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Removing Datacenter Locations
To remove a datacenter location from a user menu, a system administrator must remove the location
information from the locations file and a fabric administrator must remove location information from the
compute resource.
For example, if you add London to the locations file, associate ten compute resources with that location,
and then remove London from the file, the compute resources are still associated with the location
London and London is still included in the location drop-down list on the Confirm Machine Request page.
To remove the location from the drop-down list, a fabric administrator must edit the compute resource and
reset the Location to blank for all compute resources that are associated with the location.
The following is a high-level overview of the sequence of steps required to remove a datacenter location:
1 A system administrator removes the datacenter location information from the locations file.
2 A fabric administrator removes all the compute resource associations to the location by editing the
locations of each associated compute resource.
Monitoring Containers
You can monitor the status of a container that you create in Containers for vRealize Automation.
After you create your containers based on a template, you can monitor their state. By clicking Details on
a container, you can monitor the network bandwidth, CPU and memory usage, logs, and properties of that
container.
Bulk Import, Update, or Migrate Virtual Machines
You can use the Bulk Imports feature to import, update, or migrate virtual machines to
vRealize Automation. Bulk Imports streamlines the management of multiple machines in multiple
environments.
The Bulk Imports feature imports virtual machines intact with defining data such as reservation, storage
path, blueprint, owner, and any custom properties. Bulk Imports supports the following administrative
tasks:
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Import one or more unmanaged virtual machines so that they can be managed in a
vRealize Automation environment.
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Make a global change to a virtual machine property, such as a storage path.
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Migrate a virtual machine from one environment to another.
You can execute the Bulk Imports feature commands using either the vRealize Automation console or the
CloudUtil command-line interface. For more information about using the CloudUtil command-line
interface, see the Life Cycle Extensibility documentation.
Managing vRealize Automation
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