Removing Exchange resources by using XML

Use the RemoveExchangeResources procedure of the Exchange Resource Manager namespace to remove public and private stores from the pool of resources managed by Exchange Resource Manager. This procedure is restricted to Domain Administrators.

This procedure generates an error if you try to remove a resource from the pool when the resource is being used by a Web site. You must deallocate the resource before you remove it from the pool.

Example of a request that calls the RemoveExchangeResources procedure

<request>
  <procedure>
	<execute namespace="Exchange Resource Manager" 
		procedure="RemoveExchangeResources">
	<executeData>
		 <publicStores>
		 <publicStore>
			 <serverName>CONTOSO1</serverName>
		 </publicStore>
		 </publicStores>
		 <mailStores>
		 <mailStore>
			 <serverName>CONTOSO1</serverName>
			 <mailStoreName>Mailbox Store (CONTOSO1)</mailStoreName>
		 </mailStore>
		 <mailStore>
			 <serverName>CONTOSO1</serverName>
			 <mailStoreName>Mailbox Store 2 (CONTOSO1)</mailStoreName>
		 </mailStore>
		 <mailStore>
			 <serverName>CONTOSO1</serverName>
			 <mailStoreName>Mailbox Store 3 (CONTOSO1)</mailStoreName>
		 </mailStore>
		 </mailStores>
	 </executeData>
	 <after source="executeData" destination="data" mode="merge" />
	</execute>
  </procedure>
</request>

Input for RemoveExchangeResources

The following input is valid for this request:

• Public stores to be removed

  Use zero or more of the <serverName> element of the <publicStore> element to specify public stores to be removed.

  <publicStores>
  		 <publicStore>
  			 <serverName>Name of server where public stores reside</serverName>
  		 </publicStore>
  		 </publicStores>
  

• Mail stores to be removed

  Use zero or more of the <serverName> element and <mailStoreName> elements of the <mailStore> element to specify public stores to be removed.

  <mailStores>
    <mailStore>
  	<serverName>Name of server where mail stores reside</serverName>
  	<mailStoreName>Name of mailbox store to be removed</mailStoreName>
    </mailStore>
  </mailStores>
  

Typical response for RemoveExchangeResources

The response to this procedure does not contain significant data.

Important

• Although Active Directory is not case sensitive for elements such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path, XML is case sensitive. To ensure that the procedure executes appropriately, specify all tags, elements, and data using uppercase and lowercase letters exactly as shown in the XML examples. For additional guidelines on how to use XML, see the Microsoft Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/).