You can remove a Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance virtual machine (VM) from a vCenter Server.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vCenter Server at https://<vCenter IP/Domain address> using admin credentials.
  2. Open the Appliance > Registration tab.
  3. In the SSO lookup configuration section, click Edit and then click Unregister.
  4. In the vCenter Server Details section, click Unregister.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Log in to the vSphere Client using admin credentials.
  7. Power off the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance VM.
  8. To delete the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance VM from the datastore, right-click the appliance VM.
  9. Select Delete from Disk and click OK. For details, refer to the vSphere Documentation.
    The appliance is deleted from the vCenter Server and the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Plug-in is uninstalled. To verify, log out and log in to the vCenter Server.
  10. The Carbon Black Cloud console displays the appliance health status as Disconnected. You can verify appliance status in the Carbon Black Cloud console as follows.:
    1. Log in to the Carbon Black Cloud console.
    2. On the left navigation pane, click Settings > API Access > API Keys.
    3. Go to the appliance API. You can see the appliance name with a link next to the appliance API name.
    4. Click the appliance name with a link. The appliance health status shows as Disconnected.

Results

Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance VM is permanently deleted.