removing hosts from the existing cluster NSX 6.2

[durgaprasadnarn]

Team,

Quick help please

We got a requirement to break existing cluster which is used in NSX 6.2 .

there are 6 ESXi hosts in cluster , ask is

(1) free 3 hosts from this cluster

(2) make sure all NSX related ( VIB, GI, McAfee MOve ) are cleared from ESXis

(3)  create new cluster and use it for other NSX manager

Could you help me with the process for this. I checked somelinks from pubs.vmware.com but not confident on the steps specified

Thank you

[lhoffer]

Moving the hosts to a cluster that isn't prepped for NSX will kickoff the uninstall of the VIBs and GI SVMs and once that's done a reboot will be required. Specifics in the             Remove a Host from an NSX Prepared Clusterhttp://pubs.vmware.com/nsx-63/topic/com.vmware.nsx.install.doc/GUID-C388C016-95FF-44EC-B7EB-63154BAC... section of the admin guide, although I don't know that it addresses the SVMs for McAfee.

[jaelae]

Additionally, once you move a host out of the cluster and to the root of the Data Center (which requires maintenance mode), it will rip out the VIBs and any GI VMs. Normally to be safe if I am going to repurpose it in another cluster is I move it out, put it out of maintenance (which I normally see some NSX uninstalls kick off), then I put it back into maintenance, reboot, and then move it into the new cluster.