Effects of Stopping Replication

[sammyta]

Hi, I would like to get some knowledge on what are the effects of stopping the replication? in my system, the script runs as first the backup is taken then the replication starts. So if I stop the replication gracefully after the backup has been completed will it affect my production servers?

[HannesK]

Hello,
I did not understand what "the script" is and what it does.

I also assume that you mean Veeam replication (replication with other vendors means something different): https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110
If you mean Veeam "backup copy", then there is no connection between "backup copy" and production machines https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110

If you stop backup or replication job, the effect is that the snapshot on the production machine gets deleted. That means you get "back to normal operation". There is no difference whether this step happens automatically when the job finished, or if you do that manually.

Long story short: everything will be okay

Best regards,
Hannes

[sammyta]

Hi Hannes,

What I meant by the script is that the process that runs on the veeam is that backup is done and then the replication. now, what happened in my case is that after the backup process got completed then the replication started but when I stopped it gracefully it affected my production servers. my whole system got stuck. so that's why I asked if stopping the replication causes anything in the production environment.

[HannesK]

Hello,
I still don't know what script you mean. We can run your custom scripts, but we don't run any scripts "out of nothing".

Snapshot removal can have impact, yes. It depends on the VMware version you are using, storage load etc.

Maybe it's better to open a support case to investigate what issue you really have.

Best regards,
Hannes