Hi, I hope i've posted in the correct area.
I'm having a few issues with exchange server 2013. Users within our organisation have been intermittently receiving the message 'Trying to connect' in Outlook 2010/2013 before the status returns to the usual 'Connected to Exchange'. Upon investigation, I have found that I receive the message "The database 'Mailbox Datbase <databasenumber>' to be accessed on server 'fqdn' is not mounted or is not available" when running commands in Exchange management shell. When I reboot the exchange server, the issue goes away and everything returns to normal. But after and hour or so, the issue returns and requires a reboot to fix.
I am also finding that after a reboot, some of the mailboxes end up quarantined and I need to run these commands to fix the issue:
1. Get-Mailbox | Get-MailboxStatistics | Where {$_.IsQuarantined –eq $True}
2. Disable-MailboxQuarantine <username>
This issue appears to have arisen out of no-where (except for maybe a stray windows update).
Technical details:
- Exchange Server is running on a Server 2012 R2 VM, running on Hyper V Core Server 2012 R2.
- Exchange Server is installed on the DC (Yes, i'm aware this isn't recommended, but small businesses have to make sacrifices to suit their budget)
I hope someone can give me some answers as i've been sitting here pulling my hair out for the past few days!
Thanks,
Manning