A powershell command to restore a mailbox from RDB in exchange 2010 sp1?

If the Identity of your sinble mailbox is "Example Mailbox" with an email address example@lab.com and the name of your recovery database is "RDB" you can use this CMDLet:

New-MaiboxRestoreRequest -SourceDatabase "RDB" -SourceStoreMailbox "Example Mailbox" -TargetMailbox example@lab.com

Doesnt like it, says New-MailboxRestoreRequest is not recognised as the name of a cmdlet

Hello Mk9,

It is absolutly a cmdlet in Exchange 2010, I use it all the time. Be aware that you are using the Exchange Management Shell and not PowerShell, notice also if there is an error when the Exchange Mangement Shell loads

Still the same error. Could it be because the cmdlet in Exchange 2010 is pointing to C:\windows\system32 ?

Do i need to mount RDB first? if so, what are the implications of doig so?

thanks

m

It is normal that EMS loads pointing by default in C:\windows\system32, that is not a problem

Let's confirm than that module is available in your system, please, run this command and let me know the result

Get-Command *restore*

If the Exchange modules are loading correctly It shall appear a list of commands, including the recover function called "New-MailboxRestoreRequest"

If you don't see the command in the list, it means that the module is not charged in the console because an internal problem or because you don't have the correct permissions. EMC works based on Role Base Authentication, if you don't have the necessary permissions, the command won't appear for the used account

Thanks, schnellsolutions. Making progress, but the mailbox is very large. Is it possible just to recover the Sent Items folder? if so, could you please adjust the cmdlet below?

Restore-Mailbox -Identity "user" -RecoveryDatabase RecoverDC -RecoveryMailbox "user" -TargetFolder Restore

cheers

m