I migrated my SBS 2011 Standard domain to new hardware. My new Exchange server 2010 shows mailbox databases from both the new and the old server. The old server is history, but the old exchange databases still appear on the new server as unmounted. When I attempt to remove the old databases (Mail Database and Public Folder Database), I get a pop-up error;
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Microsoft Exchange Error
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The mailbox database 'Mailbox Database' cannot be deleted.
Mailbox Database
Failed
Error:
This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, or arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database <Database ID>. To get a list of all mailbox plans
in this database, run the command Get-MailboxPlan. To get a list of archive mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database <Database ID> -Archive. To get a list of all arbitration mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox
-Database <Database ID> -Arbitration. To disable a non-arbitration mailbox so that you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID>. To disable an archive mailbox so you can delete the mailbox database, run the
command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID> -Archive. Arbitration mailboxes should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command New-MoveRequest <parameters>. If this is the last server in the organization, run the command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox
ID> -Arbitration -DisableLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed to disable the arbitration mailbox. Mailbox plans should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command Set-MailboxPlan <MailboxPlan ID> -Database <Database ID>.
I've followed those instructions. I see three "Arbitration" mailboxes referenced as on the obsolete server, but I cannot remove those mailboxes or databases. I've searched for instructions, but they seem to all refer to older versions of SBS.
Can someone let me know how to purge references to databases from the obsolete server?
- Michael Faklis