Exchange 2010, An Active Manager operation failed, content index catalog files in the following state: 'Failed'.

Running “Move-ActiveMailboxDatabase  fails with fallowing errors”

$Sname1 = E1 $Sname1 = E2 Get-mailboxdatabase -server $Sname1 -status | where {$_.mounted -eq $true} | Move-ActiveMailboxDatabase -ActivateOnServer $Sname2 -Confirm:$False

 

An Active Manager operation failed. Error The database action failed. Error: An error occurred while trying to validate the specified database copy for possible activat on. Error: Database copy 'db01' on server 'E1.ZtekZone.com' has content index catalog files in the following state: 'Failed'.. [Database: db01, Server: E1.ZtekZone.com]     + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (db01:ADObjectId) [Move-ActiveMailboxDatabase], AmDbActionWrapperException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 52C54005,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.MoveActiveMailboxDatabase

 

Solution

Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus | fl name, ContentIndexState

Or

$DBstatus = Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus $DBstatus | fl name,*Content*

Now if we are dealing with single Database this would work

Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy "db60ssc\E1" -CatalogOnly

Now if we have many Databases

Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * | where {$_.ContentIndexState -eq "Failed"}

To fix all

$DBstatus = Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus $DBstatus | where {$_.ContentIndexState -eq "Failed"}

Now we will use Fallowing Command and append it to above command to fix content index issues

Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy –CatalogOnly

To Update all

Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * | where {$_.ContentIndexState -eq "Failed"} | Update-MailboxDatabaseCopy –CatalogOnly

 

Reseed the Search Catalog
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee633475.aspx

Enjoy !!

Respectfully,

Oz Casey, Dedeal

( Exchange Server North America MVP)

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