Do you know how sometimes you write a script and the output looks lovely, but for some stupid reason a yellow warning message ruins it.
Well my school day learning from today is that you can turn them off!
So lets say I run this
[PS] C:PS>get-mailboxdatabase -server [Server]
Name Server StorageGroup Recovery
—- —— ———— ——–
SG2DB2 [Server] SG2 False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG2SG2DB2 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘J:SG2DB2.edb’.
SG2DB1 [Server] SG2 False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG2SG2DB1 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘J:SG2DB1.edb’.
SG1DB1 [Server] SG1 False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG1SG1DB1 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘G:SG1DB1.edb’.
SG1DB2 [Server] SG1 False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG1SG1DB2 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘G:SG1DB2.edb’.
SG1DB3 [Server] SG1 False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG1SG1DB3 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘G:SG1DB3.edb’.
No do this:
[PS] C:PS>$WarningPreference = “SilentlyContinue”
[PS] C:PS>get-mailboxdatabase -server [Server]
Name Server StorageGroup Recovery
—- —— ———— ——–
SG2DB2 [Server] SG2 False
SG2DB1 [Server] SG2 False
SG1DB1 [Server] SG1 False
SG1DB2 [Server] SG1 False
SG1DB3 [Server] SG1 False
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