Exchange database's index folder recreate even the database removed from the organization.

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Exchange database's index folder recreate even the database removed from the organization.

Chong 871

Hi,

One of the exchange DB is removed from the organization and the index folder was deleted already, but the index folder will auto recreate after restart the "Microsoft Exchange Search Host controller" services

I also tried to format the disk (E:), the whole folder path will be created automatically after restarted that service.

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Any idea?

Chong

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2023-09-12T08:27:25.43+00:00

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RicardoOrtiz 0 Reputation points

2023-12-05T01:14:35.1533333+00:00

What should I do if I do not want to delete the database; I only deleted the copy of that database from another member of the DAG, which I am going to remove, but the active copy will remain running on another server. In this case, on the server that I am going to remove from the DAG, even though I already deleted the copy of the database, and also deleted the folders manually from the disk drive, but they are created again.

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Jarvis Sun-MSFT 10,231 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-09-12T08:27:25.43+00:00

I wanted to follow up and know if the below responses helped in answering your query. If it did, please do not forget to accept the appropriate response as Answer so that others in the community facing similar issues can easily find the solution.
RicardoOrtiz 0 Reputation points

2023-12-05T01:14:35.1533333+00:00

What should I do if I do not want to delete the database; I only deleted the copy of that database from another member of the DAG, which I am going to remove, but the active copy will remain running on another server. In this case, on the server that I am going to remove from the DAG, even though I already deleted the copy of the database, and also deleted the folders manually from the disk drive, but they are created again.

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Hi @Chong ,

Thanks for posting in our Q&A forum.

First of all, please check the removed DB status, use the cmdlets Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus.

If you want to stop Exchange database’s index folder from recreating even after the database has been removed from the organization, you can disable indexing for that mailbox database. To do so, use the following PowerShell command:

Set-MailboxDatabase <DatabaseName> -IndexEnabled $False

You can verify that indexing is disabled by running the following command:

Get-MailboxDatabase <DatabaseName> | fl Name,IndexEnabled

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