Removing A Vmware Vds - Dell EMC VxBlock Systems 350 Administration Manual

Before you begin
Verify that there are no VMs, vNIC uplinks and VMKernel ports attached to the existing VMware VDS
coming from each VMware vSphere ESXi host.
Procedure
1 Open a browser and type the following URL: https://<vCenterIP>:9443/vsphere-
client. You can also launch the VMware vSphere Web Client by selecting Start Menu > All
Programs > VMware > VMware vSphere Web Client.
2 Log on to the VMware vSphere Web Client with the administrator@vsphere.local user account
(SSO account) or other administrative account with appropriate permissions.
3 On the VMware vSphere Web Client Home tab, under Inventories, click Networking.
4 Right-click DVSwitch01-A and select Add and Manage Hosts.
5 From the Add and Manage Hosts wizard, perform the following:
a Select Remove hosts and click Next.
b Select Attached hosts.
c From the Select member hosts window, select the VMware vSphere ESXi host to be
deleted and click OK.
d Validate that the selected host appears in the list and click Next.
e Review the summary results window and click Finish.

Removing a VMware VDS

Required procedures are provided for removing a VMware VDS.
Before you begin
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Uplink adapters and VMware vSphere ESXI hosts do not need to be removed to delete the
VMware VDS.
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Powered on VMs cannot be attached to any distributed port groups. No VMs are permitted on any
VMware vSphere ESXi host connect to the VMware VDS and attached to the distributed port
groups.
Perform the following procedures:
1 Migrate VM distributed port group assignments to a different switch.
2 Migrate VMKernel ports to a different switch.
105 | Managing VMware VDS
You can modify multiple VMware vSphere ESXI hosts at a time using the Add and
Manage Hosts wizard.