Veeam Plugin for VCD

How to uninstall the Veeam Plugin

These instructions explain how to uninstall the Veeam Plugin for VCD. The uninstall process can be broken down into these simple steps:

1. Remove the Veeam Plugin from VCD
2. Remove the custom IIS configuration

Removing the Veeam Plugin from VCD

Removal of the Veeam Plugin from VCD depends on the version of VCD that you're running. If you're running VCD 9.7 or newer, the recommended method would be using the VMware Plugin Lifecycle Manager. If you're running VCD 9.1 or 9.5, the recommended method would be using Python.

Using VMware Plugin Lifecycle Manager

• Open Customize Portal or Plugin Lifecycle Management from the drop-down in the VCD Provider Portal
  • Example: https://vcd.home.lab/provider

• Mark the checkbox next to the Veeam Self-Service Portal plugin and click DELETE

• Refresh your browser window (or logout/login to VCD)
• Verify the plugin no longer shows up in the drop-down for VCD

Using Python

Requirements

• Python 3.4+
• Python libraries required:
  • requests

Steps

• Download the current plugin
  • veeam-vcd-plugin-X.X.X.zip
• Unzip the plugin to your computer, open a terminal, & navigate to the plugin folder
• Modify the values in the manage_plugin.json accordingly for your VCD environment
  • System Administrator account is required

Sample manage_plugin.json:

{
  "username": "administrator",
  "org": "System",
  "password": "P@$$w0rd",
  "vcdUrlBase": "https://vmware.example.com"
}

• Execute the Python script below to list already install VCD plugins:

python3 ./manage_plugin.py list

• Find plugin named Veeam Self-Service Portal by Veeam and copy the ID field as shown below

• Execute the Python script below to remove the plugin from VCD:

python3 ./manage_plugin.py unregister <plugin-id>

• Refresh your browser window (or logout/login to VCD)
• Verify the plugin no longer shows up in the drop-down for VCD

Removing the custom IIS configuration

In this step, we will be removing any custom IIS configurations we applied when installing the plugin.

Remove HTTP Response Headers

Please follow the steps below:

• On your EM server, open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
• Navigate to the VeeamBackup site (see screenshot below) and open HTTP Response Headers

• Delete ALL headers present

Remove URL Rewrite Rules

If the version of Enterprise Manager you're running is v10 or newer, you'll also need to remove the following additional configuration:

• On your EM server, open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
• Navigate to the VeeamBackup site (see screenshot below) and open URL Rewrite

• Delete the following Outbound Rule: Allow iframe for vCloud
• Delete the following Precondition for Outbound Rules: vCloud