WEBVTT 00:05.960 --> 00:13.220 Once your database availability group has been created and configure the next step is to setup database 00:13.220 --> 00:21.290 replication by adding new mail bugs database copies of existing database and this video will take a 00:21.290 --> 00:25.380 look at how to add mailbox database copies. 00:25.440 --> 00:29.620 You then they exchange management show so how to do it. 00:29.720 --> 00:37.610 Use the ad mail bogus database copy command left to create a copy of an existing database. 00:37.640 --> 00:46.880 You could type at mail box database copy your database for example to be one mailbox server for example 00:47.070 --> 00:55.420 it changed one or in my case alone X1 and activation preference equal into two. 00:55.430 --> 01:03.980 So when running this command a copy of the one database is created on the exchange one server or exchange 01:03.980 --> 01:05.000 to server. 01:05.120 --> 01:14.740 You should replace this with your particular database and server to which you want to make a copy. 01:14.810 --> 01:22.310 When creating a copy of a database on another mailbox server unit to ensure that the server in the same 01:22.490 --> 01:28.490 dock as the mailbox server host in the source mailbox database. 01:28.490 --> 01:36.410 In addition a mailbox Sora can only hold one copy of a given database and the database pass must be 01:36.500 --> 01:39.850 identical on every server in the dog. 01:39.890 --> 01:45.860 So make sure that the disk boss exists on the server or your read and a copy too. 01:45.980 --> 01:53.630 Of course you can remove a database copy using the remove mailbox database copy command let please run 01:53.810 --> 02:02.480 get help remove mail box database copy full for details so when running the ad mailbox database copy 02:02.480 --> 02:09.950 come and let you need to specify the identity of the database and the destination mailbox server that 02:09.950 --> 02:12.200 will be hosting the database. 02:12.200 --> 02:20.210 Copy the activation reference for a database can optionally be set when you create the database copy 02:20.540 --> 02:28.940 the value of the activation preferences one of the criteria used by the two active manager during a 02:28.970 --> 02:35.940 fail over event to determine the best replicated database copied to activate. 02:35.990 --> 02:45.020 Now in order to create and mound data mailbox databases and add database corpus to multiple servers 02:45.020 --> 02:49.930 and a dog several commands must be run from within this shell. 02:49.970 --> 02:58.760 If you do deployments on a regular basis or if you build up and tier down lap environments frequently. 02:59.060 --> 03:03.700 This is a process that can easily be automated with power shell. 03:03.740 --> 03:05.510 The power shall function. 03:05.510 --> 03:15.380 New Dark Mail Box database creates new mail bugs databases from scratch mounts them and then adds passive 03:15.380 --> 03:19.670 copies of each database to the Romanian servers. 03:19.670 --> 03:24.050 You specify the code for this function is as follows. 03:24.050 --> 03:33.590 Lets type function new Dark Mail Box database parameter with set of variables active server passive 03:33.590 --> 03:43.930 sorrow database prefix database count EDI folder press log folder press and now let's use for loop and 03:44.120 --> 03:51.230 use an all these variables then we'll add mail box database copay for rich object. 03:51.230 --> 03:57.800 Once you've added this function to your shell session you can run it to use on the syntax similar to 03:57.800 --> 04:07.220 the following new dock mail box database active Server Exchange 1 passive Server Exchange 2 3 4 and 04:07.250 --> 04:20.990 so on database count 3 database prefix D.B. or MTBE UDP folder should be on drive e in database folder 04:21.050 --> 04:28.510 and log folders should be on drive fee in database folder as well you can specify the folders you wish 04:28.520 --> 04:35.990 here running this function with the given parameters will do a number of things first three new databases 04:36.290 --> 04:42.110 will be created using a prefix of DB Your MDA B for example. 04:42.110 --> 04:49.270 This function will create a database using the same prefix and then number of them in order. 04:49.310 --> 04:59.600 In this example the active Server Exchange 1 will have three new databases created called W1 W2 and 04:59.620 --> 05:00.680 W3. 05:00.830 --> 05:08.430 The passive server parameter needs to have one or more servers defined in this case you can see that 05:08.730 --> 05:17.900 we've added database corpus to the three new databases to each of the passive server specified all databases 05:17.910 --> 05:25.680 and log files on each server will be located in a folder under you drive database in a sub director 05:25.680 --> 05:33.270 that matches the database name in some environments you might find that trying to mount a database immediately 05:33.510 --> 05:36.470 after it was created will fail. 05:36.510 --> 05:42.300 What it boils down to is that the Mount operation is happening too quickly. 05:42.360 --> 05:51.030 If you run into this at a delay before the Mount operation by Iran and start slip down for example before 05:51.030 --> 05:57.070 calling the Mount database command let this will pause the script for 10 seconds. 05:57.070 --> 06:04.330 Given exchange time to catch up and realize that the database has been created before trying to mount 06:04.330 --> 06:13.930 it and this video will take a look at how to remove a database copy using the remove mail box database 06:13.940 --> 06:15.580 corporate command led. 06:15.590 --> 06:26.230 So first I've logged on to the e x 1 server with power shell Direct which is very useful and handed 06:26.240 --> 06:31.400 to available on Server 2016 and above. 06:31.400 --> 06:37.820 So I've typed and or P assertion or it's alias it is Sam. 06:38.030 --> 06:44.150 Then I can type the name of virtual machine to directly connect to this machine. 06:44.150 --> 06:52.130 So I've used a parameter the M name and the name of my exchange server which is x1. 06:52.130 --> 07:01.400 I've also used credentials parameter to specify my credentials which are control so backslash administrator 07:01.730 --> 07:11.590 enter my password and after that I could use the power shell session on X1 server. 07:11.750 --> 07:23.410 I then typed ADP sniping with the exchange in it to add all the snap pins connected or deal and with 07:23.440 --> 07:31.290 exchange power shell module so I could run the commands intended for exchange management. 07:31.430 --> 07:40.920 So first off let's check all the databases on on the exchange environment by type and get mailbox data 07:40.950 --> 07:41.960 database. 07:41.990 --> 07:49.910 As you can see we've got six database for now to be 1 to be 2 and 3 demo databases which we've created 07:50.180 --> 07:52.330 in previous video. 07:52.450 --> 08:02.480 Now we can use the get mail box database corpus status command led and we've got three mounted databases 08:02.540 --> 08:04.380 and two dismounted. 08:04.400 --> 08:15.860 So no let's remove a database copy for Demo 1 database by typing remove mailbox database copy and the 08:15.860 --> 08:17.470 name of the database. 08:17.540 --> 08:23.910 I'll use derma 1 slash e x 1 database copy name. 08:23.930 --> 08:29.300 This will remove the database but you have to remove the files. 08:29.300 --> 08:32.690 The physical files if you need to. 08:32.750 --> 08:39.160 So let's check the files on the X to server and delete them. 08:39.260 --> 08:45.710 With the help of power show for this I'll switch over to another power shall console. 08:45.770 --> 08:53.780 So let me open the console itself and log in to exchange 2 is entropy assertion come on loud so I'll 08:53.780 --> 08:55.000 type it here. 08:55.000 --> 09:04.100 Sam Dash the name X to dash credential control so administrator. 09:04.260 --> 09:06.510 I'll type in my password. 09:06.530 --> 09:15.560 Wait a second I'm on exchange 2 so I'll change the location to the root of C drive by type in city backslash 09:15.860 --> 09:25.570 and I can list the contents of C drive by type in a lessor dear amount or get child item whatever amount 09:25.640 --> 09:27.950 you prefer soil type or less. 09:28.220 --> 09:36.740 And here is a folder of my databases which is database so I'll change location to database folder by 09:36.740 --> 09:38.650 type in city database. 09:38.690 --> 09:40.510 Let's see what's in there. 09:40.580 --> 09:51.880 So the directory for Demo 1 database is demo 1 and it's here as you can see removed by database copy 09:51.910 --> 09:56.530 command just removed the object from active directory. 09:56.540 --> 10:05.570 But no let's remove for the files itself so I'll type our Ram by the way you can always find the aliases 10:05.570 --> 10:08.760 for different commands with get L.A. command. 10:08.780 --> 10:16.880 For example if you don't know the aliases for remove item you could find them by type and get alias 10:17.110 --> 10:25.850 SLAs definition and remove item and it'll reveal all that Ellis is for remove item command and as you 10:25.850 --> 10:28.340 can see a ram is one of them. 10:28.370 --> 10:32.600 So our Ram means to remove the item. 10:32.600 --> 10:35.410 In my case it's derma 1. 10:35.420 --> 10:44.950 Now let's switch over back to X1 server and take a look at some more examples by of you then get mail 10:44.950 --> 10:47.920 box database copy status command land. 10:47.990 --> 10:56.780 So I'm here around lets type get mailed back to the mail box database copy status demo 2 and it'll reveal 10:57.110 --> 11:02.450 the status for damage to the database like name. 11:02.480 --> 11:11.770 As you can see we've got demo to flashy X1 and are two bucks less shakes to the status for one is mounted 11:11.770 --> 11:14.740 and the status for re x2 is healthy. 11:14.740 --> 11:20.180 We've also got corporate Q lands and last inspected log time. 11:20.440 --> 11:27.330 But if what if we want to find out some more details about this database let's return this command can 11:27.350 --> 11:29.800 get mailbox database corporate status. 11:29.810 --> 11:38.820 Demo too and pipe it to select all and we'll got all we'll get all the details on this database. 11:38.830 --> 11:44.480 There are too many of them and I won't review all of them for now. 11:44.500 --> 11:53.650 For now I just need this property active database copy so I need to know for sure which server holds 11:53.770 --> 11:59.330 active database copy and which service called active copy. 11:59.350 --> 12:09.250 So now I can type get mailbox database corpus status them on to select mailbox server and active database 12:09.280 --> 12:10.680 copy properties. 12:10.720 --> 12:16.200 Let me type mailbox server comma active database copy. 12:16.420 --> 12:24.610 And now we know for sure which server halts active database copy and to which servers it's replicated 12:24.890 --> 12:27.270 in this case it's x 2. 12:27.290 --> 12:36.330 Now I know for sure which server to use if I want to remove active mail database copy so I'll type remove 12:36.540 --> 12:43.850 mail box database copy them on to backslash X to for. 12:43.850 --> 12:48.560 I'll run this command was whatever parameter to see what will happen. 12:48.670 --> 12:56.390 And as you can see the result is removal and database copy for database demo 2 on Sora x 2. 12:56.530 --> 12:58.120 Exactly what I needed.