This section includes information about decommissioning a Routing or Application VM on a Host system with OpenStack.
To decommission a Routing or Application VM
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>
Log onto the system.
User ID: <root>
password: <root password>
- Enter startmenu at the CLI prompt, and press ENTER.
- From the Main Menu, select System, and press ENTER.
- Select Software Revisions, and press ENTER.
- Select Versions, Commission, Decommission, and press ENTER.
- Select the slot in which the VM you want to decommission appears and press ENTER (in this example, slot 4).
- Type d, and press ENTER. Wait until the VM is ready for removal.
- Type y, and then press ENTER.
- Press ENTER.
- Navigate to the Available Software Versions screen and confirm that the VM(s) has been decommissioned.
You can now remove the decommissioned VM.
- Consider doing a Complete Configuration Backup (refer to Complete System Backup and Restore for the DSC SWe).