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

You can mount the database after it has been created using theMount-Database cmdlet:

Mount-Database -Identity DB4 

2. The name of a database can be changed using the Set-MailboxDatabase cmdlet:

Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity DB4 -Name Database4

3. And, finally, you can remove a mailbox database using theRemove-MailboxDatabase cmdlet:

Remove...