Applies to: Exchange Server 2013
Topic Last Modified: 2012-11-02
You may need to suspend or resume a database copy for a variety of reasons, such as maintenance on the disk that contains a database copy, or suspend an individual database copy from activation for disaster recovery purposes.
Looking for other management tasks related to mailbox database copies? Check out Managing Mailbox Database Copies.
What do you need to know before you begin?
- Estimated time to complete this task: 1 minute
- You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this
procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the
"Mailbox database copies" entry in the High Availability and
Site Resilience Permissions topic.
- For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the
procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in
the Exchange Admin Center.
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What do you want to do?
Use the EAC to suspend a mailbox database copy
- In the EAC, go to Servers > Databases.
- Select the database whose copy you want to suspend.
- In the Details pane, under Database Copies, click
Suspend under the database copy you want to suspend.
- In the Comments field, add an optional comment of up to
512 characters specifying the reason for the suspension.
- To suspend the database copy from automatic activation, select
the This copy can only be activated by manual intervention
check box.
- Click save to suspend the database copy.
Use the EAC to resume a mailbox database copy
- In the EAC, go to Servers > Databases.
- Select the database whose copy you want to resume.
- In the Details pane, under Database Copies, click
Resume under the database copy you want to resume.
- Click yes to resume the database copy.
Use the Shell to suspend a mailbox database copy
This example suspends continuous replication for a copy of the database DB1 hosted on the server MBX1. An optional comment has also been specified.
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Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy -Identity DB1\MBX1 -SuspendComment "Maintenance on MBX1" -Confirm:$False |
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This example suspends activation for a copy of the database DB2 hosted on the server MBX2.
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Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy -Identity DB2\MBX2 -ActivationOnly -Confirm:$False |
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Use the Shell to resume a mailbox database copy
This example resumes a copy of the database DB1 on the server MBX1.
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Resume-MailboxDatabaseCopy -Identity DB1\MBX1 |
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This example resumes a copy of the database DB2 on the server MBX2 for replication only.
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Resume-MailboxDatabaseCopy -Identity DB2\MBX2 -ReplicationOnly |
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How do you know this worked?
To verify that you have successfully suspended or resumed a mailbox database copy, do one of the following:
- In the EAC, navigate to Servers > Databases.
Select the appropriate database, and in the Details pane, click
View details to view the database copy properties.
- In the Shell, run the following command to display status
information for a database copy.
Copy CodeGet-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus <DatabaseCopyName> | Format-List