Enable-Mailbox cmdlet无法远程找到正确的Exchange 2007数据库

Question

I've installed the 2007 Exchange remote management tools to manage Exchange on a Server 2008 64-bit box. I'm having issues running the enable-mailbox command remotely, for some reason it's searching my local machine for the database rather than the Exchange database. I attempt to run this command:

enable-mailbox -Identity Jordan -Database $database 

Database "someDomain\$database" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly.
At line:1 char:1
+ Enable-Mailbox
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ManagementObjectNotFoundException 

The database is actually located on cas-exch.domain.centralazsupply.com

The $database variable stores the object of the database that is retrieved using get-mailboxdatabase. , which returns the correct database.

I have no issues when running this command locally on the Exchange server.

Am I missing an additional parameter to specify the location of the database?

Answer 1

I figured it out. If you're running this command remotely it looks like you need to use the -DomainController parameter and give it the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). The below command worked:

Enable-Mailbox -DomainController *domain here* -Database $database -Identity Jordan