Here is the workflow to remove storage providers with PowerShell via PowerCLI:
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After connecting to the vCenter Server, find the storage provider and storage provider ID that needs to be removed and set a provider variable.
PS /Users/alex.carver> Get-VasaProvider | Where-Object {$_.Namespace -eq 'com.purestorage'} | Select-Object Name,Id Name Id ---- -- sn1-x70-b05-33-ct0 VasaProvider-vasaProvider-3 sn1-x70-c05-33-ct0 VasaProvider-vasaProvider-7 sn1-m20r2-c05-36-ct0 VasaProvider-vasaProvider-5 PS /Users/alex.carver> $provider = Get-VasaProvider -Id VasaProvider-vasaProvider-7 PS /Users/alex.carver> $provider Name Status VasaVersion LastSyncTime Namespace Url ---- ------ ----------- ------------ --------- --- sn1-x70-c05-33-ct0 online 3.0 11/5/2020 5:06:10 PM com.purestorage https://10.21.149.22:8084 -
Remove the storage provider with Remove-VASAProvider with the provider variable.
PS /Users/alex.carver> Remove-VasaProvider -Provider $provider -confirm:$false PS /Users/alex.carver> -
Remove the same steps with the second storage provider
PS /Users/alex.carver> Get-VasaProvider | Where-Object {$_.Namespace -eq 'com.purestorage'} | Select-Object Name,Id Name Id ---- -- sn1-x70-b05-33-ct0 VasaProvider-vasaProvider-3 sn1-x70-c05-33-ct1 VasaProvider-vasaProvider-8 sn1-m20r2-c05-36-ct0 VasaProvider-vasaProvider-5 PS /Users/alex.carver> $provider = Get-VasaProvider -Id VasaProvider-vasaProvider-8 PS /Users/alex.carver> $provider Name Status VasaVersion LastSyncTime Namespace Url ---- ------ ----------- ------------ --------- --- sn1-x70-c05-33-ct1 online 3.0 11/11/2020 1:19:57 PM com.purestorage https://10.21.149.23:8084 PS /Users/alex.carver> Remove-VasaProvider -Provider $provider -confirm:$false PS /Users/alex.carver> PS /Users/alex.carver> Get-VasaProvider | Where-Object {$_.Namespace -eq 'com.purestorage'} Name Status VasaVersion LastSyncTime Namespace Url ---- ------ ----------- ------------ --------- --- sn1-x70-b05-33-ct0 online 3.0 10/23/2020 11:37:26 AM com.purestorage https://10.21.149.40:8084/version.… sn1-m20r2-c05-36-ct0 online 3.0 10/23/2020 11:37:26 AM com.purestorage https://10.21.149.61:8084/version.…The main reason that the workflow is using the VASA provider ID is due to inconsistent behavior when using the VASA provider name when trying to remove the second provider. The behavior was much more consistent when using the provider id.
VMware's vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA) is a VMware interface for out-of-band communication between VMware ESXi and vCenter and storage arrays. The Arrays’ VASA providers are services registered with the vCenter Server. Storage vendors implement providers for their arrays, either as VMs or embedded in the arrays.