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How to clean up orphanedVM host with status = Invalid in ESXi

Posted at 2018-03-02

/etc/vmware/hostd/vmInventory.xml

vi /etc/vmware/hostd/vmInventory.xml

(remove the lines for the virrtual machine)


/etc/init.d/hostd restart

Inaccessible virtual machines are named as Unknown VM (2172)
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2172

Restarting the Management agents in ESXi (1003490)
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003490