Scenarios
If a replication pair is no longer used, you can release the associated virtual resources by deleting the replication pair from the system.
When you delete a replication pair, the production site disk in the replication pair will not be deleted. You can decide whether to delete the DR site disk.
Prerequisites
- The protection group is in the Available, Protecting, Failover complete, Enabling protection failed, Disabling protection failed, Planned failover failed, Failover failed, Deletion failed, or Re-enabling protection failed state.
- The replication pair is in the Available, Protecting, Failover complete, Creation failed, Enabling protection failed, Disabling protection failed, Planned failover failed, Failover failed, Deletion failed, Re-enabling protection failed, Attaching failed, Expansion failed, Invalid, or Faulty state.
- The replication pair is not attached to any protected instance. For details about how to detach a replication pair, see Detaching a Replication Pair.
Procedure
- Log in to the management console.
- Click Service List and choose Storage > Storage Disaster Recovery Service.
The Storage Disaster Recovery Service page is displayed.
- In the pane of the protection group, click Replication Pairs.
The operation page for the protection group is displayed.
- On the Replication Pairs tab, locate the row containing the replication pair to be deleted and click Delete in the Operation column.
The Delete Replication Pair dialog box is displayed.
Figure 1 Deleting a replication pair
When you delete a replication pair, the production site disk will not be deleted.
- Determine the subsequent operation.
Delete DR Site Disk
- If you do not select this option, the replication pair relationship between the production site disk and DR site disk will be canceled, and the DR site disk will be retained.
- If you select this option, the replication pair relationship between the production site disk and DR site disk will be canceled, and the DR site disk will be deleted.
- Click Yes.