Lab 2.4: Decommission a virtual server
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.. note:: Estimated time to complete: **10 minutes**

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Tasks
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BIG-IQ can be used to remove virtual servers, and other objects that are no longer needed. The same staged change workflow applies for removal of objects.

Navigate to the **Configuration** on the top menu bar.

Navigate to **LOCAL TRAFFIC > Virtual Servers**

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Select the top **HR-CLONE** virtual server

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Click the Delete button

Verify that you want to delete this virtual server from the BIG-IQ configuration.

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Now we need to deploy this change. Navigate to the **Deployment** menu on the top menu bar.

Navigate to **EVALUATE & DEPLOY > Local Traffic & Network**

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Click the Create button under Deployments

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Fill out the evaluation properties
   | Name: **DeleteVirtual**
   | Source: **Current Changes** 
   | Source Scope: **All Changes** 
   | Unused Objects: **Remove Unused Objects** 
   | Method: **Create Evaluation**
   | Target: Group, BostonCluster, both devices selected

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Click the create button in the lower right.

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After the evaluation completes, review the differences by clicking the view link under Differences.

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Review the differences.

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After you have reviewed all of the changes, click the Cancel button in the lower right

Click the Deploy button to push the changes to the BIG-IPs.

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Verify that you want to deploy the changes to the selected devices.

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