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If there is no more replication and the folders/files are located in their own unique folder structure then it should be safe to delete that folder set.
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If there is no more replication and the folders/files are located in their own unique folder structure then it should be safe to delete that folder set.

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Philip, &nbsp;I get that and have done that. &nbsp;What I am looking for is a tool or powershell command/script that can determine if replication has been removed from the VM then remove the associated files and folders. <br />
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I'm dumb founded as to why Hyper-V Manager doesn't do that to start with. &nbsp;If it can enable and disable replication why not have the option to remove the actual replicated files.
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Philip,  I get that and have done that.  What I am looking for is a tool or powershell command/script that can determine if replication has been removed from the VM then remove the associated files and folders.

I'm dumb founded as to why Hyper-V Manager doesn't do that to start with.  If it can enable and disable replication why not have the option to remove the actual replicated files.

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Get-Command –Module Hyper-V *repl* &nbsp; returns nothing. &nbsp;I will have to see why.
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Get-Command –Module Hyper-V *repl*   returns nothing.  I will have to see why.

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I have been searching for a best practice or easy way to remove files that are left over on a hyper-v replication destination server after replication is removed from a machine. &nbsp;<br />
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As most may know that the replication destination files and folders are log GUID like names. <br />
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Any suggestions for applications or tools to help with cleanup and/or documentation?
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I have been searching for a best practice or easy way to remove files that are left over on a hyper-v replication destination server after replication is removed from a machine.  

As most may know that the replication destination files and folders are log GUID like names. 

Any suggestions for applications or tools to help with cleanup and/or documentation?

Best practice for Removing Hyper-V replica and files

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.