When trying to delete a mailbox database in Exchange 2010 - get the following error:
Microsoft Exchange Error
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The mailbox database 'MBXDB3' cannot be deleted.
MBXDB3
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>.
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Tried troubleshooting:
-ran get-mailbox -database mbxdb3 (nothing returned)
-ran get-mailbox -database mbxdb3 -arbitration (nothing returned)
-ran get-mailbox -database mbxdb3 -archive (nothing returned)
-ran Set-AdServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $True then ran get-mailbox -database db1 -arbitration (nothing returned)
-ran get-mailboxstatistics -database mbxdb3 (returned error)
Get-MailboxStatistics : The database 'MBXDB3' to be accessed on server 'vsrv-exchange02.acquitygroup.com' is not mounted or is not available.
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+ get-mailboxstatistics <<<< -database mbxdb3
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (MBXDB3:MailboxDatabase) [Get-MailboxStatistics], DatabaseUnavailableException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 9F376C5F,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.MapiTasks.GetMailboxStatistics
-ran clean-mailboxdatabase "mbxdb3" (returned error)
Clean-MailboxDatabase : Couldn't clean the database that you specified. Specified database: mbxdb3; Error code: MapiExceptionMdbOffline: Unable to sync mailboxes with DS (hr=0x80004005, ec=1142)
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+ clean-mailboxdatabase <<<< "mbxdb3"
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (MBXDB3:ADObjectId) [Clean-MailboxDatabase], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 727CD31B,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.CleanMailboxDatabase
-Still seeing the mailbox data folder that has the huge .edb file. Continue to get alerts from my monitoring tool that this exchange database is not mounted (ofcourse)