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Exchange 2016 Whitespace
Exchange 2016 cu3.
In the past I was able to delete mail/mailboxes and it would create white space within my database.
I would check my white space with the follow power shell command.
Get-MailboxDatabase "datebasename" -Status | fl Name,AvailableNewMailboxSp
Recently when deleted about 10GB of mailboxes the white space never showed up and my database continues to grow.
The Mailbox database limits are set to 0 for keep deleted items and mailboxes. Also, the default retention setting are set for each mailbox.
Does anyone know what else I can check or why my whitespace isn't freeing up?
In the past I was able to delete mail/mailboxes and it would create white space within my database.
I would check my white space with the follow power shell command.
Get-MailboxDatabase "datebasename" -Status | fl Name,AvailableNewMailboxSp
Recently when deleted about 10GB of mailboxes the white space never showed up and my database continues to grow.
The Mailbox database limits are set to 0 for keep deleted items and mailboxes. Also, the default retention setting are set for each mailbox.
Does anyone know what else I can check or why my whitespace isn't freeing up?
Hello,
Check your retention policy and run a backup. These are the two things that can keep mail and mailboxes in your database after you deleted them.
Thanks and Regards,
Check your retention policy and run a backup. These are the two things that can keep mail and mailboxes in your database after you deleted them.
Thanks and Regards,
If you don't have any disk space issue or anything pressing you to clear up whitespace. I advise you to leave it on Exchange to manage it. If you just want to check whitespace, in some cases you might need to dismount and mount db again. Here is a KB for you to check:
http://markgossa.blogspot.com/2015/11/exchange-2016-mailbox-database-whitespace.html
However, i would advise not to dismount the db, as that can cause outage for users.
http://markgossa.blogspot.com/2015/11/exchange-2016-mailbox-database-whitespace.html
However, i would advise not to dismount the db, as that can cause outage for users.
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