User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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TheForceUndeploymenuoptionisvisibleevenwhentheUndeploy,Undeploy‐Save
State,orUndeploy‐DiscardStatemenuoptionsareavailable.Althoughitisintended
forspecialcircumstances,theForceUndeploymenuoptionproducesthesameresults
astheUndeploy‐DiscardStatemenuoptioninstandardcircumstances.
To forcefully undeploy a template
1Fromthe
leftpane,clickVMTemplates.
2MovethepointeroverthedeployedtemplatenameandchooseForceUndeploy
fromthemenu.
Undeploying Virtual Machines with Force
Ifstandardundeployoperationsdonotwork,Stage Manageradministratorscan
forcefullyundeployavirtualmachinetocleantheStage Managerdatabase.An
exampleofthiskindofsituationiswhenanESXServerhostgoesofflineorsomeone
manuallyremovesavirtualmachinefromVirtualCenterinventory.Serviceusers
cannotaccessthisoption.
TheForceUndeploymenuoptionisvisibleevenwhentheUndeploy‐SaveStateand
Undeploy‐DiscardStatemenuoptions(forasinglevirtualmachine)andUndeploy
allVMsmenuoption(forallvirtualmachinesonahost)areavailable.Althoughitis
intendedforspecialcircumstances,theForceUndeploymenuoption
producesthe
sameresultsastheUndeploy‐DiscardStatemenuoption(forasinglevirtual
machine)instandardcircumstances.
To forcefully undeploy an individual virtual machine
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
IntheVirtualMachinestab,movethepointeroverthevirtualmachinenameand
chooseForceUndeployfromthemenu.
To forcefully undeploy all virtual machines on a host
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheHoststab,movethepointerovertheresourcepoolandchooseForce
Undeployfromthemenu.
3Confirmtheoperation.