Comments on: Moving an Exchange Server 2016 Mailbox Database

By: Craig M.

Craig M. — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:37:06 +0000

Paul,
I have been trying to move a DB file from my C drive, but I continue to get the following message: “This operation cannot be performed on a remote server. Please use the -ConfigurationOnly option and then manually move the files. When I run the first command, I see DB’s on different Exchange servers, maybe because its part of a DAG? This is a 2019 Exchange server, on Windows 2019. Any assistance would be appreciateddddd.

By: Hardik Kalal

Hardik Kalal — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:58:55 +0000

In reply to

Paul Cunningham

. Hello Paul, I have two exchange server running with their respective domain (separate domain) i want to merge all this mailboxes in to one exchange server. i will later add that domain into accepted domain in exchange server. How can i migrate or move this mailboxes ? can you please advise

By: Chimwemwe Mtonga

Chimwemwe Mtonga — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:45:41 +0000

Please assist i am trying to move my mailbox database to a different location. i have manage to dismount the DB but when i run the comment i got the error below.

ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=Mail,RequestId=d90e0aa2-4f0f-4090-be0a-dee58280c431,TimeStamp=12/2/2020 10:35:
53 AM] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-ArgumentException] CABB1FC5,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.
MoveDatabasePath
+ PSComputerName :

By: CoolBreeze

CoolBreeze — Mon, 04 May 2020 12:49:48 +0000

Great, simple instructions. Thanks

I created the destination folder already and moved the database and logs ok.

I find I now have access to browse and modify the database and logs folders whereas by default the Mailbox folder is owned by System and logged on users don’t normally have access to it.

Is it ok to change the folder permissions to allow only System access?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 18:38:45 +0000

Tried this command, and got the error,

Failed to connect to target server “ExchangeServer”. Error: WMI exception

Apparently, there are too many log files to move the database and log files. So the number of log files is filling up the disk, but the number of log files prevents you from moving them to a larger drive, a lose, lose situation.

By: Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:27:49 +0000

Paul,
Thank you for the great information. I know this doesn’t apply to db’s in a DAG environment. I am in a DAG environment which is new to my skill set. My question isn’t about the db’s. I just want to move the log files. They are currently on the same drive as the db’s. I want them on their own drive. Will your process work in that scenario? Basically dismount the db and run the following:

[PS] C:\>Move-DatabasePath DB01 -LogFolderPath L:\Logs\DB01

Thank you for your help!

By: Gazi Asif Mohammed Islam

Gazi Asif Mohammed Islam — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 05:26:07 +0000

Dear Paul Cunningham,

i am going to deploy exchange server 2016 in production area. Before doing that, I have some quires regarding implementation,

1. How many users mailboxes are able to archive in exchange server 2016 ? What is the standard?
2. What band we should follow for archiving ?
3. What are the standard retention period of mail in exchange server 2016?

By: Myagi

Myagi — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:12:45 +0000

Paul,

I have 2 Exchange servers and I am trying to relocate the database on the second server to a new folder. When I run the commands above I get an error message stating the database is not found on the first server.

What additional parameters do I need to add to Set_MailboxDatabase to be able to relocate the the DB on the second server?

By: Fred Brown

Fred Brown — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 04:39:20 +0000

In reply to Joel Fdez. Hi Joel, You may already have an answer to this but the technique I've used is to stop and Microsoft Exchange Search service, delete the folder in its old location and the restart the service

By: Paul Cunningham

Paul Cunningham — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 22:14:15 +0000

In reply to Marius.

Yes you can move them independently.

No the users won’t need new Outlook profiles.

The index should move with the database.

Consider creating a new database in the correct paths and moving the mailboxes instead. Moving a database involves downtime. Moving mailboxes is nearly zero downtime.