This KB is geared towards customers who want to shutdown their HA pairs either to save cost or other reasons. 

Step-by-step guide

1. Login to the SoftNAS UI and launch the Snapreplicate Applet
   
   
2. Next, click on action then Replicate now and make sure that all volumes are in a "SNAPREPLICATE-COMPLETE"

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Next, Deactivate SnapHA
   
   
   
   
4. From here you can stop SoftNAS using two different methods:
   
   a. You can run the commands below from SoftNAS CLI 
   #  sync; sync; shutdown -h now 
   
   
   
   b. From the platform (AWS/Azure console) 
   
   
5. Done

To start the HA pair and reestablish HA

1. From the cloud provider (AWS/Console) you start the HA pair simultaneously starting with the Primary node. The restart usually takes 3-5 minutes for the systems to be fully up
   
   
2. Next, Once the systems are up and you are logged in; navigate to the SnapHA applet and ensure that HA is still in a deactivated state and all volumes are in a "SNAPREPLICATE-COMPLETE" state
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click on the action Menu --> Activate and click Yes on the popup menu to confirm
   
   
   
   
4. Once HA is fully activated again it should look like the screenshot below 
   
   
   
   
5. Done