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Local mailbox move Exchange 2010 stil listing account in previous mailbox

HI, i have done a few mailbox moves on my Exchange system.

They are all local moves.

I have moved a user from "DB1" to "DB2" but when running
Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "DB1" | Select DisplayName, ItemCount, TotalItemSize | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending

the account is still listed. Now i know the Exchange DB doesnt shrink when data is moved and that it creates white space but should it also still list the accounts.

I have completed the move and deleted the move request and in the Exchange GUI it lists the account in "DB2".

thanks

Tim

Marwan Osman

run:

Get-MailboxDatabase “DB1” | Clean-mailboxdatabase

then run the cmd you mentioned to see if it is still listed.

timb551

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Can i run that live?

Marwan Osman

yes of course, clean-mailboxdatabase is only to refresh the database, see the below link

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124076%28v=exchg.141%29.aspx

timb551

ASKER

I ran

Get-MailboxDatabase “DB1” | Clean-mailboxdatabase

and then ran

Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "DB1" | Select DisplayName, ItemCount, TotalItemSize | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending

and

Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "DB2" | Select DisplayName, ItemCount, TotalItemSize | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending

and the account is still listed in both

Marwan Osman

clean all of the databases by running Get-MailboxDatabase | Clean-mailboxdatabase and check again

timb551

ASKER

Still listed in both after running Get-MailboxDatabase | Clean-mailboxdatabase

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Will Szymkowski

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timb551

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Thanks WIll.

Are there any reasons to leave the account listed in the old DB and can the command you mention be run live without causing any issues in a production environment?

Will Szymkowski

Are there any reasons to leave the account listed in the old DB and can the command you mention be run live without causing any issues in a production environment?

The old DB can stay there until the soft-delete retention has expired and general database maintenace will clean this up.

the Remove-Storemailbox just does this immediately.

You can run this command during production. Before running the command just use the -Whatif switch to make sure that you are removing the correct soft-deleted mailbox if you are uncertain.

Other than that the remove-storemailbox only removes soft-deleted mailboxes, so there should be no issues.

Will.

Marwan Osman

when you delete a mailbox, the mailbox is disconnected, you can reconnect it or purge it to be permanently deleted.

to purge a mailbox you use Remove-StoreMailbox see below link

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg181092%28v=exchg.141%29.aspx

as mentioned by Will, it is the same status when we move a mailbox from one db to another.

you can run it live without causing problems.

timb551

ASKER

is there a way of finding out what the soft-deletion retention period is?

Marwan Osman

right click the database and select properties, you will see 2 configurable settings: keep deleted items for (days) and keep deleted mailboxes for (days), by default it is 14 days for items and 30 days for mailboxes