Uninstalling Procedure
- Power-off the appliance.
- On the Inventory panel, right-click tn the Host PowerTools for VMware virtual machine and select either Remove from inventory or Delete from disk from the Host pop-up menu.
- Remove from inventory - this option does not delete the virtual appliance from the disk
- Delete from disk - this option deletes the virtual appliance from the disk
- Unregister the Host PowerTools extension from the vCenter. For instructions see the section below.
- Manually clean the VASA Provider's IP from the Storage Providers screen. For instructions see the section below.
- Restart the vSphere web client.
- For instruction, follow the steps in the relevant VMware KB articles:
- For instruction, follow the steps in the relevant VMware KB articles:
Unregistering Host PowerTools extension from vCenter
When the Host Power Tool VMware appliance is powered off:
- Open the vCenter Extension Manager via the vCenter MOB URL "https://<vcenter_name_or_IP>/mob/?moid=ExtensionManager"
- Unregister the extension "com.infinidat.powertools", using the method "UnregisterExtension"
- Make sure that the unregister extension invoke ended successfully, and that the "com.infinidat.powertools" is not listed anymore.
Re-registering Host PowerTools
- Power on the Host Power Tool VMware appliance.
- Wait for the appliance to complete boot.
- Host Power Tool VMware should be re-registered.
- Validate by opening the vcenter extension manager via the vcenter mob url "https://<vcenter_name_or_IP>/mob/?moid=ExtensionManager" and check that the "com.infinidat.powertools" was re-registered.
Removing the VASA provider
- Login to the vCenter and select the vCenter object.
- Choose Configure.
- Select Storage Providers.
- From the list select the storage provider named "com.infinidat.powertools".
- Press Remove.
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