Remove NSX .vib from ESX host after deployment

[Synergent]

After deploying NSX I have noticed the IP pool for the VXLAN VMKernel port didn't get applied to the same nic as the rest of the cluster. There does not appear to be a way of "unpreparing" an individual host. If anyone knows a way please do tell.

[roie9876]

Hello and Welcome to NSX VMTN,

In NSX we have 3 different VIB

vib names are:

esx-dvfilter-switch-security

esx-vsip

esx-vxlan

VXLAN VIB verification

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we can verify vib exist by this command:

esxcli software vib get --vibname esx-vxlan

VMware_bootbank_esx-vxlan_5.5.0-0.0.1641394

   Name: esx-vxlan

   Version: 5.5.0-0.0.1641394

   Type: bootbank

   Vendor: VMware

   Acceptance Level: VMwareCertified

   Summary: Vxlan and host tool

   Description: This package loads module and configures firewall for vxlan networking.

   ReferenceURLs:

   Creation Date: 2014-03-02

   Depends: esx-base >= 5.5, esx-base << 5.6, nsx-api <= 1, vmkapi_2_2_0_0

   Conflicts:

   Replaces:

   Provides: vxlan = 2.0.0.0-nsx, vdr = 1.0.0.0

   Maintenance Mode Required: False

   Hardware Platforms Required:

   Live Install Allowed: True

   Live Remove Allowed: False

   Stateless Ready: True

   Overlay: True

   Tags:

   Payloads: esx-vxla

Remove VXLAN VIB

esxcli software vib remove -n esx-vxlan

Removal Result

   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be reboot                                                                                                                                                             ed for the changes to be effective.

   Reboot Required: true

   VIBs Installed:

   VIBs Removed: VMware_bootbank_esx-vxlan_5.5.0-0.0.1641394

   VIBs Skipped:

you can remove all 3 VIB this way.

[rbudavari]

The best option would be to remove the ESXi host from the prepared cluster which will uninstall any NSX components automatically. Then once the VMkernel interfaces are aligned, you can re-add the host to the cluster which will re-install the NSX components & create the VXLAN VTEP.