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title: "Halting Storage Failover"
description: "The Halt action interrupts plan execution. Any steps currently executing will be completed, then the plan will enter the HALTED state. To learn how to work with HALTED storage plans, see Managing Halted Plans."
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# Halting Storage Failover

The **Halt** action interrupts plan execution. Any steps currently executing will be completed, then the plan will enter the *HALTED* state. To learn how to work with *HALTED* storage plans, see [Managing Halted Plans](managing_halted_storage_plans.md).

To stop a running storage plan:

1. Navigate to **Recovery Plans**.
2. Select the plan and click **Halt**.
3. In the **Halt Plan Execution** window, do the following:

   1. For security purposes, retype your password and click **Next**.
   2. Review configuration information and click **Halt**.

[![Halting Storage Failover](images/halt_storage.png "Halting Storage Failover")](images/halt_storage.png){.toggle scale=65}