You can cancel an on-demand or scheduled backup operation that is in progress for a
virtual machine (VM).
Procedure
To cancel a backup operation:
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Click Tasks in the vSphere Web Client object navigator.
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Locate the task for the backup operation that you want to cancel and click the
Cancel Task icon.
To see backup tasks, you might have to make sure that tasks for all users are shown. For more
information about viewing tasks for all users, refer to the documentation for the version of VMware
vSphere that you are using.
Results
The backup operation is canceled and The task was canceled by a user
is shown in the Status column for the task.