The Exchange Management Shell provides a set of cmdlets for both mailbox and public folder database management. In this recipe, we will take a look at how you can use these cmdlets to create, change, or delete mailbox and public folder databases.
The process for managing mailbox and public folder databases is nearly identical: you just need to use the appropriate cmdlet for the job. Let's start off with mailbox databases:
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
You can mount the database after it has been created using the
Mount-Database
cmdlet:Mount-Database -Identity DB4
The name of a database can be changed using the
Set-MailboxDatabase
cmdlet:Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity DB4 -Name Database4
And, finally, you can remove a mailbox database using the...