Hi,
I have a two server set up running in my test lab. Exchange 2010 on Server 2008.I have a DAG set up on the two machines.
Both of these machines have been physically turned off for quite a while, probably about a year, and when they had been on before that that were largely ignored.
I turned them on this morning to get them ready for some testing. The servers booted up well and the databases mounted. I was even able to connect via OWA, though it took quite a while to log in and in fact it took very long for the servers to boot.
I ran Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus - Server (Name) | fl Name,*Index* and got back the following results
ContentIndexState : Failed
ContentIndexErrorMessage: The timestamp of the catalog state is too old for database.
I have three databases on this server cluster and all databases on both servers give the same message.
My questions:
1. What exactly is that ContentIndexrrorMessage telling me and why do I need to be concerned about it (I'm assuming I do)
2. How can I fix this?
3. Last, since these servers have been offline for quite some time, is there anything else I should do/check in particular? I have already run windows update on both servers.
Thanks!
Mike