Re: Exchange 5.5 Mailboxes Hanging Around

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From: Iona Wilson [MSFT] (ionam_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:42:33 -0400

Very cool David!

Sometimes when I just write it out, I find my answer too. :)

Based on what you said before, it doesn't sound like these objects didn't
replicate out when the old server was removed. Not unusual for that to
happen or have orphaned objects in the directory (in this case was
mailboxes).

If it's just an orphaned mailbox then it's just a placeholder in the
directory and I wouldn't think that it would count toward the size of the
priv at that time. Especially if it's a mailbox who used to reside on the
priv of another server (the deleted server), then I really couldn't see it
counting toward the priv on the remaining server, yanno? Just a thought.

Either way I'm definitely interested in the results!

-Iona 

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"David R. Eaton" <eatond@soccent.centcom.mil> wrote in message
news:%23IR160jHEHA.3328@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I may have answered my own problem.
> I did a CSV import to create a new mailbox with the same Directory Name as
> the stuck mailbox. After the import, the stuck mailbox was now visible in
> the directory. When I deleted the mailbox at this point, it dissapeared
from
> the Mailbox Resources tab, and seems to be gone. Time will tell if I see a
> drastic increase in available space within the Private Information Store.
> Once maintenance runs, I will check and post the reults for anyone
> interested. If anyone still has other ideas, I would appreciate a
response.
> Especially explaining perhaps why this happenned.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "David R. Eaton" <eatond@soccent.centcom.mil> wrote in message
> news:%23mU8afjHEHA.3968@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I have an Exchange 5.5 Server running on Windows 2000 in a Windows NT
4.0
> > Domain. The Exchange server is running SP4 and all of the latest
hotfixes
> I
> > was able to pull down.  The database has been growing steadily and when
I
> > look in the Event log for he free space notices from the nightly
> maintenance
> > i see a few hundred MBs showinf up a few times a week, so everything
seems
> > to be working fine. I performed and offline dfreg recently, assuming I
had
> a
> > ton of white space, because my DB has grown from 14GB to 20GB in less
than
> a
> > year. Our userbase has not icreased in number. The offline de*** had
> little
> > to no effect.
> >
> > When I look in Exchange Admin, Private Information Store-Mailbox
resources
> I
> > see tons of mailboxes that were deleted over the last year. I am used to
> > seeing deleted mailboxes hanging around in the Mailbox Resources view
for
> a
> > few weeks perhaps, but not a year or more. I have been unsuccessful in
my
> > searches on the web for others noting a problem with this. Based on the
> > sizes of many of these mailboxes, it seems as though my Priv.edb would
> > shrink back close to what it was a year ago if these mailboxes would
> > actually delete. Does anyone know what I can do to remove these?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > David R. Eaton
> >
> >
>
>
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