To stop a protection group from replicating its snapshots to a backup site, you can delete its snapshot schedules.

When you deactivate a snapshot schedule, the already replicated snapshots are retained on the cloud file system for as long as the configured retention time.

All snapshots that are past the time of expiration get deleted, except the last snapshot. This final snapshot is retained to make sure recovery is still possible. If the schedule is activated again, an incremental sync of the VMs begins.

If you delete a protection group, then all snapshots are deleted from the cloud file system.

Procedure

  1. From the left navigation, select Protection groups.
  2. Select a protection group.
  3. In the Edit site protection group dialog box, select Protection group schedules from the left side.
  4. Click the small X to the right of each schedule to delete the snapshot schedule.