If you do not need to replicate a virtual machine, you can stop that replication by removing it.
Take a note of the target datastore and the name of the replication that you are about to stop. You need this information to clean up your environment after you stop the replication.
If you delete the source VM of a configured replication, the replication enters Error state. The replica files remain on the target site. You can recover the VM using the latest available data from the target site. If you don't want to use the replica files, you can stop the replication and clear all replica data.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in the vSphere Client as a VRM virtual machine replication user or a VRM administrator user. See vSphere Replication Roles Reference.
Procedure
Results
The virtual machine does not replicate to the target site.
When you stop a replication, the following operations are performed at the replication target site:
- If you selected Retain replica disks check box, all files are retained.
- If you deselected the Retain replica disks check box, all replica files and seed disks are deleted, even if you previously configured the replication with seed disks.