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Uninstalling Flash Accel from ESXi hosts
You can uninstall the Flash Accel Host Agent when you no longer need the software. You can uninstall the agent from a single host, or use a bulk uninstall to uninstall agents from multiple hosts.
Before you begin 
You must unassign the flash device on the host before uninstalling the Host Agent. The host must be in maintenance mode when you uninstall the agent.
Note: Do not put the host in maintenance mode until you have unassigned the flash device.
Make sure that none of the virtual machines on the host are using Flash Accel caching before uninstalling.
About this task 
The host must be restarted after uninstalling, so make sure this is an acceptable time to take the host offline.
Uninstalling the software removes the software from the host server, and removes Flash Accel as the owner of the flash device, or devices, that were being used.
Steps 
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From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, click the wrench icon for the host and select Flash Device > Unassign.
The Unassign Flash Device dialog box appears.
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From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, click the wrench icon for the host from which you want to uninstall Flash Accel software and select Software > Uninstall.
From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, select each host from which you want to uninstall Flash Accel software and click Host Agent Uninstall in the Bulk Actions area of the home page.
The host uninstallation dialog box opens.
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Click Uninstall.
The host uninstallation dialog box shows the progress of the uninstallation. A message displayed at the top of the home page notifies you when the operation is complete.
After you finish 
You must restart the host and take the ESXi server out of maintenance mode.
Parent Topic: Uninstalling Flash Accel components


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