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Delete virtual data center

carefully

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, not tied to a vApp.
  3. Remove the disks.
  4. Delete the directories.
  5. Delete an empty virtual data center.

Uninstall vApps⁠

Learn more about uninstalling vApps in the instructions Manage vApps and virtual machines.

Delete virtual machines⁠

Learn more about deleting virtual machines in the instructions Manage vApps and virtual machines.

Remove disks⁠

  1. From control panel open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Go to the section Storage → Named Disks.
  4. Mark the disks.
  5. Click Delete.

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 will become unavailable to other data centers. If the directory contains such objects, do not delete it, but rather delete individual files and vApp templates that apply only to the virtual data center being removed.

  1. From control panel open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page → tab Libraries.
  3. Optional: download the contents of the catalogs in the section Content Libraries → vApp Templates or Content Libraries → Media & Other.
  4. Go to the section Content Libraries → Catalogs.
  5. On the menu. of the catalog, click Delete.

Delete files⁠

  1. From control panel open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Open the tab Libraries.
  4. Go to the section Content Libraries → Catalogs.
  5. On the menu. of the file, press Delete.

Delete vApp templates⁠

  1. From control panel open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
  2. Open the virtual data center page.
  3. Open the tab Libraries.
  4. Go to the section Content Libraries → vApp Templates.
  5. On the menu. of the template, press Delete.

Delete an empty virtual data center⁠

  1. In control panel go to VMware-based cloud.
  2. On the menu. virtual data center click Delete data center.