Topic Last Modified: 2010-10-01

Enables you to specify a new database location for one or more Archiving Servers.

Syntax

Set-CsArchivingServer [-Identity <XdsGlobalRelativeIdentity>] [-ArchivingDatabase <String>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

Identity

Required

Xds Identity

Service location of the Archiving Server instance to be modified. For example: -Identity ArchivingServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com. You can retrieve the service location for all your Archiving servers by running this command:

Get-CsService –ArchivingServer | Select-Object Identity

Note that you can leave off the prefix "ArchivingServer:" when specifying an Archiving server. For example: -Identity "atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com".

ArchivingDatabase

Optional

String

Service location where the new Archiving database is located. For example: -ArchivingDatabase ArchivingDatabase:atl-sql-001.litwareinc.com. Make sure you use the service location and not the SQL Server path when specifying the database location.

Force

Optional

Switch Parameter

Suppresses the display of any non-fatal error message that might occur when running the command.

WhatIf

Optional

Switch Parameter

Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.

Confirm

Optional

Switch Parameter

Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.

Detailed Description

Archiving Servers provide a way for you to save complete transcripts of the instant messaging (IM) sessions that take place in your organization. In some organizations, it can be useful to have copies of these IM sessions. In other organizations, where records must be kept of all electronic communications, it can be mandatory to have copies of these IM sessions.

Archiving Server records the transcript of each IM session (as well as information about when the session took place, and who participated in the session) in a SQL Server database. The location of this database must be specified when you install Archiving Server; in most cases, you will not need to change the location of that database. However, if a hardware failure or other problem should occur, you can point Archiving Server to a new database by using the Set-CsArchivingServer cmdlet.

Who can run this cmdlet: By default, members of the following groups are authorized to run the Set-CsArchivingServer cmdlet locally: RTCUniversalServerAdmins. To return a list of all the role-based access control (RBAC) roles this cmdlet has been assigned to (including any custom RBAC roles you have created yourself), run the following command from the Windows PowerShell prompt:

Get-CsAdminRole | Where-Object {$_.Cmdlets –match "Set-CsArchivingServer"}

Input Types

None. Set-CsArchivingServer does not accept pipelined input.

Return Types

Set-CsArchivingServer does not return any objects or values. Instead, the cmdlet modifies instances of the Microsoft.Rtc.Management.Xds.DisplayArchivingServer object.

Example

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Set-CsArchivingServer -Identity "ArchivingServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com" -ArchivingDatabase "ArchivingDatabase:atl-sql-001.litwareinc.com"

The preceding command changes the location of the Archiving database for the ArchivingServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com Archiving Server . In this example, the new database is located at ArchivingDatabase:atl-sql-001.litwareinc.com.

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