Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server
(Linux based)
Situation
Need to remove a node from the
cluster and then either reinstall it or reinstall it into a
different cluster.
Resolution
Remove the node from the existing
cluster.
Reinstall into the existing or new cluster.
- Do a "cluster leave" on the node you want to remove from the cluster.
- In iManager go to cluster options and delete the cluster server object that represents the node you wish to remove.
- Find out your current version of novell-cluster-services with"rpm -q novell-cluster-services" Make sure you know this version when it comes to reinstalling.
- Remove the novell-cluster-services rpm ie. (rpm -e novell-cluster-services-1.8.2.276-2)
- Delete all files in /etc/opt/novell/ncs
- Delete the /etc/sysconfig/NCS file
Reinstall into the existing or new cluster.
- Reinstall the novell-cluster-services
rpm. If you have used the red carpet patch channel to update
your server, then the most recent one will still be in your cache
in /var/cache/rcd/patch_data
or download it from download.novell.com/patch/finder.
ie. (rpm -Uvh
/var/cache/rcd/patch_data/novell-cluster-services-1.8.2.276-2.i586.rpm)
- Launch YaST or YaST2 and go
to "Open Enterprise Server" and select "Novell Cluster Service (NCS)" then complete
the installation.