10.9. Removing Virtual Machines
10.9.1. Removing a Virtual Machine
Summary
Remove a virtual machine from the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment.
Important
The Remove button is disabled while virtual machines are running; you must shut down a virtual machine before you can remove it.
Procedure 10.39. Removing a Virtual Machine
- Click the Virtual Machines tab and select the virtual machine to remove.
- Click to open the Remove Virtual Machine(s) window.
- Optionally, select the Remove Disk(s) check box to remove the virtual disks attached to the virtual machine together with the virtual machine. If the Remove Disk(s) check box is cleared, then the virtual disks remain in the environment as floating disks.
- Click .
Result
The virtual machine is removed from the environment and is no longer listed in the Virtual Machines resource tab. If you selected the Remove Disk(s) check box, then the virtual disks attached to the virtual machine are also removed.