Thursday, February 16, 2012
Exchange 2010 enable mailbox for multiple distribution groups
You can generate mailboxes for multiple distribution groups at the same time, the group names will be read from a text file. To do this:
Open Exchange Management Shell with Administrator rights, then:
Get-Content <OU_LIST_FILE> | Foreach-Object {Enable-DistributionGroup -Identity "$_" -Alias "$_" -DisplayName "$_" -PrimarySMTPAddress "$_@<FQDN_NAME>"}
Example:
Get-Content C:\oulist.txt | Foreach-Object {Enable-DistributionGroup -Identity "$_" -Alias "$_" -DisplayName "$_" -PrimarySMTPAddress "$_@ibs-t.hu"}
-> This will read OU names from the file 'C:\oulist.txt' and create the distribution groups defined in the file, in the domain 'ibs-t.hu'.
It's a simple text file, with the OU names under each other:
---BEGIN FILE---
grpGazd2006
grpGazd2007
---END OF FILE---
Output sample:
Name DisplayName GroupType PrimarySmtpAddress
---- ----------- --------- ------------------
grpGazd2006 grpGazd2006 Universal, SecurityEnabled grpGazd2006@ibs-t.hu
grpGazd2007 grpGazd2007 Universal, SecurityEnabled grpGazd2007@ibs-t.hu
Exchange 2010 enable mailbox for distribution group
Here's how to generate mailbox for a distribution group:
Open Exchange Management Shell with Administrator rights, then:
Enable-DistributionGroup -Identity "<GROUP_NAME>" -Alias "<GROUP_NAME>" -DisplayName "<CAN BE CUSTOM>" -PrimarySMTPAddress "<DESIRED E-MAIL ADDRESS>"
Example:
Enable-DistributionGroup -Identity "grpBattm2007" -Alias "grpBattm2007" -DisplayName "Battm2007" -PrimarySMTPAddress "grpBattm2007@ibs-t.hu"
-> This will create a distribution group named grpBattm2007 from a group named grpBattm2007, and set the display name of the group to Battm2007, with e-mail address of grpBattm2007@ibs-t.hu
The DisplayName parameter can be omitted, in this case the display name will be the same as the group name.
Output sample:
Name DisplayName GroupType PrimarySmtpAddress
---- ----------- --------- ------------------
grpBattm2007 Battm2007 Universal, SecurityEnabled grpBattm2007@ibs-t.hu
Exchange 2010 enable mailbox for users in an OU
Use this command to generate mailboxes for all user accounts in a specified organizational unit:
Open Exchange Management Shell with Administrator rights, then:
Get-User -OrganizationalUnit <OU_NAME> | where-object {$_.RecipientType -eq "User"} | Enable-Mailbox -Database "<DATABASE_NAME>" | get-mailbox | select name,windowsemailaddress,database
Example:
Get-User -OrganizationalUnit Baibr2010 | where-object {$_.RecipientType -eq "User"} | Enable-Mailbox -Database "Student Mailbox Store" | get-mailbox | select name,windowsemailaddress,database
-> This will create mailboxes for all users in an OU named Baibr2010, and in the mailbox database Student Mailbox Store and domain ibs-t.hu
Output sample:
Name WindowsEmailAddress Database
---- ------------------- --------
Stiller David DSTILLER@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Bayarsaikhan Oyunjargal OBAYARSAIKH@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Puiu Roman RPUIU@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Lajos Adrian ALAJOS@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Raab Renata Rozsa RRAAB@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Lang Lorand LOLANG@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Lazar Zsolt ZSLAZAR@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Li Cong CLI@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Tran Ba Duy Phuong BTRAN@ibs-t.hu Student Mailbox Store
Exchange 2010 move System Mailboxes to new database and remove the default mailbox database
After you’ve installed a new Exchange 2010 environment and you try to delete the first automatically created mailbox database, you’ll receive an error message, saying it still contains mailboxes.
You cannot remove the database, because there are still some hidden, system mailboxes in it, although it looks empty.
You will need to move these system mailboxes to a new database before this default database can be deleted.
Here are the steps to follow:
Open Exchange Management Shell with Administrator rights, then:
1. List the arbitration (system) mailboxes in the database you want to remove (the wrap parameter must be also specified, otherwise the full GUID name won't be displayed!):
Get-Mailbox -Database "<DEFAULT_DATABASE_NAME>" -Arbitration | ft -wrap -auto
Example:
Get-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database 0019304662" -Arbitration | ft -wrap -auto
Output sample (sorry it looks disorted in the blog):
Name Alias ServerName Proh
ibit
Send
Quot
a
---- ----- ---------- ----
SystemMailbox{1f05a927-6cae-4b43-9e78-20b3905e51b9} SystemMailbox{1f05a927-6cae-4b43-9e78-20b3905e51b9} mars unli
mite
d
SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9} SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9} mars unli
mite
d
FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 mars 1 MB
(1,
048,
576
byte
s)
2. Move each system mailboxes to the new database, copy and paste their identity name from the previous command:
New-MoveRequest -Identity "<SYSTEM_MAILBOX_NAME>" -TargetDatabase "<TARGET_DATABASE_NAME>"
Example:
New-MoveRequest -Identity "SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9}" -TargetDatabase "Employee Mailbox Store"
Output sample (sorry it looks disorted in the blog):
DisplayName Status TotalMailboxSize TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete
----------- ------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------
Microsoft Exchange Queued 80.16 KB (82,081 bytes) 0
-> In this example, our target mailbox database is called 'Employee Mailbox Store'
3. Don't remove the default (in our case 'Mailbox Database 0019304662') mailbox database yet, first remove the move requests for these mailboxes from the Management Console.
If you forget this step, you will have to manually remove these corrupted move requests from the Management Shell, otherwise no move requests can be displayed in the Management Console.
Use this command to remove requests from the Management Console:
Remove-MoveRequest -Identity "<SYSTEM_MAILBOX_NAME>"
Example:
Remove-MoveRequest -Identity "SystemMailbox{1f05a927-6cae-4b43-9e78-20b3905e51b9}"
Output sample:
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Move request 'Microsoft Exchange Approval Assistant' is corrupted or not recognized: Source database for the move
doesn't match. Active Directory value: '(null)'. Move request value: 'Mailbox Database 0019304662'.. Are you sure you
want to remove it?
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
-> Copy and paste the Identity name for the system mailboxes, repeat for each
After the move requests are removed, you can now delete the default mailbox database itself.
It will still leave the .EDB file in the Exchange directory, you will need to remove it manually.
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