Removing a host from the VMware vCenter Server

To remove a host from your vCenter Server inventory, you have to use the Remove-VMHost cmdlet. The Remove-VMHost cmdlet has the following syntax:

Remove-VMHost [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Let's try to remove a host as seen in the following screenshot:

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Removing a host from the VMware vCenter Server

The operation failed because the host should have been in maintenance mode or a disconnected state before you could remove it.

Removing a host from the VMware vCenter Server

So let's put the host in maintenance mode first and then try to remove ...

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