Get-MailboxServer ServerName| fl Name, ManagedFolderWorkCycle
2. On the mailbox server hosting the active database copies, look for event 10027 (MSExchangeMailboxAssistants) in the Application event log. This provides a summary of the number of items deleted during the previous work cycle. It may provide clues as to what is (or is not) happening.
Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeMailboxAssistants
Date: 3/26/2013 1:13:38 PM
Event ID: 10027
Task Category: Managed Folder Assistant
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: ServerName
Description:
Statistics of MRM expiration at end of this work cycle:
TotalItemsSoftDeleted: 0
TotalItemsPermanentlyDeleted: 1216859
TotalItemsMoved: 0
TotalSizeItemsSoftDeleted: 0 Bytes
TotalSizeItemsPermanentlyDeleted: 13625982941 Bytes – 12GB
TotalSizeItemsMoved: 0 Bytes
TotalItemsWithPersonalTag: 0
TotalItemsWithDefaultTag: 0
TotalItemsWithSystemCleanupTag: 0
TotalItemsExpiredByDefaultExpiryTag: 0
TotalItemsExpiredByPersonalExpiryTag: 0
TotalItemsMovedByDefaultArchiveTag: 0
TotalItemsMovedByPersonalArchiveTag: 0
3. Use perfmon to examine the following counters:
MSExchange Managed Folder Assistant\Size of items permanently deleted (in bytes)
MSExchange Managed Folder Assistant\Items permanently deleted
To get the list of all Mailboxes in a mailbox database, use
Get-MailboxDatabase DBname | Get-Mailbox –ResultSize Unlimited | FT Alias >>.\alias_DB3.txt
Once you complete the step, select a user and run the cmdlet to see if all 4 folders are now emptied.
Get-MailboxfolderStatistics rsn1005 |ft name, ItemsInFolder, FolderSize -AutoSize
All 4 folders should ideally be empty – its not in my case because I haven’t ran it yet.
To get the MailboxSatatistics for all users on a mailbox database, run this
Get-MailboxDatabase DB3 | Get-Mailbox –ResultSize Unlimited | Get-MailboxStatistics |ft DisplayName, DatabaseName, *item* -AutoSize
Again, remember not to throttle the server by running the cmdlet for all users at once. In case if you are reading this article after running all these cmdlets and seeing no success, maybe that is what happened.
CMDlets to run:
Set-Mailbox -Identity “ratish” -CalendarVersionStoreDisabled:$True
Search-Mailbox “ratish” -SearchDumpsterOnly –DeleteContent
Start-ManagedFolderAssistant -Identity “ratish”
You can use the get-Content switch to run in batches of 10 or 20
A special thanks to MVP Tony Murray, Tony Redmond and MSFT Bharat Suneja for their help.