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Last Post 10 Jan 2012 11:04 AM by MaryK. 7 Replies.

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MaryK

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10 Jan 2012 08:53 AM
I need to check if an exchange database exists using get-mailboxdatabase. If it exists then do actionA if not do actionB. What's the quickest way?

MaryK

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10 Jan 2012 09:05 AM
Forgot to mention I am using this, but I need to suppress the error when the database is not found. $mailboxdatabase = (getmailboxdatabase mydatabase) if ($nailboxdatabase -eq $null) { Do actionA } else { Do ActionA }

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10 Jan 2012 09:14 AM
Something like this: if (get-mailboxdatabase mydatabase -ea silentlycontinue){ Write-Output "Found mydatabase" } else{ Write-Output "mydatabase is not found" } Karl

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MaryK

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10 Jan 2012 09:34 AM
Thanks. I also found this while researching, which will do the same thing. $mailboxdatabase = getmailboxdatabase mydatabase -Erroraction Silentlycontinue if (!$ailboxdatabasel) { Do actionA } else { Do ActionA }

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10 Jan 2012 09:50 AM
You realize that you never use the variable "mailboxdatabase", you do use the null variable "$ailboxdatabasel", and in all cases, you do "ActionA", right? :) There is no need fo an intermediate variable to hold the results of the Get-MailboxDatabase call.... Karl

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MaryK

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10 Jan 2012 09:54 AM
A typo on my end: How does this look? It seems to be working on my end. $mailboxdatabase = getmailboxdatabase mydatabase -Erroraction Silentlycontinue if (!$mailboxdatabase) { Do actionA } else { Do ActionA }

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10 Jan 2012 10:52 AM
Well, once again, either case runs "actionA" :) Karl

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10 Jan 2012 11:04 AM
The sencond should be actionB which is correct in my envoronment. Thanks again.

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