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Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy

Exchange Online ExchangeOnlineManagement Suspend-*

Block replication and replay activities (log copying and replay) or activation for a database configured with two or more database copies.

Quick start script

# Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-ExchangeOnline -CertificateThumbprint $thumb -AppId $appId -Organization $org

# 2. Run and inspect
Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy -Identity <DatabaseCopyIdParameter> -EnableReplayLag <SwitchParameter> | Format-List

# 3. Export for evidence / drift tracking
Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy | Export-Clixml .\MailboxDatabaseCopy-$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd).xml

Syntax — 2 parameter sets

EnableReplayLag

Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy [-Identity] <DatabaseCopyIdParameter>
 [-EnableReplayLag]
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Identity

Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy [-Identity] <DatabaseCopyIdParameter>
 [-ActivationOnly]
 [-SuspendComment <String>]
 [-Confirm]
 [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
 [-WhatIf]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (7)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	DatabaseCopyIdParameter	yes	The Identity parameter specifies the name of the database copy being suspended.
-ActivationOnly	SwitchParameter		The ActivationOnly switch specifies whether to suspend only activation for the mailbox database copy. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.
-Confirm	SwitchParameter		The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on whether the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.
-DomainController	Fqdn		The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name...
-EnableReplayLag	SwitchParameter	yes	This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
-SuspendComment	String		The SuspendComment parameter specifies the reason that the database copy is being suspended. This parameter is limited to 512 characters.
-WhatIf	SwitchParameter		The WhatIf switch shows what the command does without making any changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

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