Applies to: Exchange Server 2013

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-12

Use the Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup cmdlet to mark a member of a database availability group (DAG) as failed, or to mark all DAG members in a specific Active Directory site as failed.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Syntax.

Syntax

Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -Identity <DatabaseAvailabilityGroupIdParameter> -MailboxServer <MailboxServerIdParameter> [-ConfigurationOnly <SwitchParameter>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>
Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -ActiveDirectorySite <AdSiteIdParameter> -Identity <DatabaseAvailabilityGroupIdParameter> [-ConfigurationOnly <SwitchParameter>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>
COMMON PARAMETERS: [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example stops the Mailbox server MBX2 in the DAG DAG1.

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Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -Identity DAG1 -MailboxServer MBX2

EXAMPLE 2

This example stops all members in the DAG DAG1 in the Active Directory site Redmond.

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Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -Identity DAG1 -ActiveDirectorySite Redmond

EXAMPLE 3

This example stops the Mailbox server MBX3, which is currently offline, in the DAG DAG2.

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Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup -Identity DAG2 -MailboxServer MBX3 -ConfigurationOnly

Detailed Description

The Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup cmdlet is used during a datacenter switchover. This cmdlet is used to mark one or members of the DAG as failed (also known as stopped).The Stop-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup cmdlet can be run against a DAG only when the DAG is configured with a DatacenterActivationMode value of DagOnly.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Database availability groups" entry in the High Availability and Site Resilience Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

ActiveDirectorySite

Required

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.AdSiteIdParameter

The ActiveDirectorySite parameter specifies the Active Directory site containing the DAG members to stop (for example, stop all DAG members in a particular Active Directory site).

Identity

Required

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.DatabaseAvailabilityGroupIdParameter

The Identity parameter specifies the name of the DAG being stopped.

MailboxServer

Required

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxServerIdParameter

The MailboxServer parameter specifies a single DAG member to stop. If Datacenter Activation Coordination mode is enabled for the DAG and all DAG members are in the same Active Directory site, use the MailboxServer parameter to stop individual DAG members instead of the ActiveDirectorySite parameter when stopping failed DAG members.

ConfigurationOnly

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

The ConfigurationOnly parameter updates the Active Directory properties with the stop action, but doesn't perform a stop of the DAG or any members. This parameter must be used when the DAG member servers are offline, but Active Directory is up and accessible in the primary datacenter.

Confirm

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

The Confirm switch causes the command to pause processing and requires you to acknowledge what the command will do before processing continues. You don't have to specify a value with the Confirm switch.

DomainController

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that writes this configuration change to Active Directory.

WhatIf

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

The WhatIf switch instructs the command to simulate the actions that it would take on the object. By using the WhatIf switch, you can view what changes would occur without having to apply any of those changes. You don't have to specify a value with the WhatIf switch.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.