Using the Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter Task, you
can remove the management extender for VMware.
Before you begin
This Task removes the management extender plug-in only.
You must first remove the management extender plug-in, then uninstall
the proxy agent with a separate Fixlet. In the BES Support site,
run the latest version of the Uninstall Windows Proxy Agent Fixlet
to remove the proxy agent.
About this task
The Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter Task removes
the management extender but does not remove the list of computers
that are associated with a relay server or a root server. If you reconfigure
the management extender at a later stage, the reconfiguration might
cause computers with duplicate names to be displayed within the BigFix console.
To remove unwanted computers from the database of the BigFix console,
navigate to the All Content domain, select Computers and
from the Computers list, select the computers
that you want to remove, right-click, and select Remove
from Database.
Procedure
- Open the Server Automation domain.
- From the navigation tree in the Server Automation domain,
click .
- In the Remove VMware Components window,
select the Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter Task.
- In the Task: Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter window,
click Take Action.
- In the Take Action dialog box, ensure Specific
computers selected in the list below is selected.
- In the Computer Name list, select
the computer from which you want to remove the management extender
and click OK.
Results
In the Action: Remove Management Extender for VMware vCenter window,
you can check the status of the uninstall. When the status changes
to Completed, the management extender for VMware is
uninstalled from the root server or the relay server.