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Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook
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Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell Cookbook

by Mike Pfeiffer
July 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
11h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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Reporting on database backup status

Using the Exchange Management Shell, we can write scripts that will check on the last full backup time for a database that can be used for monitoring and reporting. In this recipe, you will learn how to check the last backup time for each database and use this information to generate statistics and find databases that are not being backed up on a regular basis.

How to do it...

To check the last full backup time for a database, use the Get-MailboxDatabase cmdlet, as shown:

Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity DB1 -Status | fl Name,LastFullBackup

How it works...

When you run the Get-MailboxDatabase cmdlet, you must remember to use the -Status switch parameter or else the LastFullBackup property will be $null. In the previous ...

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