Cannot Remove empty Mailbox Database

Question

Hi All,
I got following error.
  Microsoft Exchange Error
The mailbox database 'MDB3' cannot be deleted.
MDB3
Failed
Error:
This mailbox database is associated with one or more active MailboxExport requests. To get a list of all MailboxExport requests associated with this database, run Get-MailboxExportRequest | ?{ $_.RequestQueue -eq "<Database ID>" }. To remove
a MailboxExport request, run Remove-MailboxExportRequest <Recipient ID\Request Name>.
run Get-MailboxExportRequest | ?{ $_.RequestQueue -eq "<Database ID>" }
Name                                                                        
                                                        Mailbox                
                                   Status
MailboxExport                                                                      
                                  InProgress
So how do i remove this?
AS

Answer 1

Hi,
There were couple of Export requests pending for this database. Get-MailboxExportRequest command was giving me "Cannot perform searches outside the scope" error.
Here are the commands I executed to resolve this issue.
1. Set-AdServerSettings -ViewEntireForest $True
2. Get-MailboxExportRequest -Database "Database Name" | Remove-MailboxExportRequet
3. Remove-MailboxDatabaseCopy -identity "Database Name"
Database was successfully removed after executing these commands.
or
Get-MailboxExportRequest | remove-mailboxexportrequest
Deepak Kotian.
MCP, MCTS, MCITP Exchange 2010 Ent. Administrator
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