Help removing a mailbox from disconnected mailboxes in Exchange 2007
Hello Exchange Experts,
I’m running Exchange 2007. I want to permanently delete a mailbox that is currently located in the disconnected mailboxes section of the Exchange management console. I know that I have to do this using the Exchange management shell, but I have a few questions I would like to ask before I give this a go. When I run the get-mailboxstatistics on the mailbox I would like to delete, I get the following:
AssociatedItemCount : 20
DeletedItemCount : 0
DisconnectDate : 3/1/2011 1:05:58 AM
DisplayName : Allan, Eli
ItemCount : 1652
LastLoggedOnUserAccount : SUMMITLAND\eallan
LastLogoffTime : 2/26/2010 12:38:26 PM
LastLogonTime : 2/26/2010 12:38:12 PM
LegacyDN : /O=VEECORP/OU=VEECHINA/CN=
MailboxGuid : 4b4cc430-6b1c-4bdf-bd47-4e
ObjectClass : Mailbox
StorageLimitStatus :
TotalDeletedItemSize : 0B
TotalItemSize : 158444470B
Database : EXCHANGE01\Health\Health
ServerName : EXCHANGE01
StorageGroupName : Health
DatabaseName : Health
Identity : 4b4cc430-6b1c-4bdf-bd47-4e
IsValid : True
OriginatingServer : exchange01.summitland.inte
My first question is: When I run get-mailboxstatistics on the health database, I do not see this mailbox in the database. Is that because it is in the disconnected mailboxes?
My second question is: Is the syntax for the actual remove I have provided below correct?
$ruser = get-mailboxstatistics –server exchange01 | where-object {$_.displayname –eq “allan, eli”}
Remove-mailbox –Database \Exchange\Health\Health –Storemailboxidentity $ruser.mailboxguid
I think the syntax above is correct, but I do not have a test environment to try it out on, so I though I would ask for a second set of eyes to review it for me.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Nick
I’m running Exchange 2007. I want to permanently delete a mailbox that is currently located in the disconnected mailboxes section of the Exchange management console. I know that I have to do this using the Exchange management shell, but I have a few questions I would like to ask before I give this a go. When I run the get-mailboxstatistics on the mailbox I would like to delete, I get the following:
AssociatedItemCount : 20
DeletedItemCount : 0
DisconnectDate : 3/1/2011 1:05:58 AM
DisplayName : Allan, Eli
ItemCount : 1652
LastLoggedOnUserAccount : SUMMITLAND\eallan
LastLogoffTime : 2/26/2010 12:38:26 PM
LastLogonTime : 2/26/2010 12:38:12 PM
LegacyDN : /O=VEECORP/OU=VEECHINA/CN=
MailboxGuid : 4b4cc430-6b1c-4bdf-bd47-4e
ObjectClass : Mailbox
StorageLimitStatus :
TotalDeletedItemSize : 0B
TotalItemSize : 158444470B
Database : EXCHANGE01\Health\Health
ServerName : EXCHANGE01
StorageGroupName : Health
DatabaseName : Health
Identity : 4b4cc430-6b1c-4bdf-bd47-4e
IsValid : True
OriginatingServer : exchange01.summitland.inte
My first question is: When I run get-mailboxstatistics on the health database, I do not see this mailbox in the database. Is that because it is in the disconnected mailboxes?
My second question is: Is the syntax for the actual remove I have provided below correct?
$ruser = get-mailboxstatistics –server exchange01 | where-object {$_.displayname –eq “allan, eli”}
Remove-mailbox –Database \Exchange\Health\Health –Storemailboxidentity $ruser.mailboxguid
I think the syntax above is correct, but I do not have a test environment to try it out on, so I though I would ask for a second set of eyes to review it for me.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Nick
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Get-MailboxStatistics | where-object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select DisplayName,MailboxGuid
this will show you all the disconnected mailbox
identify the one you want to remove and run
Remove-Mailbox -Database <Database-Name> -StoreMailboxIdentity <MailboxGuid> -confirm:$false