What is clean MailboxDatabase?

What is clean MailboxDatabase?

Use the Clean-MailboxDatabase cmdlet to scan Active Directory for disconnected mailboxes that aren’t yet marked as disconnected in the Microsoft Exchange store and update the status of those mailboxes in the Exchange store.

How do I clean up my Exchange database?

Three easy ways to reduce Exchange database size

1. Delete unwanted data from the database.
2. Perform offline defragmentation or move data to a new database. Offline defragmentation helps to reclaim the free space available (known as white space) in the Exchange database.
3. Back up the data and delete it from the server.

How do I clean up my Exchange 2016 database?

Delete the mailbox database After dismounting the database, select the database in the list view. Click the delete icon in the toolbar. A warning message will show if you are sure to delete the mailbox database from Exchange Server. Click Yes.

What is white space in database?

White space is the database storage area that has become available for storing new data because of the deletion of existing data. Exchange, instead of reducing the database size, makes this space available for the addition of new mailboxes. This reclaimed storage area is known as White space.

How do you check white space in an Exchange database?

Check white space Exchange database Run Exchange Management Shell as administrator. Use the Get-MailboxDatabase cmdlet, including the AvailableNewMailboxSpace parameter, to get the available new mailbox space. In our example, database DB01 got 107.9 GB available new mailbox space.

How do I run eseutil?

Steps to Use EseUtil for Exchange Database Repair

1. Step 1: Locate EseUtil. To use EseUtil, you need to find it.
2. Step 2: Check Database Size.
3. Step 3: Check Database State.
4. Step 4: Check Logs.
5. Step 5: Perform Soft Recovery.
6. Step 6: Perform Hard Recovery.

When to use the clean mailboxdatabase cmdlet?

If you used the Disable-Mailbox cmdlet or the Remove-Mailbox cmdlet while the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service was stopped, or if a mailbox was disabled by an external means other than the Disable-Mailbox cmdlet or Remove-Mailbox cmdlet, you may want to use the Clean-MailboxDatabase cmdlet to scan for disconnected mailboxes.

How to repair exchange Database EDB from Dirty shutdown state?

Repair Exchange DB dirty shutdown: eseutil/r After running the above command, if the Exchange DB found in the dirty shutdown state then it required to repair it using the below command. eseutil/r “C: program files exchsrvr mdbdata priv1.edb“ This will repairs Exchange from shutdown problem state to clean.

How to clean mailbox in Microsoft Exchange store?

Use the Clean-MailboxDatabase cmdlet to scan Active Directory for disconnected mailboxes that aren’t yet marked as disconnected in the Microsoft Exchange store and update the status of those mailboxes in the Exchange store.

How to remove mailbox object from Active Directory?

To disconnect a mailbox and remove the user object from Active Directory, use the Remove-Mailbox cmdlet. If you want to permanently remove a mailbox object from the Exchange store, use the Remove-Mailbox cmdlet.