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title: "E2K7: Determining Status of Database Backups - Microsoft Consulting Services - CloudServus - United States"
description: While running some reports on Exchange backup success I could not figure out why when I ran get-mailboxdatabase | fl Name,LastFullBackup it would return a blank LastFull Backup.  In Exchange Management console I could look at the properties of the database and see the Last full backup and the Last incrementation backup times.   After […]
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# [E2K7: Determining Status of Database Backups - Microsoft Consulting Services - CloudServus - United States](https://www.cloudservus.com/blog/e2k7-determining-status-of-database-backups-2)

 Written by [cloudservuscom](https://www.cloudservus.com/blog/author/cloudservuscom) | Aug 27, 2009 11:28:04 AM

While running some reports on Exchange backup success I could not figure out why when I ran get-mailboxdatabase | fl Name,LastFullBackup it would return a blank LastFull Backup.  In Exchange Management console I could look at the properties of the database and see the Last full backup and the Last incrementation backup times.

 

After some search, [Martin’s Wonderful World of Exchange ](https://msundis.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/find-out-the-last-full-backup-date-for-a-database/)had an answer for me.  You need to add **-status** to your command or the backup properties where blank.

 

 

Command as follows:

**Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | fl Name,Server,*backup***

  

If you only want the LastFullBackup:

**Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | fl Name,Server,LastFullBackup**

  

And if you only want to list the databases where the backup didn’t go as planned today:

**Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | Select Name,Server,LastFullBackup | Where { $_.LastFullBackup -le (get-date).adddays(-1) }**

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