Check move request status Exchange

We are moving mailboxes to another database in Exchange Server. It’s good to keep an eye and check the move request status in Exchange 2010/2013/2016/2019. What if you have a lot of mailbox moves going on and you only want to check the completed or the failed ones? That’s when we will filter the mailbox move request status. In this article, you will learn how to check move request status in Exchange with PowerShell.

Check mailbox move request status

Run Exchange Management Shell as administrator. We are going to make use of the Get-MoveRequest cmdlet. This will show a list of all the move request.

[PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -ResultSize Unlimited | Get-MoveRequestStatistics
 
DisplayName    StatusDetail    TotalMailboxSize               TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete
-----------    ------------    ----------------               ---------------- ---------------
Winster George CopyingMessages 5.063 KB (5,184 bytes)                          21
Tiffany Barton CopyingMessages 2.423 MB (2,540,313 bytes)                      39
Welling Sam    CopyingMessages 302.3 KB (309,603 bytes)                        31
Aston Pamela   Suspended       4.377 MB (4,589,389 bytes)                      24
Brist Walt     Completed       231.6 MB (242,877,775 bytes)                    100
Troy Brian     Completed       3.148 GB (3,379,905,224 bytes)                  100

Mailbox move request status detail filter

The MoveStatus parameter returns move requests in the specified status. The following values can be seen in the status detail, depending on your mailbox move. We can use the values to filter the output:

• AutoSuspended
• Completed
• CompletedWithWarning
• CompletionInProgress
• Failed
• InProgress
• Queued
• Retrying
• Suspended

Let’s filter status on copying messages.

[PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.Status -like "InProgress"} | Get-MoveRequestStatistics


DisplayName    StatusDetail    TotalMailboxSize           TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete
-----------    ------------    ----------------           ---------------- ---------------
Winster George CopyingMessages 5.063 KB (5,184 bytes)                      21
Tiffany Barton CopyingMessages 2.423 MB (2,540,313 bytes)                  39
Welling Sam    CopyingMessages 302.3 KB (309,603 bytes)                    31

Filter the move request status on completed.

[PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.Status -like "Completed"} | Get-MoveRequestStatistics

DisplayName StatusDetail TotalMailboxSize        TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete
----------- ------------ ----------------        ---------------- ---------------
Brist Walt  Completed    55.11 KB (56,435 bytes)                  100
Troy Brian  Completed    53.75 KB (55,039 bytes)                  100

As of last, we want to filter the move request status other than completed. Change the comparison operator from -like to -notlike.

[PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.Status -notlike "Completed"} | Get-MoveRequestStatistics

DisplayName    StatusDetail    TotalMailboxSize               TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete
-----------    ------------    ----------------               ---------------- ---------------
Winster George CopyingMessages 5.063 KB (5,184 bytes)                          21
Tiffany Barton CopyingMessages 2.423 MB (2,540,313 bytes)                      39
Welling Sam    CopyingMessages 302.3 KB (309,603 bytes)                        31
Aston Pamela   Suspended       4.377 MB (4,589,389 bytes)                      24

What if we only want to check a single mailbox move status?

Check mailbox move request of a single mailbox

We are going to use the Identity parameter following the display name or the email address of the user. The output will be the same.

[PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -Identity "Winster George" | Get-MoveRequestStatistics

DisplayName    StatusDetail    TotalMailboxSize        TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete
-----------    ------------    ----------------        ---------------- ---------------
Winster George CopyingMessages 5.063 KB (5,184 bytes)                   24

[PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -Identity "george.winster@exoip.com" | Get-MoveRequestStatistics

DisplayName    StatusDetail    TotalMailboxSize        TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete
-----------    ------------    ----------------        ---------------- ---------------
Winster George CopyingMessages 5.063 KB (5,184 bytes)                   24

I recommend using PowerShell when you are going to check move request status in Exchange 2010/2013/2016/2019.

Now that we have this covered, you may like to read more articles regarding mailboxes move:

• Move mailbox to another database with PowerShell
• Move Exchange mailbox FailedOther stops at 95%
• Pause single mailbox move request in Exchange
• Pause all mailbox move request in Exchange
• Remove completed move requests Exchange
• SuspendWhenReadyToComplete Exchange

Conclusion

In this article, you learned how to check move request status in Exchange with PowerShell. Filter the move request on status for a better view. I hope that this article was informative and that you enjoyed reading. You may also like Remove move request fails in Exchange Server. Don’t forget to follow us and share this article.