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Q152300: XADM: ExportObject in Command-Line Export Options File Only

Article: Q152300
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 22-MAY-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 
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SUMMARY
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If a command-line Export is performed using an options file, the ExportObject
setting in the [Export] section can only be listed once and it will only accept
a single parameter: Mailbox, All, DL, Remote (in other words, custom
recipients), or Recipients.

MORE INFORMATION
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A Microsoft Exchange Directory Export can be accomplished by one of two
methods:

- The Directory Export feature of the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program.

- A combination of command-line options available with Admin.exe:

  ADMIN /E file.csv /o options.ini.

If the first method is used, the administrator can choose to export any
combination of mailboxes, distribution lists, or custom recipients to a CSV
file. However, other directory objects cannot be exported with this method.

If the command-line options are used, mailboxes are exported by default. However,
an ExportObject setting may be added to the [Export] section, and the following
parameters are available:

[Export]
ExportObject=mailbox
ExportObject=remote
ExportObject=DL
ExportObject=Recipients
ExportObject=All

The ExportObject setting can only appear once in the options file and it can only
contain one of the parameters. In other words, if you try to export all of your
Distribution Lists and Mailboxes by specifying "ExportObject=DL,mailbox", only
the Distribution Lists would be exported to the CSV file. Likewise, if the
ExportObject setting was specified twice in the file, first with
"ExportObject=mailbox" and then with "ExportObject=DL", only the mailboxes would
be exported to the CSV file.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange550 kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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