Managing the mailbox databases

The Exchange Management Shell provides a set of cmdlets for mailbox database management. In this recipe, we will take a look at how you can use these cmdlets to create, change, or delete mailbox databases.

How to do it...

The process for managing mailbox databases is pretty straightforward. We'll start with creating a new mailbox database:

1. To create a mailbox database, use the New-MailboxDatabase cmdlet, as shown in the following example:

   New-MailboxDatabase -Name DB4 `
   -EdbFilePath E:\Databases\DB4\DB4.edb `
   -LogFolderPath E:\Databases\DB4 `
   -Server EX01
   

2. You can mount the database after it has been created using the Mount-Database cmdlet:

   Mount-Database -Identity DB4
   

3. The name of a database can be changed using the Set-MailboxDatabase cmdlet:

   Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity DB4 -Name Database4
   

4. And, finally, you can remove a mailbox database using the Remove-MailboxDatabase cmdlet:

   Remove-MailboxDatabase -Identity Database4 `
   -Confirm:$false
   

How it works...

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