vRanger Replication: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it (91522)

Replication job failed with error:

Error Message: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

sshd daemon on the VA stopped or crashed

check to see if sshd is running on the VA
1. Login to the VA as root
2. Run the command:

ps -ef | grep sshd

If sshd is stopped or crashed, there will not be an entry listed for /usr/sbin/sshd.

1. Open the vSphere client and select the VAs
2. Select Edit Settings and make sure that there are hot added disks on the VA. The VA should be configured with only 2 disks.
3. If there are extra disks on the VA, power off the VA and remove them from the VA
4. check the VM (both source and target) and make sure that there are no open snapshots, and if there are, commit them back to the VM

5. Power on the VAs

6. Login to the VA
7. Check to see if sshd is running by typing the command:

ps -ef | grep sshd

(There should be an entry listed for /usr/sbin/sshd)

8. re-run the replication job