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Move Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database Manually

Normally you would right click on an Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database and then click “Move Database Path”. However sometimes this times out or it goes really slow.

There is a solution!! Dismount the mailbox store, then move it to the new destination, then use the command below :-

Move-DatabasePath -Identity "Mailbox Database Name" -EdbFilePath "Path and Filename of EDB in here" -LogFolderPath "Log File Path in Here" -Configurationonly

A real world example is shown below 

Move-DatabasePath -Identity 'M-N Mailboxes' -EdbFilePath 'L:\M-N\M-N Mailboxes.edb' -LogFolderPath 'D:\Logs\M-N Mailboxes' -Configurationonly