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Delete virtual data center

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If the virtual data center is deleted, all information stored in it will be deleted — it will be impossible to restore this data.

Once the virtual data center is deleted, the payment for the public cloud will stop.

  1. Uninstall vApps.
  2. Delete virtual machines that are not bound to the vApp.
  3. Remove the disks.
  4. Delete the directories.
  5. Delete the empty virtual data center.

1. Uninstall vApps⁠

Learn more about removing vApps in the Manage vApps and Virtual Machines instructions.

2. Delete virtual machines⁠

For more information about deleting virtual machines, see the Manage vApps and virtual machines tutorial.

3. Remove disks⁠

  1. From the Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: from the top menu, click Products → VMware-based Cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Go to Storage → Named Disks.
  4. Mark the disks.
  5. Press Delete.

4. Delete directories⁠

Together with the directory, all its contents — vApp templates and downloaded files — are deleted.

One directory can contain files that belong to different virtual data centers. If you delete such a directory, its files become inaccessible to other data centers. If the directory contains such objects, do not delete it, but delete the individual files and vApp templates that apply only to the virtual datacenter you are deleting.

  1. From the Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: from the top menu, click Products → VMware-based Cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the Virtual Data Center page → Libraries tab.
  3. Optional: download the contents of the catalogs under Content Libraries → vApp Templates or Content Libraries → Media & Other.
  4. Go to Content Libraries → Catalogs.
  5. On the menu of the catalog, click Delete.

Delete files⁠

  1. From the Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: from the top menu, click Products → VMware-based Cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Open the Libraries tab.
  4. Go to Content Libraries → Catalogs.
  5. On the menu of the file, click Delete.

Delete vApp templates⁠

  1. From the Control Panel, open the Cloud Director panel: from the top menu, click Products → VMware-based Cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Open the Libraries tab.
  4. Go to Content Libraries → vApp Templates.
  5. In the menu of the template, click Delete.

5. Delete an empty virtual data center⁠

  1. In the Dashboard, on the top menu, click Products and select VMware-based Cloud.
  2. From the menu of the virtual data center, click Delete Data Center.