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+check_mk-exch-mbox
+==================
+
+Check_mk check for individual exchange mailbox sizes.
+
+title: Check for users Exchange Mailbox size
+agents: windows
+catalog: os/windows
+license: GPL
+distribution:
+description:
+ This check checks for individual exchange mailbox sizes.
+ You need to install the plugin {SPH-Exchange-MailboxSize.ps1}
+ into the {plugins} directory of your windows agent.
+ This check was tested with Exchange 2010 and must have PowerShell
+ installed.
+
+ The check gets critical if there mailbox is over 2000 MB and warning
+ if over 1500MB. Both are definable in Wato under "Parameters for
+ Inventorized Checks", "Applications, Processes & Services".
+
+inventory:
+ One service will be created for each user mailbox where the
+ {SPH-Exchange-MailboxSize.ps1} plugin produces a non-empty output.
+
+perfdata:
+ One variable: {size}: the current size of the mailbox in MB.
+
+Quick HOWTO 
+tbd ..