July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
11h 54m
English
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.
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
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 ...