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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | [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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | [PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.Status -Like "InProgress"} | Get-MoveRequestStatistics DisplayName StatusDetail TotalMailboxSize TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete ----------- ------------ ---------------- ---------------- --------------- Winster George CopyingMessages 5.063 KB (5,184 bytes) 21 Tiffany Barton CopyingMessages 2.423 MB (2,540,313 bytes) 39 Welling Sam CopyingMessages 302.3 KB (309,603 bytes) 31 |
Filter the move request status on completed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 | [PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object {$_.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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | [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.
1 2 3 4 5 | [PS] C:\>Get-MoveRequest -Identity "Winster George" | Get-MoveRequestStatistics DisplayName StatusDetail TotalMailboxSize TotalArchiveSize PercentComplete ----------- ------------ ---------------- ---------------- --------------- Winster George CopyingMessages 5.063 KB (5,184 bytes) 24 |
1 2 3 4 5 | [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 a 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 Create user mailbox in Exchange 2016. Don’t forget to follow us and share this article.
