Dear Experts,
I'm running MS Exchange 2013 on Server 2012 R2. I am cleaning/merging databases and have ran into a problem due to the arbitration mailboxes. I am unable to delete a database because of the arbitration mailboxes.
First, I identified all the mailboxes in the DB I wanted to move (DB01)
Get-Mailbox -Database "DB01" -Arbitration
I did the below to move the arbitration and user mailboxes to a different DB
Get-Mailbox -Database "DB01" | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "DB02"
Get-Mailbox -Database "DB01" - Arbitration | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "DB02"
The move was successful, but I was unable to delete DB01 because of an error related to the arbitration mailboxes when I attempted to delete it.
After researching this problem I used
Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | Set-Mailbox -Arbitration -Database "DB02"
I have verified the active arbitration mailboxes are on DB02 by using
Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | Ft Name, Database
Currently DB01 is dismounted and from what I can tell not doing anything except eating up a license. Arbitration mailboxes still reside on DB01, but they are not active. If anyone has any experience on how I can force the deletion of this database or remove the arbitration mailboxes for good it would make my boss and I so happy. Thanks to everyone in advance.