Removing VM

This guide was written with the general idea of undoing the steps from our VM Setup guide going in reverse order.

Step 1 : Disable the host on Zabbix

This avoids having to create a maintenance period for the next step. This can be done 2 ways:

• 1st way : In Zabbix > Configuration > Hosts find the VM you want to disable, in the “status” column you should see “Enabled”, click “Enabled” to disable the VM you’ll get a confirmation prompt.

disabling host confirmation prompt

• 2nd way : In Zabbix > Configuration > Hosts, find the VM you want to disable, click its name, a configuration panel appears, uncheck the “Enabled” checkbox

configuration panel

Step 2 : Remove VM from HA group

In Proxmox

• 1. From your VM panel go to More > Manage HA in the top right corner

location of the "Manage HA" option

• 2. Set Request State to “stopped”

HA config panel

Step 3 : Undo IPA enrollment

This step can only be performed by the First Responder

• 1. Select the desired hostname and click delete

IPA hosts panel

• 2. This will open a modal, make sure to check the option to remove all A, AAAA, SSHFP and PTR records

Host removal confirmation prompt

Step 4 : Remove all references

Remove any reference of your VM from our DNS repo

Step 5 : Remove the vm on proxmox

quick note: make sure to note down the vm's id as it will be needed for step 6

• 1. From your vm panel go to More > Remove, in the top right corner

Proxmox vm removal option location

• 2. This will open a modal, make sure to check all boxes and confirm the id of the VM you’re removing

VM removal confirmation panel

Step 6 : Purge any backup data

• 1. Backups are stored in zombie.maxmaton.nl at the time this guide is written, because this is a third party service we can not purge the data ourselves. Ask Max to purge backup data providing him with the id of the VM you want to purge backup data for.