Here’s a useful PowerShell command to display the backup status of your mailbox databases. Just open the Exchange Management Shell and run the following command:
Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | fl Identity, LastFullBackup, LastIncrementalBackup, LastDifferentialBackup, BackupInProgress
This will generate a report such as the following:
Identity : System-EXCHSRV1 LastFullBackup : 5/17/2012 7:00:50 PM LastIncrementalBackup : LastDifferentialBackup : BackupInProgress : False Identity : MDB03 LastFullBackup : 5/16/2012 2:59:56 PM LastIncrementalBackup : LastDifferentialBackup : 5/18/2012 10:30:49 AM BackupInProgress : False Identity : MDB04 LastFullBackup : 5/17/2012 6:35:16 AM LastIncrementalBackup : LastDifferentialBackup : 5/18/2012 11:31:04 AM BackupInProgress : False Identity : System-EXCHSRV2 LastFullBackup : 5/17/2012 7:03:13 PM LastIncrementalBackup : LastDifferentialBackup : BackupInProgress : False Identity : MDB01 LastFullBackup : 5/17/2012 6:35:22 AM LastIncrementalBackup : LastDifferentialBackup : 5/18/2012 12:36:38 PM BackupInProgress : False Identity : MDB02 LastFullBackup : 5/17/2012 6:35:07 AM LastIncrementalBackup : LastDifferentialBackup : 5/18/2012 1:31:08 PM BackupInProgress : False
Great ,
If the backup is in progress it will show ”True”