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ESX 3.5 – Remove a PortGroup

Posted on February 11, 2010 Updated on July 23, 2010

During the graphical installation of ESX 3.5 there is a single checkbox that states “Create Network for Virtual Machines” Usually I uncheck this box and create a new vSwitch for VM’s

However, if you don’t uncheck this box it will create the portgroup “VM Network” on the same vSwitch as the “Service Console” port group. If you run vCenter Server it’s easy enough to repair, however here is how it’s done from the console level…

Here is how you remove it from command line…

Esxcfg-vswtich –l –Show all the vSwitches and associated portgroups
Esxcfg-vswtich vSwitch0 –D “VM Network” – Actually Removes it

Here is the actual output…