Uninstall A Vshield Endpoint Module; Unregister An Svm From A Vshield Endpoint Module; Uninstall The Vshield Endpoint Module From The Vsphere Client - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0 Admin Manual

Uninstall a vShield Endpoint Module

Before you uninstall the a vShield Endpoint module from the vShield Manager, you must unregister the SVM
from the vShield Endpoint module.
C Uninstalling vShield Endpoint places the ESX host in maintenance mode. After uninstallation is
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complete, the ESX host reboots. If any of the virtual machines that are running on the target ESX host cannot
be migrated to another ESX host, these virtual machines must be powered off or migrated manually before the
uninstallation can continue. If the vShield Manager is on the same ESX host, the vShield Manager must be
migrated prior to uninstalling vShield Endpoint.

Unregister an SVM from a vShield Endpoint Module

You must specify the virtual machine ID of the SVM to unregister the SVM from the vShield Endpoint module.
Example 9-1. Unregistering an SVM
Request:
DELETE <vshieldmanager-uri>/endpointsecurity/svm/<vmId>
Example:
DELETE /api/1.0/endpointsecurity/svm/vm-1234 HTTP/1.1
host: 10.112.199.123:80
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46ZGVmYXVsdA==
Response:
HTTP 204 No Content: The Endpoint Security VM is successfully unregistered.
HTTP 401 Unauthorized: The username or password sent in Authorized header is wrong.
HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed: If the vmId is missed in the URI.
HTTP 400 Bad Request: Internal error codes. Please refer the Error Schema for more details.
40002=Acquiring data from VC failed for <>
40007=SVM with moid: <> not registered
40015=vmId is malformatted or of incorrect length : <>

Uninstall the vShield Endpoint Module from the vSphere Client

Uninstalling an vShield Endpoint module puts the ESX host into maintenance mode and reboots it.
C Migrate your vShield Manager and any other virtual machines to another ESX host to avoid
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shutting down these virtual machines during reboot.
To uninstall an vShield Endpoint module from an ESX host
1 Log in to the vSphere Client.
2 Select an ESX host from the inventory tree.
3 Click the vShield tab.
4 Click Uninstall for to the vShield Endpoint service.
Uninstallation removes port group epsec-vmk-1 and vSwitch epsec-vswitch-2.
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