Removing Extra MDB

Hello kuystorj,

First of all run this to get a list of all arbitrary mailboxes:-

Set-ADServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $true
Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | FL name,database,displayname,servername

If you see any mailbox on the databases that you wish to remove, move those mailboxes to the database were you are consolidating all the mailboxes, using below:-

Get-Mailbox –Database “Source-DB-NAME” –arbitration | New-MoveRequest –TargetDatabase “Destination-DB-NAME”

To check the status of the migration use below:-

Get-MoveRequest | Get-MoveRequestStatistics | select DisplayName, StatusDetail, *Size, *Percent* | ft

Now to remove the database run below:-

Remove-MailboxDatabase -Identity MailboxDatabaseName

A warning might appear saying that you would have to delete the edb manually. Once done feel free to delete the edb and log files folder.

Deepak