Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Managing Content Databases and Site Collections

The built-in cmdlets enable you to manage content databases. If a SharePoint farm is not adequately planned, one of your content databases might grow too large. In such scenarios, you can rely on PowerShell to fix the problem. Type the following command to create a new database:

The preceding command will create a new content database for the portal web application. All the other database settings (for example, database server, warning site count, and maximum site count) can be changed at a later stage with the Set-SPContentDatabase cmdlet.

The following example demonstrates how warning and maximum ...