Hi I'm trying to import some pst to archive in Exchange 2010 SP1 fully patched. i can que the import job using this command (New-MailboxImportRequest -–Mailbox "alias" –FilePath "pst unc file path" -IsArchive -BadItemLimit 30) i have used this previously on the last build of our new system. it show that it is queued when i submit the command but when i go to check the progress using (Get-MailboxImportRequest | Get-MailboxImportRequestStatistics | ft TargetAlias,Percent*,BytesTransferred*) or (Get-MailboxImportRequest) it will show up as status queued. when I run the command (Get-MailboxImportRequest -resultsize "unlimited" | Get-MailboxImportRequestStatistics | fl > "C:\import-request.txt") I get this as the output file: RunspaceId : 83045df2-06e0-4532-83c2-92b36a0e469e Name : MailboxImport Status : Queued StatusDetail : Queued SyncStage : None Flags : IntraOrg, Pull RequestStyle : IntraOrg Direction : Pull Protect : False Suspend : False FilePath : \\cmsfile01\cms_pst\mcleodd.pst SourceRootFolder : SourceVersion : Version 0.0 (Build 0.0) TargetAlias : DylanMcLeod TargetIsArchive : True TargetExchangeGuid : 44b1b639-6f8b-49d7-a934-906ea035905e TargetRootFolder : TargetVersion : Version 14.1 (Build 218.0) TargetDatabase : CMSEXDB01 TargetMailboxIdentity : cambridgems.com.au/CMS/HIR/Users/Dylan McLeod IncludeFolders : {} ExcludeFolders : {} ExcludeDumpster : False ConflictResolutionOption : KeepSourceItem AssociatedMessagesCopyOption : DoNotCopy BatchName : BadItemLimit : 30 BadItemsEncountered : QueuedTimestamp : 8/03/2011 1:53:58 PM StartTimestamp : LastUpdateTimestamp : 8/03/2011 2:11:19 PM CompletionTimestamp : SuspendedTimestamp : OverallDuration : 00:23:25 TotalSuspendedDuration : TotalFailedDuration : TotalQueuedDuration : 00:23:25 TotalInProgressDuration : TotalStalledDueToHADuration : TotalTransientFailureDuration : MRSServerName : EstimatedTransferSize : 0 B (0 bytes) EstimatedTransferItemCount : 0 BytesTransferred : BytesTransferredPerMinute : ItemsTransferred : PercentComplete : 0 PositionInQueue : 6/6 (Position/Queue Length) FailureCode : FailureType : FailureSide : Message : FailureTimestamp : FailureContext : IsValid : True ValidationMessage : OrganizationId : RequestGuid : 7479e72d-1ac8-4594-87d8-df21b7311dfe RequestQueue : CMSEXDB02 Identity : RequestGuid (7479e72d-1ac8-4594-87d8-df21b7311dfe), RequestQueue: (78ccc6ea-3a95-449b-a 2de-6190d238db2c) Report : any help will be appreciated as our new system is going live this weekend and we don't want to manually import every user's mailbox export in to our new environment. regards Dylan

Hi I just read your log. PercentComplete : 0 I can’t find any error and I can’t find similar issue. So my suggestion is that you can do the test that import one small pst file by emc. If it works well, you can import small pst by cmdlets without any unnecessary parameter. Maybe we can meet error step by step .

Are you using DAG? If so can you verify that the DB that this user belongs do doesn't have one of the DAG members in a suspended state?James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

Hi Guys thanks for replying, i tested a pst import from a new outlook 2010 pst with one mail item in it and everything worked fine. i imported the one that was failing before and it imported fine. so don't know what was going on there... I'm about to import a lot of pst files and a lot of them are old and large is there any way i can disable the baditemlimit instead of setting a value? regards

You can't find the correct reason. So you can import one of three pst and observe the result.

I have since been able to import 20+ pst files with now issues. my biggest problem is the baditemlimit i have set it to 50 but i got a few failed imports, is there a way to ignore the baditemlimit at all?

Respone may be a little late...but, This is a super article on importing/exporting; http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/importing-psts-with-powershell-in-exchange-2010-sp1/ "One of the issues top bear in mind is to not overload the Client Access Server and the Mailbox Server during a PST import, which is why the import process is throttled. The good thing is that this throttling is fully configurable; so you can, for example, really stress your Mailbox Servers and Client Access Servers when you’re performing bulk imports on a Saturday or Sunday. The configuration for this is stored in a config file called MSExchangeMailboxReplication.exe.config, which is stored (by default) in the directory C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin on the Client Access Server; when you open it with Notepad, you’ll find some “MaxActiveMoves” parameters which you can edit (which you can see in the image below). Please note that this file exists on every Client Access Server, which means that you’ll need to adjust across all CAS machines if you have a large Exchange organization & are doing a bulk import / export."