A reader asks whether it is possible to run a PowerShell command to list the active database copies in a database availability group, and show the mailbox server that they are active on.
He’s already discovered the Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus cmdlet, but the default output does not include the specific information he wants to see.
[PS] C:\>Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * | ft -auto Name Status CopyQueueLength ReplayQueueLength LastInspectedLogTime ContentIndexState ---- ------ --------------- ----------------- -------------------- ----------------- DB01\EX2013SRV1 Mounted 0 0 Healthy DB02\EX2013SRV1 Healthy 0 0 15/10/2014 10:31:16 AM Healthy DB03\EX2013SRV1 Mounted 0 0 Healthy DB04\EX2013SRV1 Mounted 0 0 Healthy DB02\EX2013SRV2 Mounted 0 0 Healthy DB01\EX2013SRV2 Healthy 0 0 15/10/2014 10:25:33 AM Healthy DB03\EX2013SRV2 Healthy 0 0 15/10/2014 10:25:30 AM Healthy DB04\EX2013SRV2 Healthy 0 0 15/10/2014 10:27:34 AM Healthy
The information he is looking for can be retrieved using Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus, we just need to use Select-Object to return different attributes than the default output displays.
Let’s say you wanted to see:
- Active mailbox database copies only, and their status for good measure
- The mailbox server they are active on (even though this is already in the name of the DB copy we’ll grab it separately as well)
- The activation preference of that database copy
- The content index state
To see all of that we can run this command:
[PS] C:\>Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * -Active | Select Name,Status,MailboxServer,ActivationPreference,ContentIndexState Name Status MailboxServer ActivationPreference ContentIndexState ---- ------ ------------- -------------------- ----------------- DB01\EX2013SRV1 Mounted EX2013SRV1 1 Healthy DB03\EX2013SRV1 Mounted EX2013SRV1 1 Healthy DB04\EX2013SRV1 Mounted EX2013SRV1 1 Healthy DB02\EX2013SRV2 Mounted EX2013SRV2 1 Healthy
If you’re curious about other attributes that can also be viewed simply use Get-Member to list them all.
[PS] C:\>Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus | Get-Member
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