Deleting replication CRs without connection to a remote site

Replication Plug-in for Containers Installation and User Guide

Version

3.18.x

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-92ADPTR155-10

ft:lastEdition

2026-07-07

Deleting replication CRs requires connection to a remote site to gracefully delete all Kubernetes objects and storage system assets. However, there may be a situation where your remote site is not accessible, but you must delete the Replication CRs. In such cases, you can delete the Replication CRs forcibly.

To enable Replication Plug-in for Containers and to delete Replication CRs without connecting to a remote site, set the SPC_REPLICATION_ALLOW_FORCE_DELETION environment variable to true.
```
# kubectl set env -n hspc-replication-operator-system \
 deployments/hspc-replication-operator-controller-manager\SPC_REPLICATION_ALLOW_FORCE_DELETION=true
```
Run the following command to delete the Replication CRs forcibly.
```
# kubectl delete -f hspc_v1_replication.yaml
```
Using Storage Navigator, delete the Universal Replicator pair corresponding with the Replication CR because it remains after force deletion of Replication CRs.
Reset the SPC_REPLICATION_ALLOW_FORCE_DELETION environment variable to false.