Deleting Hosts
You may want to delete hosts from the reporting database for the following reasons:
• You do not want the hosts to appear in your reports.
• The host is inactive and should no longer be backed up.
Warning: If you choose to Delete a Host, you are irretrievably deleting hosts from host groups and the reporting database. All related host historical data will also be permanently deleted from the database and unavailable in all reports. A pop-up window warns you of this action to prevent inadvertent deletions. This is an audited action and requires a password before deletion can proceed.
Note: When you delete a host, it removes everything related to the host except the VM Server. To remove the related VM Server, you just explicitly delete it via the Host Management window. This prevents servers from being orphaned in the database.
In most cases, you should
remove a host from a group, thereby
un-linking it from its relationship with other machines in that group. Also, you can easily
move or
add a host to other groups using the copy, cut, and paste options. See also,
Decommission/Recommission Hosts and Backup Servers.
You can also delete hosts from the
Inventory view. See
Managing Objects in the Inventory List View.
To delete hosts
1. Select Admin > Hosts and Domains > Host Management.
2. Select an individual host or you can multi-select.
3. Click Delete. Remember all related host historical data will also be permanently deleted from the database and unavailable in all reports. Two confirmation dialogs are displayed.
4. Enter your password. This is the same password with which you logged into StorageConsole. This information is captured in the log files.