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Extend or Return Reservations

As your project and business requirements change, you can modify the durations of your virtual machine reservations.

Note: Your Approving Manager determines the latest date to which you can extend a reservation. You cannot edit the value.

You can return a reservation either partially or in full. When you return a reservation partially you receive a confirmation email with the details of the VMs that are returned. In case entire reservation is returned, the email does not contain the list of VMs but the email displays the return type as whole reservation.

Returning the reservation restores the unneeded allocated capacity and performance to the resource pool. Before you return a reservation, consider creating a snapshot of your virtual environment in case you require it again later.

You cannot return a reservation that is approved and in the Pending Fulfillment status. Wait until the virtual machine is provisioned, and then cancel the reservation.

Follow these steps:

1. Access VMware ESX Management.
2. Click one of the following options:
   • Extend VMware Reservation
   • Return VMware Reservation

   A form opens.

3. Complete the required form fields.

   The Additional form fields populate.

4. Modify the populated fields as required.
5. Click Add to Cart to continue adding more requests to the cart.

   The request is added to the cart.

6. Click Check Out when you complete adding the requests.
7. Review your request details, and click Save and Submit Cart.

   A confirmation message displays. Your request is processed. You receive an email indicating whether your request was approved or rejected.