice. Best practice messages are not warnings because they do not affect the overall stability of the Exchange Server organization. Best practice messages are recommended actions. If the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer determines that a best practice message is a non-default configuration or a recent change, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer identifies the best practice message with the appropriate non-default configuration symbol or recent change symbol elsewhere in the report, in addition to identifying it as a best practice message.
Best practice messages appear in the following reports:
- Full Issues List
- Detailed View List
- Detailed View—Full Issues List
If you disable a best practice message , the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer displays the best practice item in the Disabled Issues List.
The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer indicates a best practice message with a blue exclamation point symbol (Figure 6).
Information
An information message indicates information that the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer does not provide in the other five report types. For example, an information item can communicate the number of Exchange Server objects in the Active Directory® directory service.
Information messages appear in the following reports:
- Detailed View List
- Detailed View—Full Issues List
The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer indicates an information item with a lowercase letter "i" symbol (Figure 7).
