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Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Failover Cluster Powershell Goodies

MS Cluster Goodies

 

Tip: Check to make sure you have the latest hotifixes:

Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters

Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012 R2-based failover clusters

 

 

 

Check for hotfix by number: 

 

Get-HotFix -ID "KB2799904"

 

Load the Failover Clusters PowerShell Module:

import-module failoverclusters

 

Get some information about your cluster:

Get-cluster | fl *

 

Get status of your CSV / Cluster Shared Volumes

Get-ClusterSharedVolumeState

 

Get a cluster log from the last 30 minutes.  (Great way to find problems)

 get-clusterlog -timespan 30 -destination c:\cluslog

 

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Get Enterprise Vault cluster resources parameters.  (Useful if you have reinstalled EV and need to set the cluster resources back)

Get-ClusterResource –Name "evserver-01-EnterpriseVaultIndexingService" | Get-ClusterParameter

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Export an Exchange mailbox to a PST file via Exchange Management Console

There are times that you may be asked to export the contents of an Exchange mailbox to a pst.  Other times accounts may be being merged and you may need to export the contents of an account being merged and import the mails to the account which will be kept.

Before you begin, your account needs to have the Mailbox Import Export role and you need a folder to export to that the Exchange server has rights to.  I like to have a drive on an Exchange server itself to use for the exports.  Just make sure the Exchange servers have rights to that folder and you have a unc path - the ones that begin with backslash backslash.  (\\)

See here for how to Add the Mailbox Import Export Role to a Role Group

 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee633452(v=exchg.141).aspx

To initiate the export:

New-MailboxExportRequest –Mailbox alias -FilePath \\servername\PST_Export\alias_date_filename.pst

Where alais is the user's alias.

Check status of queued export

Get-MailboxExportRequest

To import a pst to a mailbox

New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox destinationalias -FilePath \\servername\PST_Export\alias_date_filename.pst -TargetRootFolder "SourceAlias Imported"