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To delete a partition in VMWare ESXi you can use this command

# ls /vmfs/devices/disks/
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________ vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:1 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:1
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:2 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:2
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:3 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:3
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:5 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:5
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:6 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:6
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:7 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:7
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:8 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:8
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:9 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:9
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3TSMY____________ vml.01000000004e34473354534d59202020202020202020202020484753542048
t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3TSMY____________:1 vml.01000000004e34473354534d59202020202020202020202020484753542048:1

# partedUtil delete „/vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610_ …_N4G3T44Y_…_“ 3

At this point you can reboot the host and do a few manual things to get the management on that NIC working so login to the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) of ESXi and use the ‚Restore Network Settings‘ menue

[root@localhost:~] dcui

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