Hosts remain visible in NSX after decommissioning a workload domain in SDDC Manager

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• After a non-production workload domain is decommissioned using SDDC Manager, the associated host cluster may continue to appear in the NSX UI.
• This can create an orphaned inventory entry, even though the ESXi hosts are no longer present in vCenter or managed by SDDC Manager.

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

Before decommissioning, It is recommended to disassociate the reference object and compute manager from NSX prior to decommissioning, since NSX maintains its inventory and object relationships through registered Compute Managers, any association can result in stale cluster or host references remaining in the NSX inventory even after transport nodes are removed from vCenter/SDDC.

Resolution

To resolve this issue and clear the orphaned inventory, you must manually remove the stale Compute Manager from NSX.

1. Log in to the NSX Manager UI.

2. Navigate to System > Fabric > Compute Managers.

3. Identify the Compute Manager (vCenter Server) that was associated with the decommissioned workload domain.

4. Select the entry and click Delete.

5. Confirm the deletion when prompted.

Additional Information

Best Practice for Decommissioning an NSX-Prepared ESXi Host to Avoid Stale Entries