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Issue

This is an example of replication being cancelled for a protected VM. 

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Cause

This issue could can occur if a Snapshot snapshot revert happens on a protected VM.

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Cause of the issue:

Reverting to a snapshot of a protected VM will result in protection being cancelled. This condition will be is indicated in the user interface. However, the , as illustrated:

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Note: This article is applicable for 4.1.x version and below.

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• The storage policy will not be automatically detached, requiring the user to manually delete old snapshots and remove the cancelled protection (which can be done through the user interface).

Unable to un-protect the VM if a snapshot exists.

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Users have to Manually Delete the old snapshot, un-protect the VM and re-protect it to fix the issue. 

• If a snapshot already exists, it will not be possible to “un-protect” the VM.

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• In such case, it will be necessary to:
  1) Manually delete the old snapshot.
  2) Un-protect the VM.
  3) Re-protect the VM.