Generating an Image After Removing Existing NSX Agent Configurations

You can generate an image of a VM that has a configured NSX agent.

To remove configurations from an existing NSX-managed VM and use it for generating images, do the following:

Procedure

1. Removing NSX agent configurations from a Windows or Linux VM:
   1. Log in to the workload VM using preferably using a jumphost.
   2. Open the NSX CLI:

      sudo nsxcli

   3. Enter the following commands:

      hostname> set debug
      hostname> clear nsx-vm-agent state
      

2. Locate this VM in your public cloud and create an image.