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Moving Mailboxes with a script - 14.Apr.2008 3:16:05 PM

datadog

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Has anyone created a script to call the move-mailbox command. I need to run these mailbox moves at night but without leaving the command window open.
I would like to run the moves via scheduled tasks. Anyone done something like this?

Thanks.

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RE: Moving Mailboxes with a script - 15.Apr.2008 4:17:34 PM

jveldh

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Datadog,

Here's a script what moves the mailboxes using a Powershell script

If you want to move mailboxes:
Get-Mailbox -Database "First Storage Group\DB01"|Move-Mailbox -TargetDatabase
"servername\first storage group\mailbox database"
or if you want to specify which mailboxes you move
Move-Mailbox domain\user -TargetDatabase
"First Storage Group\Mailbox Database"You can use a few extra parameters:
-SourceMailboxCleanupOptions DeleteSourceMailbox to cleanup
the source mailbox

-BadItemLimit 5 if more then 5 bad items are found in a mailbox
the move will not continue

Save the script as a ps1 file

Then create a schedule which runs a batch file with the following content:

Powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Bin\ExShell.psc1" -Command ". 'c:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts\NameofScript.ps1'"

And schedule to run at the time you want.

< Message edited by jveldh -- 15.Apr.2008 4:20:12 PM >

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RE: Moving Mailboxes with a script - 25.Jun.2008 11:46:25 AM

SteveJHU

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In Exchange 2003, multiple mailboxes could be moved simultaneously using the GUI. Has anyone figured out how to move multiple mailboxes simultaneously in 2007 (I remember moving four at a time in 2003)?
Thanks,
Steve

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RE: Moving Mailboxes with a script - 30.Jul.2008 2:53:12 AM

jveldh

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Steve.

The script will do it automaticly and allows up to 4 streams I thought.

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RE: Moving Mailboxes with a script - 31.Jul.2008 8:24:35 PM

TXB2

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Steve,
You can still do it in the GUI in 2007. Highlight multiple mailboxes, right button, move mailboxes. It's 4 at time by default but I seem to remember that it is configurable..

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