Have you moved the system mailboxes? If so, like Michael said, you can just remove it, but exchange won't let you until the system mailboxes are moved
On Monday, January 25, 2016, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Outstanding. Thanks. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > Not a problem. It's just another mailbox. :-) Just do it. :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <javascript:;> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 4:25 PM > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: [Exchange] Exchange 2010 - moving the default database and > system mailboxes > > > > It's the *system* mailbox - all of the other mailboxes have been moved. > > > > Kurt > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Michael B. Smith < > [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> Am I missing something here? > >> > >> You are just gonna move a handful of mailboxes from one mailbox DB to > another, is that right? And then remove the old mailbox DB. > >> > >> If I've stated this correctly: Just do it. > >> > >> If I have not stated this correctly, please elucidate. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of > Kurt Buff > >> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 3:51 PM > >> To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> Subject: [Exchange] Exchange 2010 - moving the default database and > >> system mailboxes > >> > >> All, > >> > >> We've got a 200m default database sitting on a 1tb LUN, and we want to > clear the LUN for use - but don't want to cause any outage for the user. > >> > >> I've perused the two following articles: > >> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3912.exchan > >> ge-2010-how-to-delete-the-first-database-and-move-the-system-mailboxes > >> .aspx > >> > >> http://www.careexchange.in/how-to-remove-default-database-in-exchange- > >> 2010-in-a-recommended-way/ > >> > >> and a couple of others, but none of them seem to speak to potential > downtime while the move is happening, either for the mailbox to a new > database, or for the move of the original database itself. > >> > >> We can certainly delay the move, but we'd like to get it done soonest, > >> as this LUN is required for other things we're doing on the SAN> > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> > > > > > > >
