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In Exchange 2010 PowerShell I need to move emails older than X date into a PST file.

Hi,

I have an Exchange 2010 with online archiving enabled. I need to clean up the online archives, so I need to export all emails that are older than X date into a PST file, it needs to move the emails into a PST file. I don't care if this is done per user or everyone at once. I would like to split this into multiple PST files once it gets to 2GB size to automate this process a bit as my archive file is over 1TB. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Systech Admin

Use the below command

New-MailboxExportRequest -ContentFilter {(Received -lt 'Date') -and (Received -gt 'Date')} -Mailbox "Mailboxname" -Name FileName -FilePath \\ExServer1\Imports\Mailboxname.pst

TechMan4Ever

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I believe this command copies data to a PST file and leave the original where it is, is that correct? I need to MOVE it, once in a PST file the original needs to be deleted.

Thanks,

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TechMan4Ever

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Thank you, now how would i do it if I wanted stuff older than 1/1/2010 to be moved over... which of the switches would I use, I believe this is from to? I just want older than.

Thanks,

Systech Admin

you will need to mention the dates.. here {(Received -lt 'Date') -and (Received -gt 'Date')}

nashiooka

New-MailboxExportRequest doesn't have a -DeleteContent switch in either 2010 or 2013. That's a function of Export-Mailbox which was the 2007 utility. I did here that 2010 RTM or other early SP level had an Export-Mailbox command, but I jumped in at SP2 so I'm not sure.

If I'm right there's really no way to get it to do exactly what you want. Search-Mailbox does have a -DeleteContent parameter, so you might be able to use it to move the messages to a discovery mailbox then use New-MailboxExportRequest to target the specific folders in the discovery mailbox and export to a PST.

One other thing if you use the filter format be careful how you specify the dates. Usually I add 1 date to the upper boundary, for example if I want mail before 1/1/2014 I would use -lt 1/2/2014. If I want mail after 1/1/2013 I will use -ge 1/1/2013, which accommodates the edge case where a message was received right at midnight. It's petty but it's thorough.