Powershell – Unable to remove publicfolder replicas on exchange 2007

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I try to decommissioning my Exchange 2007 server after migration to Exchange 2013, to migrate to 2016 in the future.

I removed all mailbox databases, but not the publicfolder database, i got an error

The public folder database specified contains folder replicas. Before
deleting the public folder database, remove the folders or move the
replicas to another public folder database.

This is a common error but all i tried doesn't work cause i haven't any publicfolder.

Get-PublicFolderStatistics show me some system/hidden publicfolders :

Name                                     ItemCount               LastAccessTime
----                                     ---------               --------------
EX:/o=Sb/ou=Exchange Administrative Grou 0                  12/04/2016 10:55:23
p (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)                                                            
EX:/o=Sb/ou=Exchange Administrative Grou 0                  12/04/2016 10:55:23
p (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)                                                            
globalevents                             0                  12/04/2016 10:55:23
internal                                 0                  12/04/2016 10:55:23
OWAScratchPad{0328B619-6465-4137-98FF-3B 0                  12/04/2016 10:55:23
5BC061CF6F}                                                                    
StoreEvents{0328B619-6465-4137-98FF-3B5B 0                  12/04/2016 10:55:23
C061CF6F}

Get-PublicFolder return the error :

There is no existing PublicFolder that matches the following Identity:
'\'. Please make sure that you specified the correct PublicFolder
Identity and that you have the necessary permissions to view
PublicFolder.

In the Exchange 2013 side, these 2 cmdlet return no public folder.

So, i tried Exchange scripts :

RemoveReplicaFromPFRecursive.ps1 -TopPublicFolder "\" -ServerToRemove old return an error return the same error than Get-PublicFolder "\".

MoveAllReplicas.ps1 -server old -newserver new return return the same errors than Get-PublicFolder and Get-PublicFolder \NON_IPM_SUBTREE -recurse -resultsize unlimited

I tried to create one publicfolder :

New-PublicFolder -name test return an error return the same error than Get-PublicFolder.

Thank for help !

Best Answer

You get this error because you cannot delete a public folder database that contains data. To get in detailed about how do we remove public folder replicas from the database refer to this article that have documented steps and the links to get this job done. www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0000227

You may also get help from this step-by-step guide to migrate from Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange Server 2013 and after migration Decommissioning Exchange Server 2007

Hope this helps!

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