15.4 Remove Disk 3 from the PTM Appliance VM

After you have successfully replaced the PTM Appliance, you can remove Disk 3 (/vastorage_old). You must stop the VM to remove the disk.

  1. In a web browser, go to the Appliance Management Console URL for the replacement PTM Appliance, then and log in as the vaadmin user.

    https://ip_address_or_DNS_name:9443

  2. In the Appliance Management Console, click Shutdown.

    Wait for the Appliance VM to shut down gracefully.

  3. In the vSphere Client, remove Disk 3 (/vastorage_old).

    1. Right-click the replacement VM in the vSphere Client, and click Edit Settings.

    2. Select Disk 3 (/vastorage_old), then click Remove.

    3. Click OK.

  4. (Optional) In the vSphere Client, delete the .vmdk file for Disk 3 (/vastorage_old) from the datastore.

  5. In the vSphere Client, power on the replacement VM.

    The PTM services are started automatically.