TABLE A: Options-File Keywords
Import Options File,
Export Options File,
Keyword Default Value Legal Values or Both Description
Basepoint Empty (i.e., use the local site) Basepoint object's distinguished name (DN) Both The export's or import's root item; for example, basepoint=recipients/cn=usemployees tells Exchange Administrator to use the us employees distribution list (DL) in the recipients container (i.e., recipients/cn) as a base point for the export or import.
Basepointonly No Yes, No Export Yes: Exports only items that are immediate descendents of the basepoint object.
No: Exports all descendents of the basepoint.
Container Recipients Any legitimate DN that points to a recipient container Both The DN of the container you want to use when exporting or importing.
Createntaccounts No Yes, No Import Yes: Creates new accounts for new objects.
No: Never creates Windows NT accounts.
Deletentaccounts No Yes, No Import Yes: Deletes NT accounts when deleting mailboxes.
No: Doesn't delete existing NT accounts.
Directoryservice Null (i.e., talk to the local server) Any Exchange server name Both Specifies the name of the Exchange server to which Exchange Administrator needs to send directory queries or changes.
Gxportobject* Mailbox Mailbox, Remote, DL, Recipients, All Export Exports only the specified item: mailboxes (Mailbox); custom recipients (Remote); DLs (DL); all DLs, custom recipients, and mailboxes (Recipients); all directory objects (All).
Generatepassword** No Yes, No Import Yes: Creates random passwords instead of using the account name as the password.
No: Uses the account name as the password.
Hiddenobjects No Yes, No Export Yes: Exports objects that are usually hidden.
No: Doesn't export hidden objects.
Homeserver Empty Any name that points to an Exchange server Export Tells Exchange Administrator which server to query for the export data.
Informationlevel Minimal None, Minimal, Full Both Specifies the amount of information Exchange Administrator needs to log during an export or import.
Ntdomain None Any domain name for which the account has permission Import Specifies the domain into which you want newly created accounts to go; if blank, newly created accounts go into the home domain of the account you're using to run Exchange Administrator.
Overwriteproperties No Yes, No Import Yes: Overwrites existing values in multivalued properties only.
No: Appends new values from the import file to the existing values.
Recipienttemplate None Any DN that points to a mailbox Import Specifies the DN that points to the mailbox you want to use as a template; for example, recipienttemplate=recipients/cn=huntsville template tells Exchange Administrator to use the huntsville template in the recipients container.
Subcontainers No Yes, No Export Yes: Exports objects from all subcontainers beneath the target container.
No: Exports objects from only the target container.
*Use only one exportobject command per file (e.g., exportobject=mailbox,dl will return only mailboxes).
**Use only when createntaccounts' value is yes.