Enable-MetaCacheDatabase

Module:

ExchangePowerShell

Applies to:

Exchange Server 2019

This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange.

Use the Enable-MetaCacheDatabase cmdlet to enable the metacache database on Exchange 2019 Mailbox servers. The metacache database stores mailbox database indexes and secondary copies of metadata on solid state drives (SSDs) to improve search latency and user logons.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

Enable-MetaCacheDatabase
      -Server <String[]>
      [-Confirm]
      [-WhatIf]
      [<CommonParameters>]

Description

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1

Enable-MetaCacheDatabase -Server Mailbox01

This example enables the metacache database on the Exchange server named Mailbox01.

Parameters

-Confirm

The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.

• Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax: -Confirm:$false.
• Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Aliases:	cf
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2019

-Server

The Server parameter specifies the Mailbox server where you want to enable the metacache database. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the server. For example:

• Name
• FQDN
• Distinguished name (DN)
• Exchange Legacy DN

You can specify multiple values separated by commas. If the value contains spaces, enclose the value in quotation marks ("). For example, "Server1","Server2"..."ServerN".

Type:	String[]
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2019

-WhatIf

The WhatIf switch simulates the actions of the command. You can use this switch to view the changes that would occur without actually applying those changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Aliases:	wi
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2019