Move mailbox to another datastore. need help removing it from Disconnected mailbox. exchange 2007
there was space issues on one of the mailbox database. when i tried to permanantly delete it. exchange 2007 using following command please help. Remove-Mailbox -Database cluster\box1 -StoreMailboxIdentity c74c3314-19a8-4bef-a419-4564a3e2f2ba -confirm:$ false Remove-Mailbox : The mailbox that you specified is connected to "user1". O nly disconnected mailboxes can be reconnected. Specified mailbox: "c74c3314-19a 8-4bef-a419-4564a3e2f2ba". At line:1 char:15 + Remove-Mailbox <<<< -Database cluster\box1 -StoreMailboxId entity c74c3314-19a8-4bef-a419-4564a3e2f2ba -confirm:$false
June 18th, 2011 1:22pm

Try below. The commabnd you're using is for mailboxes which arw disconnected, in your case it's still connected. Remove-Mailbox -identity domain\accountname http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995948(EXCHG.80).aspxSukh
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June 18th, 2011 2:32pm

On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:17:51 +0000, TonyOVT wrote: > > >there was space issues on one of the mailbox database. when i tried to permanantly delete it. exchange 2007 > > > >using following command please help. > > > >Remove-Mailbox -Database cluster\box1 -StoreMailboxIdentity c74c3314-19a8-4bef-a419-4564a3e2f2ba -confirm:$ >false The use of the -StoreMailboxIdentity implies there's no AD user that's using the mailbox. It's intended for use when you want to purge a disconnected mailbox from the database. Just use the remove-mailbox with the identity of the AD user. and you'll be okay. E.g. "remove-mailbox user-id@domain.tld" --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
June 18th, 2011 5:01pm

Is there a way to remove everyone in the disconnected mailbox from a database? And will running this command in any way interfere with the current mailbox that is being used?
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June 18th, 2011 6:20pm

See this, http://msmvps.com/blogs/andersonpatricio/archive/2007/10/08/removing-disconnected-mailboxes-in-exchange-server-2007.aspxSukh
June 18th, 2011 7:18pm

On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:15:35 +0000, TonyOVT wrote: >Is there a way to remove everyone in the disconnected mailbox from a database? You could just set the deleted mailbox retention period to zero and wait a day. Or you could use this to remove (permanently) all disconnected mailboxes from a particular database: get-mailboxstatistics -database "servername\storagegroupname\databasename" | where {$_.disconnectdate -ne $null} | foreach {remove-mailbox -database $_.database -storemailboxidentity $_.mailboxguid} >And will running this command in any way interfere with the current mailbox that is being used? If the mailbox is disconnected it isn't being used. But if the legacyExchangeDN kept in the mailbox is one that's used by another mailbox in another database that IS used then you'll probably get an error telling you that you can't remove it because it's in use. It's a paradox, isn't it? In this case, just leave the mailbox in the original database until the normal background database maintenance tasks clean things up (see above reference to setting the mailbox retention period to zero -- keeping in mind that it will apply to ALL the disconnected mailboxes in that database!). You could also start to move the mailbox BACK to the original database. The duplicate mailbox will be detected and the move will stop -- but the disconnected mailbox will beremoved. But if, as the subject says, the mailbox is already moved to another database, why not just leave it in the disconneced state until it disappears of its own accord? --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
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June 18th, 2011 10:30pm

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