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Exchange 2016: View the status of a database seeding using PowerShell

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Here is a quick PowerShell tip for viewing the status of database seeding. Sometimes you might have a seed running from a PowerShell window and then when you check the green progress bar is no longer visible as you might have had a refresh on domain controllers or you have a 3rd party app that kills PowerShell.

Non the less, here is a command you can run to view the progress of a store that is seeding:

  • Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus "store1" | fl Status,databaseseedstatus

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I couldn't get a screenshot of the status as my lab updates too quickly but as shown above you should see the percentage complete for the seed.