To remove a VMware Cloud Director Availability instance from a cloud site backed by VMware Cloud Director, stop the replications, delete pairing with all peer sites, remove the plug-in from VMware Cloud Director, then remove the cloud appliances.

When replacing an old VMware Cloud Director Availability instance, to prevent the error message VM already protected after installing the new VMware Cloud Director Availability instance, follow the steps in this procedure.

Prerequisites

Verify that VMware Cloud Director Availability is deployed in the cloud site backed by VMware Cloud Director.

Procedure

  1. Stop all replications from and to the VMware Cloud Director Availability instance you are removing.
    1. Log in to the VMware Cloud Director Availability instance that you are removing.
    2. In the left pane, click Incoming Replications.
    3. Select all the replications and click Delete.
    4. Repeat this step in Outgoing Replications and delete all the replications.
  2. Delete the established trust with all peer sites.
    1. In the left pane under Configuration, click Peer Sites.
    2. In the Cloud sites page, select a cloud site, then click Delete.
    3. In the Delete Peer Cloud Site window, to delete the cloud site pairing, click Delete.
      You deleted the pairing with the cloud site and removed the trust from both the local and the remote cloud sites.
    4. Repeat the above steps until you delete the pairing with all peer cloud sites.
    5. Delete the established trust with all on-premises sites from the cloud site.
      • If the on-premises site is still paired, delete the pairing from the cloud site, then from the on-premises site delete the remaining pairing with the cloud site. For information about deleting pairing from the on-premises site, see Unpair a remote site.
      • If from the on-premises site the cloud site is already unpaired, then delete the remaining record in the cloud site.
    6. On the Peer Sites page, under On-premises sites, click Delete.
    7. In the Delete On-Premises Site window, to delete the on-premises site pairing, click Delete.
      Above On-premises sites you see a green On-Premises site deleted successfully. message. You removed the cloud site trust with the on-premises site. If you performed this procedure from the cloud site first, in the on-premises site the cloud site still shows as paired. For more information, see Unpair a remote site.
    8. Repeat the above step until you delete pairing with all peer on-premises sites.
    You deleted all peer sites paired with this VMware Cloud Director Availability instance.
  3. Remove the VMware Cloud Director Availability plug-in from VMware Cloud Director.
    1. In the left pane, click Settings.
    2. Under Service endpoints next to VMware Cloud Director Address, click Remove plugin.
    3. In the Remove VCD UI plugin window, click Remove.
  4. If the management interface of VMware Cloud Director Availability is not available, remove the VMware Cloud Director Availability plug-in from VMware Cloud Director by using its Service Provider Admin Portal.
    1. Go to https://vcloud.example.com/provider and log in to the Service Provider Admin Portal of VMware Cloud Director by using the system administrator user credentials.
    2. From the top navigation bar, select More > Customize Portal.
    3. Select the check box next to the name of the VMware Cloud Director Availability plug-in, then click Delete.
    4. To confirm removing the plug-in, click Save.
  5. For the VMware Cloud Director Availability instance you are removing, delete all the virtual machines of its appliances from the vCenter Server instance.

Results

This VMware Cloud Director Availability instance is now uninstalled from the cloud site backed by VMware Cloud Director.

What to do next

You can now install a new VMware Cloud Director Availability instance in the same cloud site.