Today I made a script as requested by Jamal.
It is a further development of a script to enumerate all exchange mailboxes and their size which can be found here.
What the script does:
- ask for the smtp address of the mailbox
- get the displayname and homembd properties of that mailbox
- enumerate all exchange servers
- make a wmi connection with the exchange server on which the mailbox resides
- get the size of the mailbox
The script is tested in an win2003/exchange2003 environment.
Follow the next steps to run the script (admin rights needed):
- copy and paste the script in your favorite text editor
- save the script (for example c:tempmailboxsize.vbs)
- open a command prompt
- go to “c:temp”
- give “cscript mailboxsize.vbs” (without quotes) and enter
The script:
' Name : mailboxsize.vbs
' Description : script to show the size of a specific mailbox
' Author : dirk adamsky - deludi bv
' Version : 1.00
' Date : 18-05-2010
' Level: advanced
Dim strDisplayName, strHomeMDB
strSMTP = InputBox("Please fill in the SMTP address of the user")
GetDisplayNameAndHomeMDB(strSMTP)
Set adoCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set adoConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
adoConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
adoCommand.ActiveConnection = adoConnection
Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strBase = "<LDAP://" & objRootDSE.Get("configurationnamingcontext") & ">"
strFilter = "(objectCategory=msExchExchangeServer)"
strAttributes = "name"
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
adoCommand.CommandText = strQuery
adoCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
adoCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
adoCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
Set adoRecordset = adoCommand.Execute
Do Until adoRecordset.EOF
If Instr(strHomeMDB,adoRecordset.Fields("name").Value) > 1 Then
Set objWMIExchange = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//"&_
adoRecordset.Fields("name").Value & "/root/MicrosoftExchangeV2")
Set colExchangeMailboxes = objWMIExchange.ExecQuery("Select * From Exchange_Mailbox Where MailboxDisplayName = '" & strDisplayName & "'")
For Each objExchangeMailbox in colExchangeMailboxes
If Left(objExchangeMailbox.StorageGroupName, 5) <> "Recov" Then
Wscript.Echo adoRecordset.Fields("name").Value & " ; " & objExchangeMailbox.MailboxDisplayName & " ; " &_
Round(objExchangeMailbox.Size/1024,0) & " MB"
End If
Next
Set colExchange_Mailboxes = Nothing
Set objWMIExchange = Nothing
End If
adoRecordset.MoveNext
Loop
adoRecordset.Close
adoConnection.Close
Set adoRecordset = Nothing
Set objRootDSE = Nothing
Set adoConnection = Nothing
Set adoCommand = Nothing
Function GetDisplayNameAndHomeMDB(strMail)
Set adoCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
Set adoConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
adoConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
adoConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
adoCommand.ActiveConnection = adoConnection
Set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
strDNSDomain = objRootDSE.Get("defaultNamingContext")
strBase = "<LDAP://" & strDNSDomain & ">"
strFilter = "(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(mail=" & strMail & "))"
strAttributes = "displayName,homeMDB"
strQuery = strBase & ";" & strFilter & ";" & strAttributes & ";subtree"
adoCommand.CommandText = strQuery
adoCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 100
adoCommand.Properties("Timeout") = 30
adoCommand.Properties("Cache Results") = False
Set adoRecordset = adoCommand.Execute
strDisplayName = adoRecordset.Fields("displayName").Value
strHomeMDB = adoRecordset.Fields("homeMDB").Value
adoRecordset.Close
adoConnection.Close
Set adoRecordset = Nothing
Set objRootDSE = Nothing
Set adoConnection = Nothing
Set adoCommand = Nothing
End Function
When you have problems/questions please post a reply or give a ‘star’ rating.
Happy scripting.
Best regards,
Dirk Adamsky – Deludi BV
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hi Dirk,
sorry for not answering sooner, as i had to test the script on multiple devices.
it works perfect; only for one issue you need to run it under an Admin account if not you get the error below:
“permission denied ‘GetObject’ ”
is there a way to avoid this error by allowing everyone to use the script within the domain
Another request;
would it be possible to add more output data size as :
Outbox
Sent Items
Deleted Items
Calendar
Many Thanks
JAMAL
Hi Jamal,
The getonject error is a result of insufficient rights on the target (exchange server) machine.
You need admin rights to do the wmi queries.
With the above script it is not possible to do a rundown of the subfolders of a mailbox.
WMI only gives a certain set of mailbox properties.
For what you want to achieve you need CDO (Collaborative Data Objects).
I can make a script for you but that will be next week or so.
Best regards,
Dirk Adamsky
Hi..
I have a developed a connector plugin using c# on exchange server 2007,Its working fine,Now I tried
to work with exchange server 2003 ,Here I am facing an error “No Window power shell snap-in nor found for
version 1″,Now I want alternative programmatic solution for window power shell snap-in,
Any Help Greatly Appreciated,
Thanks & Regards
kasi
Hi Kasi,
Have you already installed powershell on the exchange 2003 server?
Best regards,
Dirk Adamsky
Dirk,
This is the best example I’ve found of searching for a particular mailbox! I have a problem though, I need to generate a list of all AD users with an active mailbox along with some attributes from the AD side and other attributes from exchange for a migration. Is there a way I can get both simultaneously in one dump?
Thanks,
Chris Hightower
Hi Chris,
sorry for my late reply.
I did make a script that enumerates all Exchange mailboxes.
It can be found here:
http://deludi.nl/blog/vbscript/active-directory/exchange-active-directory-vbscript/active-directory-and-wmi-vbscript-to-enumerate-all-mailboxes-and-their-size-of-your-ad-domain/.
Best regards,
Dirk Adamsky