If the DB is dismounted and only the system mbxs are left (no user mbxs) you can right-click the db and delete, you'll most likely get a message that it's been removed from ESM, but that you have to manually delete the edb and stm files. Then you can go to explorer and delete those two files. -enjoy.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNA Sent: Fri 6/3/2005 7:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I think what I'll do is delete the unmounted database, stop and restart the Information Store. That way it won't be referenced in ESM but I'll still have a copy of the database just in case. Tim General Dynamics ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Coleman, Hunter Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database Right. But you'll still have an instance of the database referenced in ESM, and you'll get errors thrown in the App log when you start the Information Store service, so why not dismount the database and delete it from ESM? ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database No you can delete it from Windows Explorer if the store is stopped. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNA Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database If I'm not mistaken the Information Store has to be started in order to access the Storage Groups through ESM in order to delete a database. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salandra, Justin A. Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I just think you need to stop the information store first -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mischler Timothy J Contractor NASIC/SCNA Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] Deleting an Exchange Database I recently had some corruption on one of my Exchange databases, let's call it exchange-mbx1, and had to create a new database under the same Storage Group, exchange-mbx1a, on my Exchange 2000 server. I moved all the the mailboxes from the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, to the new database, exchange-mbx1a. Now the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, is empty and dismounted. I would like to delete the corrupt database, exchange-mbx1, are there any steps that need to be taken after deleting the database? Thanks Tim List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
