Removing a cloud account

If a cloud account is no longer needed, it can be removed from the system. You can use the management GUI or the command-line interface to delete a cloud account.

If cloud snapshots are not currently in the cloud storage that is associated with the account, the cloud account settings and any containers and metadata are deleted from the cloud service provider. If cloud snapshots do exist on the cloud, only the cloud account information is deleted, but the cloud snapshots are retained on the cloud service provider. If at some point the data on the cloud is needed, you can re-create a new cloud account that uses the same settings and you can access the data that is stored on the cloud service provider. For the remove operation to succeed, no active cloud snapshots or restore operations can be in progress.

Using the management GUI

To remove a cloud account with the management GUI, complete these steps:
  1. In the management GUI, select Settings > System > Transparent Cloud Tiering.
  2. On the Transparent Cloud Tiering page, verify that the state of the cloud account is online. If the cloud account is not online, the connection to the cloud service provider is not available. Select Monitoring > Events to investigate the cause of the problem. You might need to access the cloud service provider to determine the connection problem.
  3. Expand Account information to view settings that are related to the account.
  4. Click Remove Account.
  5. On the Confirmation page, click Remove to remove the cloud account.

Using the command-line interface

To remove a cloud account, enter the following command:
rmcloudaccount cloud_account_id_or_name
where cloud_account_id_or_name is the system-assigned identifier or the name of the cloud account.