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Uninstalling a plug-in from VMware vCenter Orchestrator (2003386)
Details
You can disable an Orchestrator plug-in from the Plug-ins tab, but this does not
remove the plug-in files from the file system. To remove the plug-in files, you
must log in to the machine on which the Orchestrator server is installed and
remove the plug-in files manually.
Solution
To uninstall a plug-in and remove all associated elements, perform the following steps:
Log in as an administrator
to the machine on which the Orchestrator server is installed.
Navigate to the
Orchestrator installation folder.
If you
installed Orchestrator with the vCenter Server installer, the path is: install_directory\VMware\Infrastructure\Orchestrator\app-server\server\vmo\plugins
If you installed the
standalone version of Orchestrator, the path is: install_directory\VMware\Orchestrator\app-server\server\vmo\plugins
If you use the Orchestrator appliance, the path is: /opt/vmo/app-server/server/vmo/plugins
Delete the .dar and .war archives that contain the plug-in that you want to remove.
Restart the Orchestrator services.
Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
On the Startup
Options tab, click Restart Service
and Restart the vCO configuration server
to restart the vCenter Configuration
service and the vCenter Orchestrator Server service.
Delete the plug-in configuration
files.
If the plug-in has its configuration stored in a
configuration file in the default configuration directory, delete that file
from the following path:
install_directory/app-server/server/vmo/conf/plugins/
If the plug-in has a configuration tab in the Orchestrator
Configuration interface, you can remove the tab, by deleting the files it from
the following path:
install_directory/configuration/jetty/contexts/
If the plug-in has an associated package
containing plug-in specific workflows, actions, Web views, and so on, remove
the package manually.
Log in to the Orchestrator client.
In the Orchestrator client, click the Packages view.
Right-click the package to delete and select Delete element with content.
Restart the Orchestrator services.
Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
On the Startup
Options tab, click Restart Service
and Restart the vCO configuration server
to restart the vCenter Configuration
service and the vCenter Orchestrator Server service.
You removed all custom workflows, actions, policies, Web
views, configurations, settings, and resources that the plug-in contains.
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