This example only suspends activation for the copy of the database DB1 hosted on the Mailbox server MBX3.
Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy –identity DB1MBX3 –ActivationOnly
To Resume activation
Resume-MailboxDatabaseCopy –identity DB1MBX3
To block all databases hosted on a server from activating.
Set-MailboxServer –identity MBX3 –DatabaseCopyAutoActivationPolicy Blocked
Resume activation of server
Set-MailboxServer –identity MBX3 –DatabaseCopyAutoActivationPolicy Unrestricted
To block all databases hosted on a group of servers from activating. Use wildcard (MBX*)
Set-MailboxServer –identity MBX* –DatabaseCopyAutoActivationPolicy Blocked