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description: In this tutorial, you use the Azure portal to scale an Azure VMware Solution private cloud.
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ms.topic: tutorial
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ms.service: azure-vmware
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ms.date: 6/7/2024
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ms.date: 6/4/2025
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#Customer intent: As a VMware administrator, I want to learn how to scale an Azure VMware Solution private cloud in the Azure portal.
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2. The deployment of the new cluster will begin.
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## Scale a cluster
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## Scale a cluster - Host Addition
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> [!NOTE]
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> Scaling down a cluster successfully requires all objects (VM/vmdk/iso/etc) on a vSAN datastore to be configured with a storage policy below or equal to [RAID level requirements](configure-storage-policy.md).
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> Scaling down a cluster will place requested host(s) into maintenance mode prior to actual removal of host from vCenter inventory.
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> [!CAUTION]
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> Deleting a cluster terminates all running workloads and components and is an irreversible operation. Once you delete a cluster, you cannot recover the data.
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1. In your Azure VMware Solution private cloud, under **Manage**, select **Clusters**.
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>[!NOTE]
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>The hosts will be added to the cluster in parallel.
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## Scale a cluster - Host Removal
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> [!CAUTION]
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> Deleting a cluster terminates all running workloads and components and is an irreversible operation. Once you delete a cluster, you cannot recover the data.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Scaling down a cluster successfully requires all objects (VM/vmdk/iso/etc) on a vSAN datastore to be configured with a storage policy below or equal to [RAID level requirements](configure-storage-policy.md).
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> Scaling down a cluster will place requested host(s) into maintenance mode prior to actual removal of host from vCenter inventory.
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> Clusters cannot be scaled down past the minimum requirement of 3 hosts per cluster.
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1. In your Azure VMware Solution private cloud, under **Manage**, select **Clusters**.
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2. Select the cluster you want to scale down, select **More** (...), then select **Edit**.
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:::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-scale-private-cloud/ss4-select-scale-private-cloud-2.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing where to edit an existing cluster." lightbox="media/tutorial-scale-private-cloud/ss4-select-scale-private-cloud-2.png" border="true":::
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3. Select the host you want to remove, select **More** (...), select **Delete**, then select **Save**.
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:::image type="content" source="media/tutorial-scale-private-cloud/remove-host-from-cluster.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing how to remove a host from an existing cluster." lightbox="media/tutorial-scale-private-cloud/remove-host-from-cluster.png" border="true":::
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The removal of a host from the cluster begins.
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## Next steps
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If you require another Azure VMware Solution private cloud, [create another private cloud](tutorial-create-private-cloud.md) following the same networking prerequisites, cluster, and host limits.
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