Category Archives: Powershell

Error when trying to remove a Mailbox Database on Exchange Server

When you try to delete a mailbox, you may get this error:

This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes or
arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database
Database ID. To get a list of all mailbox plans in this database, run the command Get-MailboxPlan. To get a list of
archive mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database Database ID -Archive. To get a list of all
public folder mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database Database ID -PublicFolder. To get a
list of all arbitration mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database Database ID -Arbitration.
To disable a non-arbitration mailbox so that you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox
Mailbox ID. To disable an archive mailbox so you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox
Mailbox ID -Archive. To disable a public folder mailbox so that you can delete the mailbox database, run the command
Disable-Mailbox Mailbox ID -PublicFolder. Arbitration mailboxes should be moved to another server; to do this, run
the command New-MoveRequest Parameters. If this is the last server in the organization, run the command
Disable-Mailbox Mailbox ID -Arbitration -DisableLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed to disable the arbitration mailbox.
Mailbox plans should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command Set-MailboxPlan MailboxPlan ID
-Database Database ID.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (Database ID:DatabaseIdParameter) [Remove-MailboxDatabase], AssociatedUserMailboxExistException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=Server,RequestId=RequestId,TimeStamp=TimeStamp] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-AssociatedUserMailboxExistException] XXXXXXXX,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.RemoveMailboxDatabase
    + PSComputerName        : Computer Name

This is because the mailbox database still contains data, that need to be moved, before you can deleted it.
If you run Exchange 2013, run these commands to check witch data, that are still located in the database.

Get-Mailbox -Database "Database" 
Get-Mailbox -Database "Database" -Archive
Get-Mailbox -Database "Database" -Arbitration
Get-Mailbox -Database "Database" -PublicFolder

In Exchange 2016, a new mailbox type is introduce call Auditlog. So here you also need to run this command

Get-Mailbox -Database "Database" -AuditLog

Get a list of user and there Group Membership

This is how to get an CSV file, including user_SamAccountName;User_FullName;group1;group2;group3, etc

It posible to remove the comment before break, and then break the export after 5 user, to see that it function well.

It will first write it output at the ending of the script, so terminate it, will result in an empty file.

$user_count = 0
$output = ""
$OFS = "`r`n"
$users = Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "DC=dalbjerg,DC=local" | SELECT Name,samaccountname

foreach($user in $users) {
    #echo $user.SamAccountName
    $username = $user.SamAccountName
    $output += $username + ";" + $user.name + ";"
    $groups = Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership $user.Samaccountname | select name
        foreach($group in $groups) {
            $output += $group.name + ";"
        }
    $output += $OFS
    $output += $OFS
    $user_count += 1
    if($user_count -eq 5) {
        #break
    }
}
Write-Output $output | out-file C:\temp\export.csv

 

Powershell: Copy IIS from a time range to a specific folder

I need to search for entry in logfiles between 3/8-2017 and 6/8-2017. So i make this powershell script to prevent search all IIS logfiles.

This script will copy all log files from the orginal IIS log path to a temp log directory, including the parent folder.

	$destination = "c:\temp\log\"
	$files = get-childitem "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\" -Recurse | ? {$_.LastWriteTime -ge "08/02/2017" -and $_.LastWriteTime -le "08/06/2017"}
	Foreach($file in $files) {
		#Test to see if the file already exists in the destination. If not => Move/Copy/Action you want :D
		$directory = Split-Path (Split-Path $file.fullname -Parent) -Leaf
		new-item $destination"\"$directory -type directory
		Copy-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination $destination"\"$directory

	}

Give access to calendar based on the user is member of the group.

If you need to give auser access to users calendar, based on if there are member of an group, this is the way.
Start Exchange Management Shell

$users = Get-ADGroupMember [groupname] | select -ExpandProperty name
foreach ($user in $users) {
    $Mailbox = Get-Mailbox $user
	#The Calendar, is name "Kalender" in danish
	add-MailboxFolderPermission -identity “$($Mailbox.Name):\kalender” -AccessRights Editor -User [username]
	set-MailboxFolderPermission -identity “$($Mailbox.Name):\kalender” -AccessRights Editor -User [username]

	#English calendar
	add-MailboxFolderPermission -identity “$($Mailbox.Name):\calendar” -AccessRights Editor -User [username]
	set-MailboxFolderPermission -identity “$($Mailbox.Name):\calendar” -AccessRights Editor -User [username]
} 

Move vSwitch vlans information from old host to a new one

To use this examples, there requirements are: VMware PowerCLI and a VMWare vCenter.

This example will copy all vlan’s (Virtualportgroup) from one host to another.
It will take all vlan’s from vSwitch0 on the old host, and copy it to the new host on vSwitch1.

connect-viserver
$oldhost = get-vmhost -name OldServerIP
$newhost = get-vmhost -name NewServerIP
 
$oldhost | get-virtualswitch -name vSwitch0 | get-virtualportgroup | foreach { $newportgroup = $newhost | get-virtualswitch -name vSwitch1 | new-virtualportgroup -name $_.Name -VLanID $_.VLanID }

 

Found OEM product information

If you need to found OEM product information in Windows, you can run this powershell command.

Such as serial number / product type / product type or Vendor.

gwmi win32_ComputerSystem | select OEMStringArray
wmic csproduct list /format:list
Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS | Select-Object SerialNumber

 

List all enabled user in Active Directory

How to list all enabled user in active directory:

Get-ADUser -filter {Enabled -eq $True} -Properties "DisplayName","emailaddress" | select name,emailaddress

How to list all enabled user in active directory, for a given OU:

Get-ADUser -SearchBase "OU=Accounts,OU=RootOU,DC=ChildDomain,DC=RootDomain,DC=com" -filter {Enabled -eq $True} -Properties "DisplayName","emailaddress","title" | select name,emailaddress

 

Get a list of all VM in a cluster, that dosen’t hve Limit CPU For migration set to true

Get a list of all VM in a cluster, that dosen’t hve Limit CPU For migration set to true:

Import-Module -Name "virtualmachinemanager"
Get-Vmmserver localhost
$hc = Get-VMHostCluster -Name CLUSTERNMAE
$hosts =get-vmhost -VMHostCluster $hc
foreach($h in $hosts) {
	get-vm -vmhost $h |Where { $_.LimitCPUForMigration –eq $FALSE } | select Name
}

 

Exchange: Get a list of all email address

For en liste over alle mail adresse

Get-recipient -resultsize unlimited | select name -expand emailaddresses | select name,smtpaddress

For en liste over alle mail adresse på et given domæne

Get-Recipient | Where{$_.EmailAddresses -match "it-grp.dk"} | select name -expand emailaddresses | select name,smtpaddress | where {$_ -match "kennethdalbjerg.dk"}