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title: "Start Replication Job Manually"
description: "If you do not schedule a replication job, you must start it manually. To start the job, do the following: Open the Home view. In the inventory pane, select Jobs > Replication. In the working area, right-click the job and select Start."
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dateModified: "2026-10-21"
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# Start Replication Job Manually

If you do not schedule a replication job, you must start it manually. To start the job, do the following:

1. Open the **Home** view.
2. In the inventory pane, select **Jobs** > **Replication**.
3. In the working area, right-click the job and select **Start**. Wait for the job to complete. Note that the job must complete with the *Success* or *Warning* status.
4. Open **vSphere Client** or **Hyper-V Manager** and make sure that a VM replica is created.

[![Perform Incremental Replication](images/replication_job_incremental.png "Perform Incremental Replication")](images/replication_job_incremental.png){.toggle scale=75}