To permanently remove a cluster node from a cluster:
Log in as the root user to the node in the cluster that you want to remove, then enter the following at a terminal console prompt:
cluster leave
When the node has successfully left the cluster, the following message is displayed:
No longer a member of cluster clustername
In a Web browser, open iManager, then log in to the Novell eDirectory tree that contains the cluster you want to manage.
IMPORTANT:Log in as an administrator user who has sufficient rights in eDirectory to delete and modify eDirectory objects.
In iManager, delete the node’s Cluster Node object from the cluster container:
Select
.Browse to the Cluster container () of the cluster, locate and select the Cluster Node object () for the node in the container, then click
.On the Delete Objects page, click
, then click again to confirm the deletion of the Cluster Node object.Select
> , select the eDirectory Server object that is being removed from the cluster, remove its NCS attributes, then click to save and apply your changes.If the deleted cluster node persists in iManager, do one of the following:
Run the following command as the root user on the master cluster node. It is safe to run the command on an active cluster:
/opt/novell/ncs/bin/ncs-configd.py -init
If you are converting a cluster from NetWare to Linux, you must restart the cluster instead so that clstrlib.ko is reloaded:
rcnovell-ncs restart