Removing VMware Horizon View Desktop Pools Stuck In ‘Deleting’ stage
I have recently experienced an issue with VMware View Desktop Pools, I tried to remove a Desktop Pool but it did not successfully complete and it had been stuck in the ‘Deleting’ stage. You will need to complete the following steps to successfully remove these Desktop Pools.
Firstly you will need to remove the machines from the ADAM Database on the Horizon View Connection Server. We will need to use ADSI Edit to complete the removal of these objects.
You will need to navigate to ADSI Edit, You can complete this by typing adsiedit.msc in to a Run box. You will now need to select Action, then Connect To. You will need to put in the following information in the connection settings.
Select or Type a Distinguished Name or Naming Context – dc=vdi,dc=vmware,dc=int
Select or Type a Domain or Server – localhost:389
Once connected you will see the following in the left hand column.
We now need to create a query to search for the machines that we are trying to remove from the database. We will now need to create a query to find the machines that are in the ADAM Database. You can complete this by right clicking ‘Default Naming Context’ and selecting New –> Query. You need to fill in the New Query box with the following information –
Name – This can be a name of your choice.
Root of Search – This needs to be the ‘Servers’ folder.
Query String – (&(objectClass=pae-VM)(pae-displayname=VirtualMachineName))
I would advise using the * Icon as a Wildcard for the VirtualMachineName if you are trying to remove multiple entries at once as this will show them all.
You will now be presented with the following results in the VM Query section.
You will now need to locate the relevant VM’s that you want to remove. The specific fields you should be looking for is the Description and the ipHostNumber field. These fields are the most useful for identifying the virtual machines required.
You can now right click the entry and select ‘Delete’ as required.
You will now need to login to the SQL Management Studio to the View Composer Database. In my deployment the View Composer is on the VMware vCenter Server. Login with the relevant credentials you used when you installed VMware View.
You will now need to navigate to the VMware View Composer Database –> Tables –> dbo.SVI_VM_NAME
You will need to right click this and select ‘Edit Top 200 Rows’
Right click and select ‘Delete’ to the selected VM’s that you want to remove from the database. After this the Desktop Pool was removed in Horizon View.
You should now remove the Computer Account from AD.
You can then remove the VM/VM’s from vCenter by right clicking the VM and selecting Delete from Disk.
To find more information on this process you can follow these KB’s.
Thanks for reading!
