
Once you have removed all the 3 NSX VIBs, Reboot the ESXi host for the Changes to take effect.
Uninstall softraid 5.6.4 software#
To remove the “esx-dvfilter-switch-security” VIB, execute the below command:Įsxcli software vib remove -n esx-dvfilter-switch-security To remove the “esx-vsip” VIB, execute the below command: To remove the “esx-vxlan” VIB, execute the below command: Place your ESXi Host into Maintenance Mode. Move your running Virtual Machines to differet host in the Cluster using vMotion.

One VIB enables the layer 2 VXLAN functionality, another VIB enables the distributed router, and the final VIB enables the distributed firewall. There are 3 VIBs related to NSX which we need to remove from the ESXi host. We should also be ready to manually remove the NSX VIBs installed on the ESXi host from Command Line. Sometimes, The Uninstall step may get failed due to some communication issues. You can UnPrepare the Host/Cluster from vSphere Web Client -> Network & Security -> Installation ->Host Preparation -> Click on UnInstall to unprepare/ Uninstall the NSX VIBs from ESXi host. Let’s take a detailed look at step by step procedure to manually remove NSX VIBs on the ESXi host. I have faced one of the issue, when i try to uninstall the NSX components from vSphere Web Client. There are some situation that the installation or Uninstallation of NSX VIB’s may fail due to some reason and we as vSphere admin should have to troubleshoot and fix the installation/Uninstallation issues.

We have already discussed about manually installing NSX VIBS from CLI of ESXi host. You should be always available with troubleshoot your issues from command line or CLI.This also applies ,when you are dealing with VMware NSX. Diff VCenter 5.5 appliance and vCenter on WIndowsĪs we already discussed many times, Job of vSphere Administrators is not so limited to GUI.
