Hi,

 I have two Exhange 2013 servers in a DAG. I have recently recoverd from a "dirty shutdown"

 I have two DB, DB01 and DB04. DB01 has a copy db but DB04 has not.  I am moving all mailbox from DB04 to DB01.

 I am using powershell to do this.

  If I  list all users in DB04 I can see that the mailbox I moved from DB04 to DB01 are still listed as they are on DB04.??

   The DB04 is on diskdrive F: and DB01 on diskdive E: , the plan is to delete DB04 and remove diskdrive F:

   The tranx logs are on same disk as the DB.

  My final plan is to stop using DAG. I am thinking about adding a new Exchange server to the DAG and the delete or stop

   the   DAG and throw away the two old servers and run one Exchange server without DAG.

   So is there anything I should be aware of that can effect this plan.

   thanks

If I  list all users in DB04 I can see that the mailbox I moved from DB04 to DB01 are still listed as they are on DB04.?? these will be disconnected mailboxes

Yes you can add new server, make it part of dag, make it active and remove other servers from dag

• Proposed as answer by Vishwanath.S 21 hours 3 minutes ago

If I  list all users in DB04 I can see that the mailbox I moved from DB04 to DB01 are still listed as they are on DB04.?? these will be disconnected mailboxes

Yes you can add new server, make it part of dag, make it active and remove other servers from dag

• Proposed as answer by Vishwanath.S Friday, July 17, 2015 10:23 AM

If I  list all users in DB04 I can see that the mailbox I moved from DB04 to DB01 are still listed as they are on DB04.?? these will be disconnected mailboxes

Yes you can add new server, make it part of dag, make it active and remove other servers from dag

• Proposed as answer by Vishwanath.S Friday, July 17, 2015 10:23 AM

Hi,

 I have two Exhange 2013 servers in a DAG. I have recently recoverd from a "dirty shutdown"

 I have two DB, DB01 and DB04. DB01 has a copy db but DB04 has not.  I am moving all mailbox from DB04 to DB01.

 I am using powershell to do this.

  If I  list all users in DB04 I can see that the mailbox I moved from DB04 to DB01 are still listed as they are on DB04.??

   The DB04 is on diskdrive F: and DB01 on diskdive E: , the plan is to delete DB04 and remove diskdrive F:

   The tranx logs are on same disk as the DB.

  My final plan is to stop using DAG. I am thinking about adding a new Exchange server to the DAG and the delete or stop

   the   DAG and throw away the two old servers and run one Exchange server without DAG.

   So is there anything I should be aware of that can effect this plan.

   thanks

Hi,

 it is the customer will. :(

 Hi and thanks for your reply.

 I am wondering about the HealthMailboxes om DB04, should I move them as well to the DB01.

thanks

 hi,

 I used the Get-Mailbox -Database db04  to find all users, and I used  New-MoveRequest -Identity "xx" -TargetDatabase "DB01" to move them, some did not complete then I used the Baditemlimit and that worked, after I used Remove-MoveRequest.

I run this Get-MoveRequestStatistics -MoveRequestQueue db01  to see all moverequest

 If I run Get-MailboxDatabase db04 | Get-MailboxStatistics  | where { $_.DisconnectDate -eq $null } | select DisplayName,DisconnectDate  I get

SystemMailbox{dc6
HealthMailboxdc6d
HealthMailboxdd93

should I move them to DB04

Now I am installing the third Exchangserver which will be the onlyone I am using after I complete.

 I installed Exchange 2013 sp1 an everything when fine. I need to install cu5 on this server so that the patch level is the same. Then I get  this error on Exchange3 server,

Hi

You need to plan your stuff. First start with the moves.

Then move the arbitration mailboxes.

Decommission your 2010 server and once your environment has settled then upgrade to CU5, you can go to CU8 directly if you want. 

 Hi,

  I am not upgrading from Exchange 2010 I have Exchange 2013 already two Exchange servers in a DAG. I am moving all users from one DB to another DB in the same Exchange enironment, Then I am going to add the third Exchange 2013 server to the DAG, ehrn DB has been replicated over to the new Exchange server, I will mak him active, delete the Dag and uninstall EXchange from the two old servers.

It looks like I have moved all users to new DB, except for the three mailbox thata the system creates.

I get this error when I install cu5 on the new server. The new server can been seen in EMC with strange database.

pls adv.

 hi,

 can anybody help me with this.?  I do not know why installing Exchange 2013 CU5 causes all Excahnge services to be disabled. I guess the NeXT step is to enable all services and install CU5 Again, but I want to be sure.

 better save than sorry. :)

 brgds

Hi

Can you run the setup from an elevated prompt? it seems the gui is timing out. I have seen this as well and simply starting the services and running the install again works.

 thanks for your reply Edward,

 these mailboxes,

 SystemMailbox{dc6
HealthMailboxdc6d
HealthMailboxdd93    they are on the DB04 which I want to destroy, shouldnt I move them to the new database as well ?

Yes you can move them

Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | New-Moverequest -Targetdatabase "Database Name"

 Hi Edward,

  I ran this, and got error msg saying that all of this db are already on the destination db.

   When I run this Get-MailboxDatabase db04 | Get-MailboxStatistics  | where { $_.DisconnectDate -eq $null } | select DisplayName,DisconnectDate

  which  should show me all active mailbox  on db04 (db04 is the on I want to scratch)

  I get this,

   DisplayName                                                 DisconnectDate
-----------                                                 --------------
SystemMailbox{dc6d6b3c-808d-46e0-bca0-8a6f08200655}
HealthMailboxdc6d6b3c808d46e0bca08a6f08200655
HealthMailboxdd936e7e37034f5989fdac761cb03cb4
HealthMailbox-EXCH03-003
In-Place Archive - HealthMailbox573202dfcb394670b91751dd...
 do not know what to with them ?  The new server will be the only server, I will add him to the DAG, now I have only one DB which is very big ca 900GB, I will  sync it over to the new server, stop the DAG, then I will create new DB's and move mailbox there, Little bit worry because of the size of the DB, but this should Work ?

Hi Err,

After migration, we could restart Microsoft Exchange Information Store, then run the command to check if issue persist.

In addition, please make sure AD replication without any problems.

If there are any questions regarding this issue, please be free to let me know.

Best Regard,

Jim