• A virtual machine is being managed without being deleted from the endpoint.
• You want to manually remove the machine from the endpoint.
• You want to remove and then re-import virtual machine in vRealize Automation.

1. Download an applicable Cloud Client release:  https://code.vmware.com/web/tool/4.7.0/cloudclient
2. Install and log in to the Cloud Client.
3. Log in to the vRealize Automation appliance by running this command:
   
   vra login userpass --user admin ID --tenant Tenant Name --server vRA FQDN --password Password
    
4. Log in to the IAAS machine by running this command:
   
   vra login iaas --user service account --domain the domain --server web server --password Password
    
5. Remove the unwanted machine from vRealize Automation by running this command:
   
   vra machines forceunregister --name name_of_the_VM
   
   Where name_of_VM is the name of a virtual machine.
   
   Notes:
   • You must log in to both the vRealize Automation and IaaS interfaces to use this command.
   • It may take 5 to 10 minutes to remove the virtual machine from the interface.

1. Extract the contents of the attached KB2144269_RemoveVMFromVRA7.zip file.
2. Follow the instructions located in the readme.

Update statistics against the Infrastructure-as-a-Service database:

USE <vRADatabaseName>;
GO
EXEC sp_updatestats;

If using vRealize Automation 7.5+, enable Datarollover settings to perform this action automatically:
Customize Data Rollover Settings :

• Configure DataRollover UpdateStatistics = 1