When a vSphere VM is deleted by the vSphere client, it can leave behind a VM template in a “defined” state that can be subsequently discovered and registered as a resource in the Orchestration Server.
If you attempt to remove this VM template in the Orchestration Console, the Orchestration Server attempts to remove the VM’s files from the file system, but because the VM has no files to delete, the provisioning job fails with the following error:
Error: Delete : Failed delete of Managed Entity :
For identified vCenter VM issues slated for eventual correction, see the “vSphere VM Issues in the Orchestration Console” section of the NetIQ Cloud Manager 2.0 Readme. For ongoing vCenter VM issues, see Section 28.6, Troubleshooting vSphere VM Provisioning Actions.