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I need to create a new Storage Group on an Exchange 2007 server and move mailboxes from an old Exchange 2007 server to the new Store Group on the newer Exchange 2007 server

We have two exchange 2007 servers in the office I work out of. Both are running Exchange 2007. The new of the two is more robust and we went to get all the mailboxes moved over to it. We already have 5 Storage Groups built on the new server and I have been told that is the limit with Exchange 2007 standard. I have also been told that one of the current storage groups (Management) only has about 5 users in it and I need to move everyone out of it and delete it, so I can create one called "terminated" for our terminated user's mailboxes. My question starts with; How can I see who is actually in the Management Storage Group? I certainly do not want to delete the group with users still in it, much less managers! If I right click the group and look at properties, I do not get any info on which mailboxes are stored there and if I look at each individual mailbox I can see which server they are on, but I do not see the actual Storage Group. Am I missing something or is there perhaps a shell command that will list all the users in a particular storage group?
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Mailboxes are stored at DB level no at SG level. Use below cmd
Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "Your DB Name"
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I found something called a "systemmailbox with a name like this; SystemMailbox{4231D9C3-E943-40D8-B17B-06C4C7B5B01B}

Does that look like something that was built into exchange? Does it look like something I need to worry about copying over to the new server and new database?
Don't need to copy these mailboxes.
SystemMailboxes are usually there to act as storage when emails are in the process of arbitration. They can be moved and removed without too many problems, but I would recommend moving it to a new database rather than removing, since you need to have those mailboxes. You won't be able to delete the database it's on without moving it.
when I do the Get-MailboxStatistics -Database  command in shell, I see a system mailbox in the database I need to delete, however I do not see it listed in the Exchange management console with the rest of the mailboxes. How can I move that to another database?
you can use
get-mailbox | move-mailbox -targetdatabase databasename
to move all mailboxes. If the system mailbox is an arbitration mailbox, do this:
get-mailbox -arbitration | move-mailbox -targetdatabase databasename
well I have my database down to one system mailbox. I have tried to move it with the;

get-mailbox | where {$_.database -eq "ManagmentDB"} | move-mailbox -targetdatabase "BenefitsDB

and everything appears to run, but then I try the Get-MailboxStatistics -Database command and get the results below, displaying there is still a system mailbox in the ManagementDB database. Does this appear like something I should be concerned with? Will I have to remove this database so I can create a new one?





[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "ManagementDB"

DisplayName               ItemCount    StorageLimitStatus         LastLogonTime
-----------               ---------    ------------------         -------------
SystemMailbox{7D43BF29-FA 402                  BelowLimit   6/7/2013 3:32:34 PM
52-47BF-9FA1-DC0B4CFF536A
}
It does take some time for the move to complete. How long did you wait?
it has been a few hours now and I re reran the move command, it is like that mailbox is not meant to move. I can dismount the database and remount but that does not change anything.
I can probably live without this mailbox, but not sure it will let me remove the database with it still existing
this is my screen and the two commands I ran.  As you can see after the second command I still have one mailbox

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-mailbox | where {$_.database -eq "ManagmentDB"} | m
ove-mailbox -targetdatabase "BenefitsDB"
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "ManagementDB"

DisplayName               ItemCount    StorageLimitStatus         LastLogonTime
-----------               ---------    ------------------         -------------
SystemMailbox{7D43BF29-FA 402                  BelowLimit  6/17/2013 2:22:34 PM
52-47BF-9FA1-DC0B4CFF536A
}
Oh. Add the -arbitration switch after get-mailbox on the move command. So
get-mailbox -arbitration | where {$_.database -eq "ManagmentDB"} | move-mailbox -targetdatabase "BenefitsDB"