Hello - I'm currently at migration step 16 and have an issue with uninstalling Exchange. I'm using your other guide to uninstall that but have hit an error stating that the operation cannot be executed because the public folder database OURSERVER\Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database is not mounted. Mount the public folder database and try again.
I'm virtually certain this is because a few years ago we moved from local exchange and migrated all of our old email to Office 365. We are not in a hybrid mix as Office 365 has everything now in the cloud. After doing that we stopped the Exchange services and apparently removed the large local Exchange database. It is nowhere to be found. How can we move beyond this step?
You need to make sure all Exchange services are started. Best way to do this is set the services to start automatically and reboot the server. After that you can complete the uninstall guide. If you still have an issue let me know and I will help you.
I'm still getting the same result. I made all Exchange services automatic, then rebooted and got the same error.
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-PublicFolder -Server OURSERVER.OURDOMAIN.local "\Non_Ipm_Subtree" -Recurse -ResultSize:Unlimited | Remove-PublicFolder -Server OURSERVER.OURDOMAIN.local -Recurse -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue The operation cannot be executed because the public folder database 'OURSERVER \Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database' is not mounted. Mount the public folder database and try again. At line:1 char:1 + <<<< Get-PublicFolder -Server OURSERVER.OURDOMAIN.local "\Non_Ipm_Subtr ee" -Recurse -ResultSize:Unlimited | Remove-PublicFolder -Server OURSERVER.OURDOMAIN.local -Recurse -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], InvalidOperationExcept ion + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 7711B3C3
I assume this was ok, since our email services are handled via Office 365, but I went into Exchange Management Console and saw where the databases (1st & 2nd) weren't mounted. I mounted them and it warned me that if I do I would basically lose any previous db's. Again, assumption, but I mounted them and it created new ones and it appears that I will now be able to proceed with removal. Sound good?
Yes, go ahead and continue!