How to remove virtual machine from Hyper-V Cluster?

If you use multiple VM in a cluster for research and testing purpose and you encounter an issue with Hyper-V cluster, then this article is for you where we have explained how to remove virtual machine from Hyper-V cluster, the process and outcome.

How to remove virtual machine from Hyper-V Cluster?

There are a few different ways to remove a virtual machine from Hyper-V. You can use the GUI, PowerShell, or the CLI.

• To remove a virtual machine using the GUI, open the Hyper-V Manager and select the virtual machine you want to remove. Right-click on the virtual machine and select Delete from the menu.
• To remove a virtual machine using PowerShell, use the Remove-VM cmdlet. For example, to remove a virtual machine named VM1, use the following command:

       Remove-VM -Name VM1

• To remove a virtual machine using the CLI, use the virsh destroy command. For example, to remove a virtual machine named VM1, use the following command:

      virsh destroy VM1

How do I completely remove a virtual machine?

Use the following steps to remove a virtual machine from a cluster. These steps assume that you are removing the virtual machine from Hyper-V Manager.

• In the navigation pane, click the virtual machine that you want to remove.
• On the Action menu, click Delete.
• Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the selected virtual machine(s).

How do I delete a VM in Hyper-V PowerShell?

• To delete a VM from your Hyper-V PowerShell environment, use the syntax:

Remove-VM -Name [-Force][-WhatIf][-Confirm]

• When you do not specify the -Force parameter, PowerShell generates a warning message and prompts you for confirmation before deleting the VM.
• If you specify the -WhatIf parameter, PowerShell describes what would happen if you were to actually delete the VM.
• You can use this parameter to test your command without actually deleting anything.
• The -Confirm parameter is similar to -WhatIf, but it requires you to confirm each change that would be made by the Remove-VM cmdlet.

How do I find cluster resources?

To identify the cluster resources, we need to open the failover cluster manager.

• To do this, go to Start → Administrative Tools → Failover Cluster Manager.
• In the left pane, you will see the list of available clusters.

How do I remove a disk from a cluster shared volume?

When you remove a disk from a cluster shared volume, you must takeDisk offline on all nodes in the cluster, and then bring the disk backOnline.

• To take a disk offline
• In the failover cluster Manager, click disks.
• Click the disk that you want to take offline, and then click more Actions.
• Click Take this resource offline.
• In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes to confirm that you want to Take the resource offline.

How do I decommission a Windows cluster?

Decommissioning a Windows cluster involves removing all of the nodes from the cluster and then uninstalling the clustering software.

To decommission a cluster, you must first remove all of the nodes from the cluster. To do this, use the following procedure.

How do you break down a failover cluster?

There are multiple ways to break down a failover cluster. In most cases, you will want to use the Cluster Administrator tool to remove the nodes from the cluster and then delete the cluster object itself.

You can also use the Windows Management Console to remove nodes from the cluster and then delete the cluster object.

Conclusion:

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