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I would like to disconnect a Host from a Cluster and wanted the correct steps to do this. &nbsp;<br />
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1. I have an ESXi Host with 5 running VMs and need to disconnect the ESXi Host for testing purpose.<br />
2. After disconnecting, where exactly should I &nbsp;place it (since it will be operating as a separate Host with VMs running)<br />
2. If I move the VMs to another ESXi Host in the current cluster; can I add these VMs back to the same ESXi Host who was disconnected.<br />
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Thank you.
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I would like to disconnect a Host from a Cluster and wanted the correct steps to do this.  

1. I have an ESXi Host with 5 running VMs and need to disconnect the ESXi Host for testing purpose.
2. After disconnecting, where exactly should I  place it (since it will be operating as a separate Host with VMs running)
2. If I move the VMs to another ESXi Host in the current cluster; can I add these VMs back to the same ESXi Host who was disconnected.

Thank you.

Correct method to disconnect a Host from Cluster in vSphere 6.0

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.