ESXi 6.5 – remove an invalid virtual machine using the command line

I have a standalone ESXi 6.5 host that is showing some invalid VMs:

Invalid_VM

This is because I removed the storage containing the VMs without removing them from the inventory.  Unfortunately, I cannot remove them from the GUI as most of the options in the context-menu are greyed out – the only way is via the command line:

  1. Connect to the host using SSH (I prefer to use PuTTY)
  2. Log in
  3. Run the following command:
    vim-cmd /vmsvc/getallvms

    vim-cmd_getallvms

  4. Now run the following command, replacing the <id> with the ID of the invalid VM to remove:
    vim-cmd /vmsvc/unregister 10
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