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Remove dead Exchange 2010 database from EMC - 7.Feb.2012 5:17:59 PM

slackeruh

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I was testing Exchange 2010 Server and have reformatted the server with a new server name. I realize now that I should have used the same server name and recover server option but I'm past that now.

Currently I have the following configuration
-Original Exchange 2007 server that contains all company mailboxes
-New Exchange 2010 Server that I plan to migrate to
-Non-existent Exchange 2010 server that I was testing with and have deleted.

How do I remove the remnants of the non-existent Exchange 2010 Server? I have already deleted the server using ADSI Edit but the Mailbox Database still shows up in Exchange Management Console and when I try to delete it, I get the following error.
"Error: The following operation couldn't be performed because object 'Mailbox Database 0350631075' couldn't be found on 'dc2.ei.local'.

How can I finish removing the unused server?

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RE: Remove dead Exchange 2010 database from EMC - 19.Apr.2012 2:49:26 PM

MikeCrowley

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Even after you reformatted the hardware, you should have built a new VM to install/remove the server objects. As for the database error you're getting, you could remove this from adsi as well, but you're in an unsupported situation right now.

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RE: Remove dead Exchange 2010 database from EMC - 25.Apr.2012 3:20:53 AM

piyushagrawal

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New server name should not have caused a problem. One can have a different server name for migration.

You can use Lepide Exchange Manager for migrating to Exchange 2010. The software can:
*Copy mailboxes from un-mounted EDB to different Exchange server on the network
*Copy offline mailbox to new Exchange server
*Extract data from Offline Mailbox, EDB or production server PST, MSG, EML formats and migrate to another Exchange Server

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