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Deleting clusters from VCF for Classic - Automated instances

Deleting clusters from VCF for Classic - Automated instances

You can delete clusters from VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances when you do not need them.

Deleting clusters from instances with VMware vSphere® 6.5 is not supported.

Before you delete clusters from Automated instances

Whenever possible, delete clusters by using the IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions console and not the VMware vSphere® Web Client. Changes that you make on the vSphere Web Client are not synchronized with the VMware Solutions console. If you want to delete clusters from VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances by using the vSphere Web Client, do so only for on-premises clusters or clusters that you don't manage in the VMware Solutions console.

  • You can delete any cluster except for the first cluster (the one that is created during initial deployment).
  • You can delete multiple clusters at a time. You can also delete a cluster while another cluster is being created or deleted.
  • Ensure that all nodes in a cluster are powered on and operational before you delete the cluster.
  • When you delete a cluster, all VMs from the cluster are also deleted and they can't be recovered. If you want to keep the VMs, migrate them to other clusters.
  • When you delete a cluster, all storage and subnets that are associated with the cluster are deleted as well. To view the storage and subnets that are associated with a cluster, see the cluster details page.
  • You do not have to delete any services that are installed on the cluster, including services on a gateway cluster. The services are automatically deleted when you delete the cluster.

Procedure to delete clusters from Automated instances

  1. From the VMware Solutions console, click Resources > VCF for Classic from the left navigation pane.

  2. In the VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic table, click the instance that you want to delete clusters from.

    Ensure that the instance status is Available. Otherwise, you can't delete clusters from the instance.

  3. Click the Infrastructure tab. In the Clusters table, locate the cluster that you want to delete and click the Delete icon Delete icon next to the Status column.

  4. In the Delete cluster window, confirm that you completed the migration of VMs to other clusters, if needed, and that you want to delete the cluster. Click Delete.