Move mailboxes to Database with Whitespace
I have an exchange database DB2 that has 2 mailboxes only, but it has about 150GB of White space, I have noticed that after I ran this command:
Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | Sort-Object DatabaseSize -Descending | Format-Table Name, DatabaseSize, AvailableNewMailboxSpace
I have DB1 which has about 200 Mailboxes and it has about 120 GB of size.
I want to move mailboxes from DB1 to DB2
both databases have the following path :
path for edb
R:\DB1\DB1.edb
path for logs
E:\Logs\DB1
path for edb
S:\DB2\DB2.edb
path for logs
E:\Logs\DB2
As you notice all Logs from all databases go to E: drive, but separated by folders that have each the same name as the database where the logs should come from.
Now I need to move few mailboxes from DB1 to DB2.
R:\ has about 130 GB
S:\ has about 120 GB
E:\ has about 200 GB
Do I need to enable circular logging for DB2 database ?
Do I need to have full back up for DB1 before mailbox Move and full backup of DB2 after mailbox move ? Though I am moving like 20 mailboxes at a time per week.
our regular full backup runs on Saturday/Sunday.
any help on how to get this going with no issues?
Thank you
You can enable circular logging till the mailbox movement then after disable.