In Chapter 11, we saw how to use the Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus cmdlet to check the health and status information for one or more database copies across the environment. In Exchange 2016, a new cmdlet named Get-MailboxDatabaseRedundancy is available, which lets us view redundancy information about mailbox databases. In this recipe, you will learn how to use this cmdlet.
Checking database redundancy
How to do it...
- To check the redundancy information regarding a particular database, you can use the following cmdlet:
Get-MailboxDatabaseRedundancy DB01 | FL
- Alternatively, you can get the same information for all databases that are part of a DAG:
Get-MailboxDatabaseRedundancy -DatabaseAvailabilityGroup DAG1 ...