5.5

Delete a Provider Virtual Datacenter
You can delete a provider virtual datacenter 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 virtual datacenter.
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Disable and delete all organization virtual datacenters that use the provider virtual datacenter.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider VDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider virtual datacenter name and select Delete.
3 Click Yes.
Modify a Provider Virtual Datacenter Name and Description
As your vCloud Director installation grows, you might want to assign a more descriptive name or
description to an existing provider virtual datacenter.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider VDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider virtual datacenter 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 virtual datacenter, for example, vSphere HA.
Merge Provider Virtual Datacenters
You can merge two or more provider virtual datacenters into a single provider virtual datacenter,
combining the resources of all merged provider virtual datacenters.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Provider VDCs in the left pane.
2 Right-click the provider virtual datacenter to merge other provider virtual datacenters to and select
Merge with.
3 Select one or more provider virtual datacenters to merge with this one and click Add.
Hold down Ctrl to select multiple provider virtual datacenters.
4 (Optional) Enter a new name and description for the provider virtual datacenter.
5 Click OK.
The selected provider virtual datacenters are merged into this provider virtual datacenter.
Enable or Disable a Provider Virtual Datacenter 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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