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2 Right-click the datastore name and select Enable or Disable.
vCloud Director enables or disables the datastore for all provider vDCs that use its resources.
Remove a Datastore
You can remove a datastore from vCloud Director to prevent provider vDCs from using its storage resources.
Prerequisites
Verify that the datastore is disabled and removed from all of the provider vDCs that use it.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Datastores in the left pane.
2 Right-click the datastore name and select Remove.
3 Click Yes.
vCloud Director removes the datastore.
Configure Low Disk Space Warnings for a Datastore
You can configure low disk space warnings on a datastore to receive an email from vCloud Director when the
datastore reaches a specific threshold of available capacity. These warnings alert you to a low disk situation
before it becomes a problem.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Datastores in the left pane.
2 Right-click the datastore name and select Properties.
3 On the General tab, select the disk space thresholds for the datastore.
You can set two thresholds, yellow and red. When vCloud Director sends an email alert, the message
indicates which threshold was crossed.
4 Click OK.
vCloud Director sends an email alert when the datastore crosses a threshold.
Managing Stranded Items
When you delete an object in vCloud Director and that object also exists in vSphere, vCloud Director attempts
to delete the object from vSphere. In some situations, vCloud Director may not be able to delete the object in
vSphere, in which case, the object becomes stranded.
You can view a list of stranded items and try again to delete them, or you can use the vSphere Client to delete
the stranded objects in vSphere.
Delete a Stranded Item
You can delete a stranded item to try to remove an object from vSphere that you already deleted from vCloud
Director.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Stranded Items in the left pane.
2 Right-click a stranded item and select Delete.
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