Uninstall
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions

You can uninstall
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
using the
VMware Cloud Director
Solution Add-On Landing Zone or the command-line interface.
  • To validate the
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
    metadata cleanup in
    VMware Cloud Director
    , verify that all solution instances are deleted.
  • Verify that all
    Data Solutions operator
    s that are installed to the
    Kubernetes
    clusters are deleted.

Uninstall a
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
add-on instance

Uninstall
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
using the
VMware Cloud Director
Solution Add-On Landing Zone.
If you installed
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
by using the command-line interface, with a parameter
--encryption-key
, you cannot uninstall the add-on by using the
VMware Cloud Director
UI.
  1. Log in to the
    VMware Cloud Director service provider admin portal
    .
  2. Delete your add-on solution instance of
    VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
    . See
    Delete an Instance of a Solution Add-On From VMware Cloud Director
    in the
    VMware Cloud Director Documentation
    .

Uninstall
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
using the CLI

Uninstall
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
using the
VMware Cloud Director
the command-line interface.
Set the
--input-force-delete
value to
true
, if you want to uninstall the extension, but keep the existing solution instances in the
Kubernetes
clusters.
If you installed
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
using the command-line interface, with parameter
--encryption-key
, you must provide the same encryption key, when you perform uninstallation and you must not specify the parameter
--iso
. The parameters
--encryption-key
and
--iso
are mutually exclusive.
To uninstall
VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions
, run the following command:
  • For Windows:
    windows.run.exe delete instance --name
    EXTENSION_NAME
    --host
    HOST_NAME
    --username
    USER_NAME
    --password
    PASSWORD
    --certificate-file
    CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME
    --accept --iso
  • For Linux:
    ./linux.run delete instance --name
    EXTENSION_NAME
    --host
    HOST_NAME
    --username
    USER_NAME
    --password
    PASSWORD
    --certificate-file
    CERTIFICATE_FILE_NAME
    --accept --iso
For more information about the command parameters, see Install VMware Cloud Director extension for Data Solutions.
Once the installation is complete, the following line appears in the console:
Successfully deleted instance
EXTENSION_NAME