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Delete the Plex VM disks

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Completes section 9 step 3. govc vm.destroy Plex removed the inventory
entry and the [NVME_1] Plex/ folder; datastore free space went
1,619.8 -> 1,756.1 GB (+136.3 GB). 10.100.0.24 / 10.50.0.31 and MACs
00:0c:29:4a:ef:3d / 00:0c:29:4a:ef:47 are now free for reuse.

Done on 2026-09-17 rather than the planned ~2026-10-15. Checking the
plan's own Veeam precondition inverted its assumption: the Backup VMs
job has EnableDeletedVmDataRetention set to False with Simple retention
of 7 restore points, so a VM removed from the job has its points pruned
as the remaining VMs roll the chain - Plex's are due to age out around
2026-09-24, about three weeks before the disks were scheduled for
deletion. Deleting while a good restore point still existed (2026-09-17
03:01, consistent) was safer than deleting later with none.

Recovery position is now: Veeam image restore until ~2026-09-24, then
only the pre-migration library DB at
/mnt/share/backups/plex-migration-2026-09-16/, which rebuilds a Plex
install but not the VM.

veeam.md gains the retention gotcha, since it applies to any future
decommission and the 30-day DeletedVmsDataRetentionPeriodDays value is
misleading while the toggle is off.

Also flags in esxi.md that its VM tables are incomplete: the host has 10
VMs, WW_DEV_VM / Rockwell_Win10 / TCBSD are absent, and DevVM is powered
off rather than on. Left the tables themselves alone as out of scope.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ All port groups: promiscuous mode=No, forged transmits=No, MAC changes=No.
## Virtual Machines
> **Plex was deleted 2026-09-17** (migrated to a container on DOCKER; see [plex-docker-migration.md](plex-docker-migration.md) §9). Its former addresses 10.100.0.24 / 10.50.0.31 and MACs `00:0c:29:4a:ef:3d` / `00:0c:29:4a:ef:47` are released and free for reuse.
>
> **These tables are incomplete.** The host actually has 10 VMs; `WW_DEV_VM` (see [ww.md](ww.md)), `Rockwell_Win10` and `TCBSD` are not listed below, and `DevVM` is currently powered **off**, not on. Verify against `govc ls /ha-datacenter/vm` before relying on them.
### Powered On
| VM | Guest OS | CPU | RAM | LAN_100 IP | DATA_50 IP | Other IPs |
@@ -76,7 +80,6 @@ All port groups: promiscuous mode=No, forged transmits=No, MAC changes=No.
| VM | Guest OS | CPU | RAM | Port Groups | Notes |
|----|----------|-----|-----|-------------|-------|
| DevServer | Win Server 2022 | 12 | 32GB | LAN_100 | — |
| Plex | Debian 11 | 8 | 8GB | LAN_100, DATA_50 | **Decommissioned 2026-09-17** — migrated to a container on DOCKER. Disks retained for rollback until ~2026-10-15, then delete. See [plex-docker-migration.md](plex-docker-migration.md) §9. |
## Per-VM Network Detail
@@ -103,12 +106,6 @@ All port groups: promiscuous mode=No, forged transmits=No, MAC changes=No.
|-----|-----|------------|-----|
| Adapter 2 | 00:0c:29:f3:f3:5b | LAN_100 | 10.100.0.40 |
### Plex (decommissioned 2026-09-17, powered off)
| NIC | MAC | Port Group | Former IP |
|-----|-----|------------|-----|
| Adapter 1 | 00:0c:29:4a:ef:3d | LAN_100 | 10.100.0.24 (lease released) |
| Adapter 2 | 00:0c:29:4a:ef:47 | DATA_50 | 10.50.0.31 (lease released) |
### Ignition
| NIC | MAC | Port Group | IPs |
|-----|-----|------------|-----|