5.5

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.
3 Click Yes.
vCloud Director attempts to delete the stranded item from vSphere.
4 Refresh the page display.
If the delete operation is successful, vCloud Director removes the item from the stranded items list.
What to do next
If the delete operation is unsuccessful, you can force delete the item. See “Force Delete a Stranded Item,” on
page 110.
Force Delete a Stranded Item
If vCloud Director cannot delete a stranded item, you can force delete it to remove it from the stranded
items list. The stranded item continues to exist in vSphere.
Before you force delete a stranded item, try to delete it. See “Delete a Stranded Item,” on page 110.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Stranded Items in the left pane.
2 Right-click a stranded item and select Force Delete.
3 Click Yes.
vCloud Director removes the item from the stranded items list.
View Resource Pool Properties
You can view resource pool properties, such as memory reservation and datastores available to the resource
pool.
Procedure
1 On the Manage & Monitor tab, click Resource Pools.
2 Right-click the resource pool and click Properties.
vCloud Director displays the following resource pool properties.
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