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# Creating and deleting VCF as a Service pairings with VCDA
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When VMware Cloud Director Availability (VCDA) is enabled, you can create cloud-to-cloud connections between your instance and other single-tenant and multitenant IBM Cloud for VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service instances. You must create a pairing from both Cloud Director sites to connect.

## Procedure to create a VCF as a Service pairing
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1. In the VMware Solutions console, click **Resources > VCF as a Service** from the left navigation panel. {: #step-1}
1. On the **VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service** page, click the single-tenant Cloud Director site name.
1. Click the **Add-on services** tab, then expand the **VMware Cloud Director Availability** service.
1. On the **VCF as a Service pairings** tab, click **Create pairing**.
1. In the **Create connection** pane, complete the following configuration.
   1. For **Zones**, the default zone of the resource pool is displayed. If the instance has multiple PVDCs belonging to different zones, all the zones are displayed. Select the zone pairing.
   1. For **Peer geography**, the geography where the peer site is installed is displayed.
   1. For **Peer site name**, return to the VMware Cloud Director Availability details page and click the **Instance endpoints** tab. Click the **Copy to clipboard** icon for the **Site name** for the instance to pair. Paste the site name in the create connection configuration.
   1. For **Peer region**, select the region where the peer site is installed.
   1. For **Administrator notes**, you can enter notes to provide more information for the pairing. The maximum length is 200 characters and the % & < > " ' / characters are not supported.
1. Click **Create pairing**. The **Creating** status displays.

   When the **Waiting for peer pairing status** displays, repeat the previous steps to complete the pairing connection with the Cloud Director site to pair.

1. In the VMware Solutions console, click **Resources > VCF as a Service** from the left navigation panel.
1. On the **VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service** page, click the single-tenant Cloud Director site name.
1. Click the **Add-on services** tab, then expand the **VMware Cloud Director Availability** service.
1. On the **VCF as a Service pairings** tab, click **Create pairing**.
1. In the **Create connection** pane, complete the following configuration.
   1. For **Zones**, the default zone of the resource pool is displayed. If the instance has multiple PVDCs belonging to different zones, all the zones are displayed. Select the zone pairing.
   1. For **Peer geography**, the geography where the peer site is installed is displayed.
   1. For **Peer site name**, return to the VMware Cloud Director Availability details page and click the **VCF as a Service pairings** tab. Click the **Copy to clipboard** icon for the **Peer site name** that you created for the first pairing. Paste the site name in the create connection configuration.
   1. For **Peer region**, select the region of the first pairing.
   1. For **Administrator notes**, you can enter notes to provide more information for the pairing. The maximum length is 200 characters and the % & < > " ' / characters are not supported.
1. Click **Create pairing**. The **Available** status displays when the pairing is complete.

The following pairing status options are available.

| Status | Description |
|:---- |:----------- |
| Creating | The pairing task starts. |
| Waiting for peer pairing | The pairing is complete on one site. |
| Available | The pairing is complete on both sites. |
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## Procedure to delete a VCF as a Service pairing
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1. In the VMware Solutions console, click **Resources > VCF as a Service** from the left navigation panel.
2. On the **VMware Cloud Foundation as a Service** page, click the single-tenant Cloud Director site name.
3. Click the **Add-on services** tab, then expand the **VMware Cloud Director Availability** service.
4. On the **VCF as a Service pairings** tab, locate the pairing to delete.
5. Click the overflow menu and click **Delete pairing**.

## Related links
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* [Migrating VCF as a Service workloads with cloud-to-cloud connections](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-vcda-migrating-cloudtocloud-vmaas&format=markdown)
* [Migrating workloads to VCF as a Service with VCDA](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-tenant-vcda&format=markdown)
* [Protecting workload data in VCF as a Service with VCDA](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-tenant-vcda&format=markdown)
* [Viewing VCDA details](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-vcda-viewing&format=markdown)
* [Adding and deleting VCDA](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmware-service?topic=vmware-service-vcda-adding-deleting&format=markdown)