Backend Search Tasks Parent topic

When administrators create a mailbox search, ScanMail creates an Exchange search task to perform the backend search. This Exchange search task name implements the following format:
[task_name][server_name][time_stamp]
For example, for the mailbox search “task1” performed on “serverA” at 4:30 am on September 12, 2012, the Exchange search task name is:
task1serverA20120912043000
Administrators can use the following shell commands to perform actions on the backend search tasks:

Backend Search Commands

Exchange Version
Command
Description
Exchange Server 2016/2019
get-mailboxsearch |fl name
Returns the full search task name
get-mailboxsearch -identity [task name] |fl
Returns the task status
Exchange Server 2016/2019
remove-mailboxSearch-identity [task_name]
Removes the mailbox search from the Exchange server and all associated search results from the discovery mailbox