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iforbes
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How to remove stale Site

Hi. I installed SRM 6.5 at two sites and paired them successfully. The SRM server at Site A had a catastrophic failure and I wasn't able to break the SRM pairing before deleting the SRM server from vCenter. I created a new SRM server with the exact same name and extension ID as the last.

Now, when I log into vCenter/SRM, I see 3 sites. The old site that I never got the chance to break pairing with, the new site associated with the new install, and Site B. When I attempt to break the pair between Site B and the old Site A it complains that it cannot complete the operation because Site A cannot be found. This is true as I've explained I had to blow that SRM server away.

It seems that Site B is holding onto the paired association with a server that no longer exists. How can I break the pair at this point? I do have the GUID of the old SRM server. Do I have to go into the embedded vPostgres and delete that GUID somewhere?

There must be a way to have SRM break the connection to a server that no longer physically exists?

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hussainbte
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unregister the SRM that does not exist from the vcenter extension using the Managed Objects browser.

https://vcenter/mob

Content--> extensionmanager--> copy the extention from the list..

unregisterextension--> paste the ID and Invoke Method.

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hussainbte
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linked KB for your guidance Only

Cannot remove or disable unwanted plug-ins from vCenter Server and vCenter Server Appliance (1025360...

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iforbes
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Unfortunately that didn't matter. Site 2 still thought the old Site1 was paired with it. I ended up uninstalling SRM completely from both sites and starting again. It's all good now.

Thanks

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