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Delete a VI Workload Domain

You can delete a VI workload domain from
SDDC Manager UI
.
  • If remote vSAN datastores are mounted on a cluster in the VI workload domain, then the VI workload domain cannot be deleted. To delete such VI workload domains, you must first migrate any virtual machines from the remote datastore to the local datastore and then unmount the remote vSAN datastores from vCenter Server.
  • If you require access after deleting a VI workload domain, back up the data. The datastores on the VI workload domain are destroyed when it is deleted.
  • Migrate the virtual machines that you want to keep to another workload domain using cross vCenter vMotion.
  • Delete any workload virtual machines created outside
    VMware Cloud Foundation
     before deleting the VI workload domain.
  • Delete any NSX Edge clusters hosted on the VI workload domain. See KB 78635.
When you delete a workload domain, the clusters within that workload domain are deleted and the hosts are returned to the free pool with a
need cleanup
 host state.
Deleting a VI workload domain also removes the components associated with the VI workload domain from the management domain. This includes the vCenter Server instance and the NSX Manager cluster instances.
If the NSX Manager cluster is shared with any other VI workload domains, it will not be deleted.
The network pools used by the workload domain are not deleted as part of the VI workload domain deletion process and must be deleted separately.
Deleting a workload domain is an irreversible operation. All clusters and virtual machines within the VI workload domain are deleted and the underlying datastores are destroyed.
It can take up to 20 minutes for a VI workload domain to be deleted. During this process, you cannot perform any operations on workload domains.
  1. In the navigation pane, click
    Inventory
    Workload Domains
    .
  2. Click the vertical ellipsis (three dots) next to the VI workload domain you want to delete and click
    Delete Domain
    .
  3. On the
    Delete Workload Domain
     dialog box, click
    Delete Workload Domain
    .
    A message indicating that the VI workload domain is being deleted appears. When the removal process is complete, the VI workload domain is removed from the domains table.
Decommission the hosts that were part of the VI workload domain, then re-image with ESXi and commission them again. See Managing ESXi Hosts in VMware Cloud Foundation.

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