Typically, a node is removed from the cluster in order to be redeployed, tested, or replaced. The process of removing or adding nodes must be completed before changing the quorum. For example, after you remove a node, wait until the process completes and only then perform the replacement.
Necessary
- - computer;
- - system administration skills.
Instructions
Step 1
Revert the Cluster service to its original state, as you cannot remove the Cluster service. To do this, run the Cluster Administrator command, enter the following in the Run window of the main menu: Cluadmin.exe. Call the context menu on the node that you want to exclude from the server clusters.
Step 2
Select the Stop Cluster Service option. If the server is the last node in the cluster, do not do this. In this case, right-click on the node, select Exclude Node. This command will return the cluster to its original state.
Step 3
Before removing a node from a cluster, check with your application providers to see if these programs require a cluster removal procedure. Please close all applications before doing this, as information loss may occur. When you remove the last node from clusters, the service account is not automatically removed. Remove it from the local Administrators group yourself if you no longer use it.
Step 4
Follow this procedure, for this you need to be a member of the "Administrators" group. Use the Run As command. Click on the "Start" button, select the "Control Panel" command, double-click on the "Administrative Tools" option, then - "Cluster Administrator". Stopping the Cluster service as well as removing the last node from the cluster is sometimes not possible, for example, if you are trying to remove a node from an XOX.
Step 5
In this case, manually remove the Cluster service configuration on this node. Enter the Cluster node node name at the command line. At any time you can add a remote node, or create a new one. In order to return the cluster services to their original state, go to the main menu, select the "Run" option. Type cluster node "Node Name" at the command prompt, then click Enter.
