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. We will also take a look at how the automatic mailbox distribution works.

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\Database\DB4.edb `
   -LogFolderPath E:\Databases\DB4\Logs `
   -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. Finally, you can remove a mailbox database using the Remove-MailboxDatabase cmdlet...