Hello all,
Firstly I must declare myself an exchange newbie.
A year or so ago, I tried to load Exchange on a server called "Exchange" but this project got shelved.
Since then that server has disappeared. A new server has just been loaded (by someone else) with Exchange 2013 and it's up and running. However in ECP I can now see the old database and server in the list as below:
When I try to delete this database I get "This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes or arbitration mailboxes. "
Having googled this extensively, the advice is to list the mailboxes, move them, and then delete the database. But I can't do this as the server no longer exists. But there are mailboxes or so it seems:
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-mailbox -database 'Mailbox Database 1494895800' -Arbitration
Name Alias ServerName
ProhibitSendQuota
---- ----- ----------
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FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8... FederatedEmail.4c... exchange 1 MB (1,048,576 bytes)
SystemMailbox{1f05a927... SystemMailbox{1f0... exchange Unlimited
SystemMailbox{bb558c35... SystemMailbox{bb5... exchange Unlimited
SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29... SystemMailbox{e0d... exchange Unlimited
Migration.8f3e7716-201... Migration.8f3e771... exchange 300 MB (314,572,800 bytes)
I tried this to move the mailboxes:
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database 1494895800" -ResultSize Unlimited | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "Mailbox Database 1910457925"
MapiExceptionNetworkError: Unable to make connection to the server. (hr=0x80004005, ec=2423)
Diagnostic context:
Any advice on how I can force this database to be deleted?
I am just starting out with Exchange and really want a "clean slate" to start configuring
thanks in advance
Rob