When dealing with servers and database copies in a DAG, you need to keep a close eye on your database status, including replication health, as well as operational events, such as database mounts, moves, and failovers. In this recipe, you'll learn how to use the Exchange Management Shell, along with some built-in PowerShell scripts to proactively monitor your servers and databases configured for high availability.
To view the status information about databases that have been configured with database copies, use the Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus cmdlet:
Get-MailboxDatabase | Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus | select Name,Status,ContentIndexState
In this example, we're viewing all the database copies to determine the health and status of the databases. The output of the previous command will look similar to the following screenshot:
In the preceding screenshot, you can see which server is currently hosting active mailbox databases...