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3 In the confirmation dialog that appears, clickYes.
The confirmation dialog also asks if you want to automatically evacuate virtual machines that are not
powered on from the host. This is useful if you want those virtual machines to remain registered to a
host within the cluster.
The host icon changes and the term “maintenance mode” is added to the name in parentheses.
4 Select the host icon in the inventory panel, and drag it to the new location.
The host can be moved to another cluster or another datacenter. When the new location is selected,
a blue box surrounds the cluster or datacenter name.
vCenter Server moves the host to the new location.
5 Right-click the host, and select Exit Maintenance Mode from the pop-up menu.
6 (Optional) Restart any virtual machines, as needed.
Remove a Managed Host from vCenter Server
Remove a managed host from vCenter Server to stop all vCenter Server monitoring and management of
that host.
If possible, remove managed hosts while they are connected. Removing a disconnected managed host
does not remove the vCenter Server agent from the managed host.
Prerequisites
Make sure NFS mounts are active. If NFS mounts are unresponsive, the operation fails.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Client connected to a vCenter Server system, display the inventory.
2 (Optional) If the host is part of a cluster, you must put it in maintenance mode.
a Right-click the managed host in the inventory and select Enter Maintenance Mode from the pop-
up menu.
b On the confirmation dialog, click Yes.
The host icon changes and the term “maintenance mode” is added to the name in parentheses.
3 Right-click the appropriate host in the inventory panel, and select Remove from the pop-up menu.
4 In the confirmation dialog that appears, click Yes to remove the managed host.
vCenter Server removes the managed host and associated virtual machines from the vCenter Server
environment. vCenter Server then returns the status of all associated processor and migration
licenses to available.
Reboot or Shut Down an ESXi Host
You can power off or restart (reboot) any ESXi host using the vSphere Client. Powering off a managed
host disconnects it from vCenter Server, but does not remove it from the inventory.
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