This is done through the Exchange Management Shell.
EXPORT OF PSTs
Give the desired user permission to export to PST:
New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role "Mailbox Import Export" –User acs-hosting \ Admin
Close the EMS before continuing and reopen it to ensure that the command is perceived
To start export:
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox mailbox-name -FilePath \\ ex2010 \ export \ name.pst
At this point the export request will be sent, the export is asynchronous so it will take place in the following minutes / hours and it is possible to have an export status with the following command:
Get-MailboxExportRequest
for example to see completed requests:
Get-MailboxExportRequest | where {$ _. status -eq "Completed"}
Upon completion of the export operation, the request must be removed
Remove-MailboxExportRequest
To remove all completed (or queued) requests the command is:
Get-MailboxExportRequest | where {$ _. status -eq “Completed”} | Remove-MailboxExportRequest
IMPORT OF PSTs
To import pst into Exchange use the following command:
New-MailboxImportRequest -FilePath \\ HOSTNAME \ sharename \ alan.reid.pst -Mailbox john.smith
Here too, to view the status of the import tasks, the command is:
Get-MailboxImportRequest
Other useful commands:
Generate Reports for Successfully Completed Imports:
Get-MailboxImportRequest -Status Completed | Get-MailboxImportRequestStatistics -IncludeReport | Format-List> c: \ AllImportReports.txt
View completed requests:
Get-MailboxImportRequest | where {$ _. status -eq "Completed"}
Remove completed requests:
Get-MailboxImportRequest | where {$ _. status -eq “Completed”} | Remove-MailboxImportRequest
Remove requests with failed status:
Get-MailboxImportRequest | where {$ _. status -eq “failed”} | Remove-MailboxImportRequest
Bulk import command:
Dir DC2APST_To_Import * .pst | % {New-MailboxImportRequest -Name RecoveredPST -BatchName Recovered -Mailbox $ _. BaseName -FilePath $ _. FullName -TargetRootFolder Imported_Mail}
Import request with errors, up to 200 errors accepted:
New-MailboxImportRequest -FilePath \\ servername \ sharename \ filename.pst -Mailbox mailboxname -BadItemLimit 200 -AcceptLargeDataLoss
