How To Move Exchange Database And Logs Location

 

Lets assume you need to move the exchange database and logs files to different drive because of lack of space. The easiest way is with Powershell using Move-DatabasePath :

To Move Just The Transaction Logs execute :

Move-DatabasePath -Identity DATABASE_NAME -LogFolderPath Full_Path 

Normally this command will automatically dismount the database, move the logs for the folder of you choice and re-mount again . to move the database files altogether, execute :

Move-DatabasePath DATABASE_NAME -EdbFilePath "Full_Path_To_DATABASE_NAME.edb" -LogFolderPath Full_Path 

For example :

 


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