A decommissioned host must be cleaned up before it can be assigned to a workload domain. You can use the SoS utility on the SDDC Manager VM to perform host cleanup.

Prerequisites

Gather the following information for each host that you want to clean up:
  • IP address
  • User name and password (root credentials)

Procedure

  1. Using SSH, log in to the SDDC Manager VM with the following credentials:
    Username: vcf

    Password: use the password specified in the deployment parameter sheet

  2. Enter su to switch to the root user.
  3. Change to the /opt/vmware/sddc-support directory.
  4. Edit decommissioned_host_cleanup_sample.json to include information for the host(s) you want to clean up.
  5. Type the following command: 
    ./sos --cleanup-decommissioned-host
/opt/vmware/sddc-support/decommissioned_host_cleanup_sample.json

What to do next

You can now commission the host to the Cloud Foundation inventory and add it to a workload domain.