# Deleting a Replication Pair

#### 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

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click Service List and choose Storage > Storage Disaster Recovery Service.

   The Storage Disaster Recovery Service page is displayed.

3. In the pane of the protection group, click Replication Pairs.

   The operation page for the protection group is displayed.

4. 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.

5. 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.
6. Click Yes.

Parent topic: Managing Replication Pairs