How to safely stop a Copy datastore file task

[m4biz]

Hi!

Due to error I've started a copy datastore file task on the same datastore on my ESXi 6.5.0 server.

The task is very slow and I can't restart the VM related to the copy in progress.

May I safely  stop the copy task and restart the VM?

And if yes, how?

Any idea?

Thanks in advance

[Nawals]

Hi, You need to restart the VM client daemon service on esxi host to stop the progress.

Take SSH and run the following command
/etc/init.d/hostd restart

[m4biz]

Hi Nawals .

Thanks for your reply.

I've solved waiting the end of the backup.

Thanks

[scott28tt]

There are backup tools which will do the equivalent of that for you automatically while the VM is running.

Veeam is a popular option: Veeam Editions Comparison​

But then you should know that from a previous thread of yours: Can't download entire folder from ESXi 6.5 datastore