New-AvailabilityReportOutage

This cmdlet is available only in Exchange Server 2010.

Use the New-AvailabilityReportOutage cmdlet to create an outage to add unrecorded issues to availability reporting.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

New-AvailabilityReportOutage
   [-SiteName] <String>
   -Comment <String>
   -DowntimeMinutes <Double>
   -ReportDate <ExDateTime>
   [-Confirm]
   [-Force]
   [-ReportingDatabase <String>]
   [-ReportingServer <Fqdn>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1

New-AvailabilityReportOutage -ReportDate:"2009-12-02" -Site:"Site1" -DowntimeMinutes:120 -Comment:"Downtime not recorded by System Center Operations Manager 2007"

This example creates a timed injected outage scoped to site Site1 on the selected date to record downtime not recorded by Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Parameters

-Comment

The Comment parameter specifies why the outage was inserted.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-Confirm

The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.

  • Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax: -Confirm:$false.
  • Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.
Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-DowntimeMinutes

The DowntimeMinutes parameter specifies the number of minutes of downtime to insert into the outage report.

Type:Double
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-Force

The Force switch hides warning or confirmation messages. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

You can use this switch to run tasks programmatically where prompting for administrative input is inappropriate.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-ReportDate

The ReportDate parameter specifies the date to query for the outage report.

Type:ExDateTime
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-ReportingDatabase

The ReportingDatabase parameter specifies the name of the database on the reporting server.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-ReportingServer

The ReportingServer parameter specifies the name of the reporting database server to connect to.

Type:Fqdn
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-SiteName

The SiteName parameter specifies the name of the Active Directory site to associate the outage report with.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

-WhatIf

The WhatIf switch simulates the actions of the command. You can use this switch to view the changes that would occur without actually applying those changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
Applies to:Exchange Server 2010

Inputs

Input types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data.

Outputs

Output types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.