Stopping a vCenter Server

If the recovery vCenter Server service is stopped, recovery operations are not possible until the service is restarted.

See also:

Zerto Permissions in vCenter Server
Thin-Provisioning
Storage Profiles and Storage Clusters
Fault Tolerance
Host Affinity Rules and CPU Pinning
vMotion
Storage vMotion
VMware Host Maintenance Mode
Resiliency to vSphere Environment Changes