Exchange Database Part II : Operations

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Table of Contents

introduction

we have seen in previous article  HERE how to create ISCSI target  and ISCSI initiator and how to move Exchange Database to local storage . 

 

in this article we will see some exchange Database Operation Like : 

  • create another DB in ISCSI Storage 
  • move client Mailbox from storage to another 

Create Exchange DB

let us to create another Database beside  of default exchange DB 

now to the default exchange DB location is local HDD storage E:\ 

we will create another DB but in remote storage  F:\ 

open exchange Control Panel > Serve > Database > press Add
set DB name > select server [ currently only one server ] > set Database Path at F:\ which is remote ISCSI storage
don't forget to restart service [ exchange information store ]
restart service [ exchange information store ]
NOW we have two DB : one in local HDD E:\ , and the other in remote ISCSI storage F:\
we can check DB folder also

move mailbox to another DB with ECP

in previous section we have created two DB , 

Now let’s move user mailbox from DB to another 

open ECP https://Mail105/ecp > server > Mailbox
we need to show column of which database that user belong
select Database column
column database added to view and as we see that all mailboxes belong to default DB
select one mailbox or more > press move database
insert batch name [any name] > select database > in buttom select how many bad items in mailbox could be accepted
monitor batch process
beside of two mailboxes above , we have also added another mailbox > so total 3 up to now
thre mailboxes has been moved to second_DB

move mailbox to another DB with Power-shell

we can also move mailbox from DB to another by using Exchange PS [ Power Shell ] 

New-MoveRequest -Identity Ali@pioneers.lab -TargetDatabase second_DB -BadItemLimit 100

 

forth mailbox has been moved by PS
Get-Mailbox | ft name,database > 4 mailbox moved to second_DB : 3 by ECP and one by PS
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