5.1

Delete a Provider vDC
You can delete a provider vDC to remove its compute, memory, and storage resources from vCloud Director.
The resources remain unaffected in vSphere.
Prerequisites
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Disable the provider vDC.
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Disable and delete all organization vDCs that use the provider vDC.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider vDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider vDC name and select Delete.
3 Click Yes.
Modify a Provider vDC Name and Description
As your vCloud Director installation grows, you might want to assign a more descriptive name or description
to an existing provider vDC.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider vDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider vDC name and select Properties.
3 Type a new name or description and click OK.
You can use the name and description fields to indicate the vSphere functionality available to the provider
vDC, for example, vSphere HA.
Merge Provider vDCs
You can merge two or more provider vDCs into a single provider vDC, combining the resources of all merged
provider vDCs.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider vDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider vDC to merge other provider vDCs to and select Merge with.
3 Select one or more provider vDCs to merge with this one and click Add.
Hold down Ctrl to select multiple provider vDCs.
4 (Optional) Enter a new name and description for the provider vDC.
5 Click OK.
The selected provider vDCs are merged into this provider vDC.
Enable or Disable a Provider vDC Host
You can disable a host to prevent vApps from starting up on the host. Virtual machines that are already running
on the host are not affected.
To perform maintenance on a host, migrate all vApps off of the host or stop all vApps and then disable the
host.
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