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Remove default mailbox databases

Moving System Arbitration Mailboxes and removing the default dbs
To move the system arbitration mailboxes from the default databases to one of the DAG databases first find them and pipe to a new move request to DB1

Identify:
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>get-mailbox -Arbitration
Creating a new session for implicit remoting of "Get-Mailbox" command...

Name Alias ServerName ProhibitSendQuo
ta
---- ----- ---------- ---------------
SystemMailbox{1f05a927... SystemMailbox{1f0... ampf48-iqa1060 unlimited
SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29... SystemMailbox{e0d... ampf48-iqa1060 unlimited
FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8... FederatedEmail.4c... ampf48-iqa1060 1 MB (1,048,...

Migrate any normal mailboxes:
Get-MailboxDatabase | where{$_.name -like "*Mailbox Database*"} | get-mailbox | New-
MoveRequest -TargetDatabase db1


Migrate any arbitration mailboxes:
Get-MailboxDatabase | where{$_.name -like "*Mailbox Database*"} | get-mailbox -Arbitration | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase db1

Remove Default DB’s:
Get-MailboxDatabase | where{$_.name -like "*Mailbox Database*"} | get-mailbox