For instance, it could be used to remove messages with specific subjects and data ranges from mailbox stores. With and between each Exchange Server version all the way up to Exchange Server 2003, the ExMerge.exe tool was improved significantly. By the way weren’t those brick-level backup times just fantastic? I remember that some people even used the tool as a mailbox-level backup solution instead of a real brick level backup solution that by the time were delivered by the major 3rd party backup vendors on the market. So it was a great tool both for disaster recovery and migrations.įigure 1: Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge Program (Exmerge.exe) tool
One of the most popular tools on the Resource Kit media was without doubt the Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge Program (Exmerge.exe) tool, which could be used to extract data from mailboxes on one Exchange 4.0 server and merge it into the same mailboxes on another Exchange 4.0 server or simply extract the data to PST files that was needed for other purposes. Back then, Exchange 4.0 RTM’d and quickly thereafter the Exchange 4.0 Resource Kit (second edition) was made available.
#New mailboximportrequest exchange 2010 series#
New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox IT -FilePath filesharePSTITarchive.If you would like to read the next part in this article series please go to A look at the Import/Export Mailbox improvements in Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 (Part 2).īefore we make it to the Exchange 2010 SP1 improvements, I want to first take a step back in time, more specifically, back to 1996. a specific folder within the mailbox, use this command instead: If you want to import the content of the PST file into e.g. New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox IT -FilePath filesharePSTITarchive.pst Run the following cmdlet to Import the PST file (containing the Online Archive) into the IT mailbox and to the original location of the content: The mailbox used in the example below is still “IT”. Import the exported PST file into the mailbox
#New mailboximportrequest exchange 2010 archive#
It is important to remember the parameter “-IsArchvie” which states that it is the online archive of the IT mailbox that gets exported.Ĭheck status of the Export using the cmdlet: New-Mailbo圎xportRequest –Mailbox IT -IsArchive -FilePath filesharePSTITarchive.pst Run the following cmdlet to Export the Online Archive of the mailbox IT to a PST file located on a fileshare: The mailbox used in the example below is “IT”. New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role "Mailbox Import Export" –User DomainAdminAccount If your account does not have permissions to run the New-Mailbo圎xportRequest and New-MailboxImportRequest cmdlets, then run the follow RBAC command: Run the Exchange Management Shell elevated as Administrator Make sure you have the permissions to run the Export and Import cmdlets. To get statistics about the Archive content, see my blog post: Exchange 2010 Archive Mailbox Statistics PowerShell script. One way is having the user copy the data back manually from his/her archive into their inbox using drag and drop.Īnother way, which is described in this post – is to do it centrally on the Exchange 2010 Server using the New-Mailbo圎xportRequest and New-MailboxImportRequest PowerShell commands. There are several ways of getting data back from an Exchange Online Archiving into the Mailbox of the user. We had to get data back from the Online Archive and back into the users mailbox, to it’s original location. Here are some field notes from a recent Exchange 2010 Retention and Archive case.