deleted mailboxes then ran eseutil but mailboxes still show in mailbox store - Microsoft Exchange

to clarify, when I say I "deleted old mailboxes", I mean I deleted
previously disabled user accounts that had mailboxes.

gary


"gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uG6Nd05OGHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> getting close to the limit on our 2000 exchange server, so I have started
> enforcing limits and deleted old mailboxes.
>
> Saturday I set keep deleted items to 0 days, and keep deleted mailboxes to
> 0 days.
>
> I then ran eseutil, and although I have gained a little storage back (back
> under 14 gig), when I go to the mailbox store I see all of the old
> mailboxes I thought I deleted.
>
> is there a step I missed in removing these old mailboxes?
>
> I hate to have to run eseutil again, I do not have enough hard drive space
> on my exchange server so I have to copy the files over to our file server
> and then back when running eseutil.
> Took almost 8 hours.
>
>

to clarify, when I say I "deleted old mailboxes", I mean I deleted
previously disabled user accounts that had mailboxes.

gary


"gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uG6Nd05OGHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> getting close to the limit on our 2000 exchange server, so I have started
> enforcing limits and deleted old mailboxes.
>
> Saturday I set keep deleted items to 0 days, and keep deleted mailboxes to
> 0 days.
>
> I then ran eseutil, and although I have gained a little storage back (back
> under 14 gig), when I go to the mailbox store I see all of the old
> mailboxes I thought I deleted.
>
> is there a step I missed in removing these old mailboxes?
>
> I hate to have to run eseutil again, I do not have enough hard drive space
> on my exchange server so I have to copy the files over to our file server
> and then back when running eseutil.
> Took almost 8 hours.
>
>

You need to purge the mailboxes as well as removing the AD accounts. Then
after the System Attendent has run you'll be able to recover the space. But
if you are down to 14GB, you may as well just let the online defrag work and
leave yourself some white space rather than dropping the database and
compacting it.

"gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u%23xKj95OGHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> to clarify, when I say I "deleted old mailboxes", I mean I deleted
> previously disabled user accounts that had mailboxes.
>
> gary
>
>
> "gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uG6Nd05OGHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> getting close to the limit on our 2000 exchange server, so I have started
>> enforcing limits and deleted old mailboxes.
>>
>> Saturday I set keep deleted items to 0 days, and keep deleted mailboxes
>> to 0 days.
>>
>> I then ran eseutil, and although I have gained a little storage back
>> (back under 14 gig), when I go to the mailbox store I see all of the old
>> mailboxes I thought I deleted.
>>
>> is there a step I missed in removing these old mailboxes?
>>
>> I hate to have to run eseutil again, I do not have enough hard drive
>> space on my exchange server so I have to copy the files over to our file
>> server and then back when running eseutil.
>> Took almost 8 hours.
>>
>>
>
>

You need to purge the mailboxes as well as removing the AD accounts. Then
after the System Attendent has run you'll be able to recover the space. But
if you are down to 14GB, you may as well just let the online defrag work and
leave yourself some white space rather than dropping the database and
compacting it.

"gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u%23xKj95OGHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> to clarify, when I say I "deleted old mailboxes", I mean I deleted
> previously disabled user accounts that had mailboxes.
>
> gary
>
>
> "gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uG6Nd05OGHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> getting close to the limit on our 2000 exchange server, so I have started
>> enforcing limits and deleted old mailboxes.
>>
>> Saturday I set keep deleted items to 0 days, and keep deleted mailboxes
>> to 0 days.
>>
>> I then ran eseutil, and although I have gained a little storage back
>> (back under 14 gig), when I go to the mailbox store I see all of the old
>> mailboxes I thought I deleted.
>>
>> is there a step I missed in removing these old mailboxes?
>>
>> I hate to have to run eseutil again, I do not have enough hard drive
>> space on my exchange server so I have to copy the files over to our file
>> server and then back when running eseutil.
>> Took almost 8 hours.
>>
>>
>
>

thanks, I will try that.

gary


"Nick Gillott [MVP]" <nick@gillott.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u1U1Oz9OGHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> You need to purge the mailboxes as well as removing the AD accounts. Then
> after the System Attendent has run you'll be able to recover the space.
> But if you are down to 14GB, you may as well just let the online defrag
> work and leave yourself some white space rather than dropping the database
> and compacting it.
>
> "gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u%23xKj95OGHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> to clarify, when I say I "deleted old mailboxes", I mean I deleted
>> previously disabled user accounts that had mailboxes.
>>
>> gary
>>
>>
>> "gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uG6Nd05OGHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> getting close to the limit on our 2000 exchange server, so I have
>>> started enforcing limits and deleted old mailboxes.
>>>
>>> Saturday I set keep deleted items to 0 days, and keep deleted mailboxes
>>> to 0 days.
>>>
>>> I then ran eseutil, and although I have gained a little storage back
>>> (back under 14 gig), when I go to the mailbox store I see all of the old
>>> mailboxes I thought I deleted.
>>>
>>> is there a step I missed in removing these old mailboxes?
>>>
>>> I hate to have to run eseutil again, I do not have enough hard drive
>>> space on my exchange server so I have to copy the files over to our file
>>> server and then back when running eseutil.
>>> Took almost 8 hours.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

thanks, I will try that.

gary


"Nick Gillott [MVP]" <nick@gillott.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u1U1Oz9OGHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> You need to purge the mailboxes as well as removing the AD accounts. Then
> after the System Attendent has run you'll be able to recover the space.
> But if you are down to 14GB, you may as well just let the online defrag
> work and leave yourself some white space rather than dropping the database
> and compacting it.
>
> "gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u%23xKj95OGHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> to clarify, when I say I "deleted old mailboxes", I mean I deleted
>> previously disabled user accounts that had mailboxes.
>>
>> gary
>>
>>
>> "gary" <garym_jacksonfurniture_dontspamme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uG6Nd05OGHA.3100@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> getting close to the limit on our 2000 exchange server, so I have
>>> started enforcing limits and deleted old mailboxes.
>>>
>>> Saturday I set keep deleted items to 0 days, and keep deleted mailboxes
>>> to 0 days.
>>>
>>> I then ran eseutil, and although I have gained a little storage back
>>> (back under 14 gig), when I go to the mailbox store I see all of the old
>>> mailboxes I thought I deleted.
>>>
>>> is there a step I missed in removing these old mailboxes?
>>>
>>> I hate to have to run eseutil again, I do not have enough hard drive
>>> space on my exchange server so I have to copy the files over to our file
>>> server and then back when running eseutil.
>>> Took almost 8 hours.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>