Check: Exch-1-309
Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server STIG:
Exch-1-309
(in versions v1 r10 through v1 r9)
Title
The Mailbox Stores must mount at startup. (Cat III impact)
Discussion
Administrator responsibilities include the ability to react to unplanned maintenance tasks or emergency situations that may require Mailbox data manipulation. Occasionally, there may be a need to start the server with 'unmounted' data stores, if manual maintenance is being performed on them. Failure to uncheck the 'do not mount on startup' condition will result in unavailability of mail services. Correct configuration of this control will prevent unplanned outages due to being enabled. On occasions when it is needed, care should be taken in process steps to clear the check box upon task completion, so that mail stores are available to users (unmounted mailbox stores are not available to users).
Check Content
Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-MailboxDatabase | Select Name, Identity, MountAtStartup If the value of 'MountAtStartup' is not set to 'True', this is a finding.
Fix Text
Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Set-MailboxDatabase -Identity <'MailboxName'> -MountAtStartup $true
Additional Identifiers
Rule ID: SV-44017r1_rule
Vulnerability ID: V-33597
Group Title: Exch-1-309
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