Remove machine from vRA 7.x
How to remove Machines from vRA 7.x The steps here are contained in VMware Kb article 2144269 but read on below for a more user-friendly guide & explanation of the process. From time to time it is required to remove a machine from vRA management manually. The destroy operation may only partially succeed in vRA due to a temporary issue with vSphere proxy agent or the vm might be restored from backup in vCenter with a different UID resulting in it being marked as " Missing " in vRA UI. The VMware KB article focuses on removing machine using the cloud client however I have found that to be the least successful method. The most successful & reliable way for me has been direct database manipulation contained in KB2144269_RemoveVMFromVRA7.zip file attached to the above KB. Quick points before we begin The steps covered here only remove the machines from vRA management , they do not delete the vm's from vCenter, so if the vm's haven't already been removed from...