This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
Delete Datacenter
Delete an empty datacenter from the vCenter Server
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/datacenter/{datacenter}
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
datacenter
Required
Identifier of the datacenter to be deleted. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: Datacenter.
Query Parameters
Query Parameters
boolean
force
Optional
If true, delete the datacenter even if it is not empty. If unset a ResourceInUse error will be reported if the datacenter is not empty. This is the equivalent of passing the value false.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id example
"b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389"
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Errors
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_in_use : if the datacenter associated with datacenter is not empty.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn’t have the required privileges.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if there is no datacenter associated with datacenter in the system.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
default
‘Default’ means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
Invoke-DeleteDatacenter -Datacenter "MyDatacenter" -Force $true
cURL Command
curl -X DELETE -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/datacenter/{datacenter}
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-method: delete
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-path: /rest/vcenter/datacenter/{datacenter}
x-vmw-doc-operation: delete
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
