Delete a virtual machine.
The vSphere Web Client operating procedure is as follows:
Select the virtual machine.
Click Delete from Disk by right-clicking the mouse, or from Action.
Operation When Virtual Machine Backup Policy Is Set
In the state where the virtual machine backup is operated automatically for the virtual machine, if that virtual machine is deleted, automatic operation of the virtual machine backup for that virtual machine is stopped.
However, the definition of the virtual machine is not deleted from the ETERNUS SF system. When a Clone backup has been acquired, the Clone backup is not deleted as well.
If you want to delete the definition of the virtual machine from the ETERNUS SF system, contact the storage administrator.
Point
Because the automatic operation of the virtual machine backup is stopped, there is no problem with the system operation. However, the definition of the virtual machine that does not exist continues to exist in the ETERNUS SF system so deleting the virtual machine definition is recommended.
A Clone backup is required to recovery the virtual machine. Delete the Clone backup only when recovery of the virtual machine in question is not required.
