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Exchange 2007 CCR useful commands

Move Clustered mailbox server to another server

Move-ClusteredMailboxServer -Identity:<CMSName> -TargetMachine:<PassiveNodeName> -MoveComment:<Comment>

View Storage group configuration

Get-StorageGroup -Server mbx01 | fl

View the database configuration

Get-PublicFolderDatabase -Identity “mbx01\SG2\Public Folder Store” | Fl

View the status of all storage groups

Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus -Server:<Server>

Or to view the status of a particular storage group

Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus -Identity:<Server\StorageGroupName>

How to view the status of a clustered mailbox server

Get-ClusteredMailboxServerStatus -Identity:<Name>

How to verify the copy of the database

Suspend replication on your passive node

Suspend-StorageGroupCopy -Identity <Server\StorageGroup> -SuspendComment <Comment>

From you %windows%\system32 directory create a shadow  copy

Vssadmin create shadow /for=<Volume>

Run this command wherever your ESEUTIL is located to verify the database(default location:%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin)

Eseutil /k /p20 <Path for VSS Shadow Copy of database>

If ESEUTIL reports non corrupt datbase delete the shadow

Vssadmin delete shadows /For=<Volume>

Moving database location in CCR environment

Suspend replication

Suspend-StorageGroupCopy -Identity <Server\StorageGroupName>

Dismount database

Dismount-Database -Identity <Server\StorageGroupName\DatabaseName>

Move the database in the configuration only

Move-DatabasePath -Identity <Server\StorageGroupName\DatabaseName> -EdbFilePath <NewPath> -ConfigurationOnly

Move the files to the new location on this disks

Mount-database

Resume replication

Resume-StorageGroupCopy -Identity <Server\StorageGroupName>

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