Suspend a Mailbox Import Request

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23

You can suspend a mailbox import request any time after the request is created, but before the request reaches the status of Completed. You can resume the request by using the Resume-MailboxImportRequest cmdlet.

Note:
You can't use the Exchange Management Console (EMC) to suspend an import request. You must use the Shell.

Looking for other management tasks related to mailbox import or export requests? Check out Managing Mailbox Import and Export Requests.

Use the Shell to suspend a mailbox import request

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Import Export" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example suspends the mailbox import request Ayla\MailboxImport.

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Suspend-MailboxImportRequest -Identity "Ayla\MailboxImport"

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Suspend-MailboxImportRequest.

Use the Shell to suspend multiple mailbox import requests

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Import Export" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

This example suspends all mailbox import requests in progress by using the Get-MailboxImportRequest cmdlet to retrieve all requests that have a status of InProgress, and then pipelines the output to the Suspend-MailboxImportRequest cmdlet with the suspend comment "Resume after 10 P.M."

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Get-MailboxImportRequest -Status InProgress \| Suspend-MailboxImportRequest -SuspendComment "Resume after 10 P.M."

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Get-MailboxImportRequest and Suspend-MailboxImportRequest.

Other Tasks

After you suspend the mailbox import request, you may also want to resume it. For detailed steps, see Resume a Mailbox Import Request.