Delete an environment
Last Updated November 16, 2024

You can delete an existing environment from
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
. You cannot select and delete a specific product within an environment.
You can delete both successful and failed environment deployments. You can also delete initiated environments or environments that failed to deploy.
You can edit an existing environment that is in progress or that has failed to deploy by selecting any product under
Environments
, clicking the vertical ellipses for the product, and selecting
Edit Environment Details
. You can edit the environment name or the environment description. You cannot edit the environment name for a global environment.
You can use
Workspace ONE Access
to create an environment.
The following condiderations exist when using
Workspace ONE Access
to delete an environment:
  • VMware Aria Automation
    8.x cannot be installed or imported.
  • You cannot use
    Workspace ONE Access
    as an authentication source for
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
  • You cannot access identity and tenant management. The user and active directory management become inaccessible. The existing roles and user mappings of
    Workspace ONE Access
    from
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    is removed.
  1. Click
    Manage Environments
    to delete a successfully installed environment, or delete a failed environment deployment listed under
    Recent Requests
    .
  2. Click the three dots in the upper right corner of the environment tile and then select
    Delete Environment
    .
  3. Select
    Delete related virtual machines from vCenter
    to delete all virtual machines associated with this environment from
    vCenter
    .
    If you do not select this option, all virtual machines associated with this environment remain in
    vCenter
    after the environment is deleted from
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
  4. Select
    Delete related virtual machines from vCenter
    to delete virtual machines associated with the environment.
    This option is available only if you have virtual machine associated with an environment in
    vCenter
    . If selected, virtual machines associated to the environment are also deleted from the
    vCenter
    . If it is not selected, records of this environment are only removed from
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
  5. Click
    DELETE
    .
  6. If you deleted virtual machines associate with the environment, verify that the list of virtual machines to delete is correct and then click
    CONFIRM DELETE
    .
    IaaS virtual machine names do not appear in this list.
    If the VM delete operation fails, an option is available to delete the environment from
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    . You can then delete the VMs manually from
    vCenter
    .
    For a brownfield import, if you did not add a
    vCenter
    list, the delete environment confirmation dialog box does not show the VM list in
    vCenter
    and you must remove them manually.
  7. Click
    CLOSE
    .
The environment is removed from
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
.
You can view the progress of the delete operation on the
Requests
page.