You can add, activate, deactivate, and detach secondary resource pools from a provider virtual data center. You cannot deactivate or detach the primary resource pool on a provider virtual data center.
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About the Workload Placement Engine VMware Cloud Director placement engine determines on which resources, including resource pools, datastores, and networks or network pools, to place the virtual machines (VMs) in a vApp. Based on each VM requirements, the engine makes the placement decision independently for each VM in a vApp.Add a Resource Pool to a Provider Virtual Data Center Activate or Deactivate a Resource Pool on a Provider Virtual Data Center Detach a Resource Pool from a Provider Virtual Data Center Migrate VMs Between Resource Pools on a Provider Virtual Data Center
