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Mailbox Index state "Failed"

User generated imageI had my exchange server2010/SBS2011 crashed and had to perform Repair to be able to mount the mailbox database and I noticed Mailbox Index state "Failed".
How do I change "Content index state" to Healthy?

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@MAS,
 
 Can I try all these:
1. restart service "Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer"
2. Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy "database1" -CatalogOnly
3. Rebuild the index

While mailbox database is mounted and users are using emails?
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Try one by one 1, 2, 3
I suggest you restart service "Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer" and check.
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User generated imageI restarted  "Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer" service in SERVICES.MSC.  But it got stuck in "Stopping" for 10 minutes now.
Do I need to reboot the entire server?
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-->Do I need to reboot the entire server?
Please be patient.
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"Please be patient." ---> No problem. I can wait. By the way, does this impact Exchange server operation all all? Would Outlook users feel any impact while this service is being stuck?
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1. restart service "Microsoft Exchange Search"
2-  restart service "Microsoft Exchange Search host controller"
3. Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy "database1" -CatalogOnly
4. Rebuild the index
5 Wait for a little while until it gets healthy.
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I had Microsoft Engineer kill the processor and start the service.
Now the condition is Healthy.
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User generated image@Hemil
(1) "restart service "Microsoft Exchange Search" --> I think this did the job.
(2) restart service "Microsoft Exchange Search host controller" --> I do not see "Microsoft Exchange Search host controller" in my Services.msc. However I see "Microsoft Exchange Search Host". Is that the same thing?
(3) "Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy "database1" -CatalogOnly" --> When I run this command, I get the following error:
[PS] C:\Users\admin\Desktop>Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy "new_mailbox2" -CatalogOnly
Database "new_mailbox2\*" has only one copy. This task is supported only for databases that have more than one copy.
Fyi, this is the only exchange server in the organization.