Specifications

Basic System Administration
176 VMware, Inc.
6Toconfirmthatyouwanttoremovethevirtualmachinefromtheinventory,click
OK.
VirtualCenterServerremovesreferencestothevirtualmachineandnolonger
tracksitscondition.
To remove a virtual machine from VirtualCenter and the datastore
1FromtheVIClient,clicktheInventorybuttoninthenavigationbar.
2 Expandtheinventoryasneeded,andclicktheappropriatevirtual
machine.
3Makesurethatthevirtualmachineispoweredoff.
4Right‐clickonthevirtualmachineandselectDeletefromDisk.
5ClickOKintheconfirmationdialogbox.
VirtualCenterdeletesthevirtualmachinefromitsdatastore.
Returning a Virtual Machine or Template to VirtualCenter
IfyouhaveremovedavirtualmachineortemplatefromaVirtualCenterserverbutdid
notremoveitfromthemanagedhost’sdatastoreandyouwanttoreturnitto
VirtualCenter,usetheDatastoreBrowser.
To return a virtual machine or template to VirtualCenter
1Right‐clickonthedatastoreandchooseBrowseDatastore.
TheDatastoreBrowserdialogboxis
displayed.
2 Navigatetothevirtualmachineortemplatethatyouwanttoaddtoinventory.
3Right‐clickonthevirtualmachineortemplateandchooseAddtoInventory.
4FollowthestepsintheAddtoInventorywizardtofinishaddingthevirtual
machineortemplate.
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OTETheRemovefromInventorycommandremovesthevirtualmachineonly
fromVirtualCenterinventory.Itdoesnotremovethevirtualmachinefromits
datastore.
CAUTIONThisproceduredeletesallthefilesfortheselectedvirtualmachine,including
theconfigurationfileandthevirtualdiskfiles.Ifothervirtualmachinessharedisks
withthevirtualmachineyouwanttodelete(target),removetheshareddisksfromthe
targetbeforedeletingit.See“ChangingtheHardwareConfiguration
ofaVirtual
Machine”onpage 180.