"Cannot delete Edge Cluster as it is in use by Org vDCs" when removing edge cluster in VMware Cloud Director

Products

• VMware Cloud Director

Issue/Introduction

• Deleting an edge cluster from the VMware Cloud Director(VCD) portal fails
• Error seen from the UI is as below: 
  [ ########-####-####-####-############ ] Cannot delete Edge Cluster ############ as it is in use by Org vDCs [############].
• The  /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/logs/vcloud-container-debug.log shows the following:
  NsxTEdgeCluster                | Edge Cluster ############ cannot be deleted as it is in use by Org VDCs |

Environment

VMware Cloud Director 10.6

VMware Cloud Director 10.6.0.1

Cause

As the error states, the issue is caused due to the edge cluster reference in the organization VDC(OVDC)s. 

Resolution

To resolve the issue, from the edge cluster settings on the OVDC, verify that the edge cluster to be deleted is not used.