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Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster

Uninstalls (destroys) a failover cluster managed by VMM.

Syntax

Parameter Set: DestroyCluster
Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster -VMHostCluster <HostCluster> [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: RemoveNodes
Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster -VMHost <Host[]> [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster cmdlet unclusters the nodes of a Hyper-V host cluster managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). After the cluster has been uninstalled, each host is managed by VMM as a stand-alone host.

Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster can also remove a node from a cluster when used with the VMHost parameter.

For more information about Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster, type: "Get-Help Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster -online".

Parameters

-JobVariable<String>

Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-PROTipID<Guid>

Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-RunAsynchronously

Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMHost<Host[]>

Specifies an array of virtual machine host objects.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMHostCluster<HostCluster>

Specifies a VMM host cluster object.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMMServer<ServerConnection>

Specifies a VMM server object.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

true (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

Examples

1: Destroy an existing cluster.

The first command gets the cluster object named Cluster01 and stores the object in the $Cluster variable.

The second command destroys the cluster stored in $Cluster (in this case, Cluster01). After the cluster is destroyed, each host will be managed by VMM as a stand-alone host.

PS C:\> $Cluster = Get-SCVMHostCluster -Name "Cluster01"
PS C:\> Uninstall-SCVMHostCluster -VMHostCluster $Cluster

Add-SCVMHostCluster

Get-SCVMHostCluster

Install-SCVMHostCluster

Move-SCVMHostCluster

Read-SCVMHostCluster

Remove-SCVMHostCluster

Set-SCVMHostCluster

Test-SCVMHostCluster