Deleting a VM

Prerequisites

• The VM has been powered off.
• The health status of the VM file system is normal and the VM file system is mounted.

Precautions

• This operation will cause the VM to be unrecoverable.
• Before performing this operation, ensure that you have selected the correct VM and the VM has been powered off properly.

Procedure

1. Go to the CLI.
2. run delete virtual_machine general vm_id=? command.
   Table 7-19 describes the related parameters.

   Table 7-19 Parameters for deleting a VM

   Parameter	Description	Value
   vm_id=?	ID of the VM.	To obtain the value, run the show virtual_machine general command without parameters.

   For V500R007C72SPC100 and later versions, you can run the delete virtual_machine general vm_id=? is_force=? command to forcibly delete a VM.

3. Confirm that all required parameters are correctly configured.

Example

Delete a VM.

admin:/>delete virtual_machine general vm_id=1 

WARNING: You are about to delete a virtual machine. This operation will cause the virtual machine to be unrecoverable. 

Suggestion: Before performing this operation, ensure that you have selected the correct virtual machine and the virtual machine has been powered off normally. 

Have you read warning message carefully?(y/n)y 

Enter "I have read and understand the consequences associated with performing this operation." to confirm running this command: 

I have read and understand the consequences associated with performing this operation. 

Command executed successfully.