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    <title>topic Re: Automatically remove dead objects? in VMware Aria Operations  Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653118#M15715</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;are you sure they are actually being removed from VC? not just hidden, obfuscated or something of the sort...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;cause vcops will actually remove VMs/Hosts/etc which are not existing and not show them anymore in vsphere UI (in custom_UI they'll be there).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;what is the parent (in custom_ui) for any such object?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"deleteNotExisting" should work, but there are some additional properties you have to set as well (&lt;SPAN class="code"&gt;deletionPeriod&lt;/SPAN&gt; or something), check the KB.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:29:37 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>gradinka</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-03-12T17:29:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Automatically remove dead objects?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653117#M15714</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;We are starting to use CommVault's VSA Backup, which creates transient VMs and datastores for backup and then removes them (simplified explanation)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;All of the objects - VMs and datastores - get registered in vCops, but are not removed when the object is removed from vCenter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Each time an object is created, it gets a new "identifier 2", so our database and object count grows quite a bit.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Each object has a name with "_backup".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;And they are created / mounted on only one host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to automatically delete these objects on a scheduled basis?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Or is there a way to exclude objects created on one host?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've seen where you can set a parameter in the controllers.properties file to "deleteNotExisting" for VMs (though, I'm not convinced that is working)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;But I haven't seen anything similar for other objects.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:56:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653117#M15714</guid>
      <dc:creator>TBKing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-12T13:56:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatically remove dead objects?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653118#M15715</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;are you sure they are actually being removed from VC? not just hidden, obfuscated or something of the sort...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;cause vcops will actually remove VMs/Hosts/etc which are not existing and not show them anymore in vsphere UI (in custom_UI they'll be there).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;what is the parent (in custom_ui) for any such object?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"deleteNotExisting" should work, but there are some additional properties you have to set as well (&lt;SPAN class="code"&gt;deletionPeriod&lt;/SPAN&gt; or something), check the KB.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:29:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653118#M15715</guid>
      <dc:creator>gradinka</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-12T17:29:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatically remove dead objects?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653119#M15716</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;vCenter: There are "Unregister virtual machine" tasks/ events on the host, and I don't see the "_backup" objects anywhere else.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;vCops:&amp;nbsp; I see them in Environment Overview in the Custom UI, and in Resource selector widgets.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't see them in vSphere UI - sorry didn't specify, I seldom go into vSphere UI&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm just concerned the DB will get over run with useless objects before long.&amp;nbsp; Especially if we move forward with this backup method.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:09:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653119#M15716</guid>
      <dc:creator>TBKing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-12T18:09:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatically remove dead objects?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653120#M15717</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;OK.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;your concern is correct, actually &lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I think configuring a proper deleteNotExisting scheduler should do the trick.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:11:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653120#M15717</guid>
      <dc:creator>gradinka</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-12T18:11:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatically remove dead objects?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653121#M15718</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'd suggest having the backup appliance create those transient copies somewhere that vC Ops isn't collecting from... e.g. a folder or resource pool with NO ACCESS to the vC Ops collector account so it doesn't import them on auto discovery.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653121#M15718</guid>
      <dc:creator>mark_j</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-13T04:49:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatically remove dead objects?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653122#M15719</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Good thought!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'll look into it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Aria-Operations/Automatically-remove-dead-objects/m-p/2653122#M15719</guid>
      <dc:creator>TBKing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-13T15:20:33Z</dc:date>
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