Removing the management extender for VMware

Using the Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter Task, you can remove the management extender for VMware.

Before you begin

This Task removes the management extender plug-in only. You must first remove the management extender plug-in, then uninstall the proxy agent with a separate Fixlet. In the BES Support site, run the latest version of the Uninstall Windows Proxy Agent Fixlet to remove the proxy agent.

About this task

The Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter Task removes the management extender but does not remove the list of computers that are associated with a relay server or a root server. If you reconfigure the management extender at a later stage, the reconfiguration might cause computers with duplicate names to be displayed within the BigFix console. To remove unwanted computers from the database of the BigFix console, navigate to the All Content domain, select Computers and from the Computers list, select the computers that you want to remove, right-click, and select Remove from Database.

Procedure

  1. Open the Server Automation domain.
  2. From the navigation tree in the Server Automation domain, click Virtualization > Setup and Maintainance > Remove VMware Components.
  3. In the Remove VMware Components window, select the Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter Task.
  4. In the Task: Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter window, click Take Action.
  5. In the Take Action dialog box, ensure Specific computers selected in the list below is selected.
  6. In the Computer Name list, select the computer from which you want to remove the management extender and click OK.

Results

In the Action: Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter window, you can check the status of the uninstall. When the status changes to Completed, the management extender for VMware is uninstalled from the root server or the relay server.