Calculate size difference between two Exchange mailboxes

Question

I can get the size of a mailbox using Get-MailboxStatistics. How do I find the difference between two mailbox sizes using Powershell?

I tried:

(Get-MailboxStatistics FordPrefect).totalitemsize - (Get-MailboxStatistics ArthurDent).totalitemsize

which results in the error:

Method invocation failed because [System.ManagementAutomation.PSObject] doesn't contain method named 'op_Subtraction'

which is kinda correct as the totalitemsize object does not have the subtraction method/member. How do I then proceed further with the operation?

If you want to get all users information, you could use the following command to export to a csv file: `Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Get-MailboxStatistics | ft DisplayName,TotalItemSize | out-file c:\user.csv` — Shaw Lu, Feb 18 '19 at 03:16

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '19 at 18:16

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TotalItemSize is not a number, the property has two members:

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>(Get-MailboxStatistics administrator).totalitemsize

IsUnlimited Value
----------- -----
      False 690.4 KB (706,925 bytes)

This should work:

(Get-MailboxStatistics FordPrefect).totalitemsize.Value - (Get-MailboxStatistics ArthurDent).totalitemsize.Value

answered Feb 16 '19 at 18:16

Gert Jan Kraaijeveld

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Tried the Value property, gives me the same error as that too doesn't support the `subtraction` operation – Slartibartfast Feb 18 '19 at 05:26
What is the version of Exchange you are working with? – Gert Jan Kraaijeveld Feb 18 '19 at 05:47
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Oh, it's Exchange 2013 I see now. My answer is based on Exchange 2016. I do not have 2013 available here. In 2010 things are different. I'll test it in that version, maybe 2013 is the same as 2010 in this matter. – Gert Jan Kraaijeveld Feb 18 '19 at 05:57
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If you run your script (implicit) remotely that is probably the cause of your problems. Have a look at this thread: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3156368/exchange-2010-totalitemsize-value-tobytes-always-empty – Gert Jan Kraaijeveld Feb 18 '19 at 06:21
Thanks, I thought there was a better way than to processing as a string using `TrimEnd` – Slartibartfast Feb 18 '19 at 07:13
Maybe you could try to export the result to a csv file, and manually compare the size. – Shaw Lu Feb 19 '19 at 08:07

Calculate size difference between two Exchange mailboxes

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