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

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-23

After you create a mailbox export request, the request could possibly fail (for example, if the bad item limit is exceeded). If the request fails, you can edit the properties of the mailbox export request to increase the bad item limit. After the mailbox export request is initiated, you can edit the settings until it reaches a status of Completed.

Note:
You can't use the Exchange Management Console (EMC) to change the properties of an export 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 change the bad item limit of a single mailbox export 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 changes the mailbox export request Ayla\MailboxExport to accept up to 10 corrupted mailbox items.

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Set-MailboxExportRequest -Identity "Ayla\MailboxExport" -BadItemLimit 10

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-MailboxExportRequest.

Use the Shell to change the properties of multiple mailbox export 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 finds all mailbox export requests that have a status of Failed, changes the bad item limit to accept up to five corrupted mailbox items, and then gives the requests a batch name of BadItemLimitTo5.

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Get-MailboxExportRequest -Status Failed | Set-MailboxExportRequest -BadItemLimit 5 -BatchName BadItemLimitTo5

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Get-MailboxExportRequest and Set-MailboxExportRequest.