Editing username in VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager fails with error "Datacenter fqdn or username cannot be updated"

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

Unable to edit the username of vCenter instance in VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager  fails with below Error :

 

Environment

VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager 1.6.X

Cause

Username of Data center components cannot be changed using the edit operation  because component identifier is composed of FQDN and username.

Resolution

In order to update the name, perform below :

• Export the  component to JSON
• Register  it again (upload the JSON there) and use different username during that registration
• Once the updated( new username) component is registered, delete the old one

Additional Information

If the vCenter is used, e.g. to deploy other products , in that case, it won't let you delete the old one.
In that case, you would need to update the products that are deployed on that VC to point to the newly registered vCenter by performing below :

 

• Select the product operations -> "Update environment Data"
• Select 2nd step "Infrastructure configuration" -> select the newly registered VC
• Click register

This should be done with all products that use the old VC as deployment infrastructure. Once done, you should be able to delete the vCenter with the old username.