5.8 Patching Novell Cluster Services

You should stop Novell Cluster Services when applying maintenance patches for Novell Cluster Services.

  1. Log in to the node as the root user, then open a terminal console.

  2. Use the cluster leave command to remove the node from the cluster.

  3. Stop Novell Cluster Services by entering

    rcnovell-ncs stop

  4. Apply the latest patches for OES and Novell Cluster Services.

  5. Start Novell Cluster Services by entering

    rcnovell-ncs start

  6. Use the cluster join command to rejoin the node to the cluster.