Hi, we sometimes have task to decommission server which in practical terms consists of the following steps: Uninstall SCOM agent. Uninstall MECM client. Remove server from Veeam backup jobs. Un-join server from domain. If server is VM, remove it from vSphere altogether. How would i…

Even thought it can be used, DSC is not required here. A small script will do the job. For the first 4 items, you can have a script running locally or remotely in the VM and for the last step, PowerCLI will help you. PowerCLI has Invoke-VMScript which can be used to run first 4 steps inside a VM. …

Since server will never be re-used again, can I leave first two steps for last and delete servers directly from SCOM/MECM consoles? This I have to do when colleagues forgot to unistall them locally and they are still in SCOM/MECM consoles? My main goal is to keep SCOM/MECM clean without leftovers o…

Yes. But how do you remove the VMs from the console ? Manually or by using Automation ? If using automation, then it would be better to remote into the VM post removing it from the console and remove the agents if exists. Else create a schedule task to run until the agent is removed for those VMS. …

I was thinking of writing configuration file where I would “tell” server in question to uninstall SCOM/MECM agents/clients and then un-join from the domain - I guess this is doable in DSC. Removal from Veeam backup jobs/vSphere altogether are probably not doable with DSC since that must be done on V…

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