This section includes information about decommissioning a Routing or Application VM on a Host system with OpenStack.

To decommission a Routing or Application VM

  1. SSH to one of the Routing and Management VMs on the DSC SWe using this VM‘s IP address.

    ssh root@<ip address of the DSC SWe>

  2. Log onto the system.

    User ID: <root> 
password: <root password>
  3. Enter startmenu at the CLI prompt, and press ENTER.

  4. From the Main Menu, select System, and press ENTER.

  5. Select Software Revisions, and press ENTER.

  6. Select Versions, Commission, Decommission, and press ENTER.  



  7. Select the slot in which the VM you want to decommission appears and press ENTER (in this example, slot 4).



  8. Type d, and press ENTER. Wait until the VM is ready for removal.



  9. Type y, and then press ENTER.



  10. Press ENTER.

  11. Navigate to the Available Software Versions screen and confirm that the VM(s) has been decommissioned.



  12. You can now remove the decommissioned VM.

  13. Consider doing a Complete Configuration Backup (refer to Complete System Backup and Restore for the DSC SWe).

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