Disabling the Cluster Software

It may become necessary to temporarily disable the cluster software on a member system. For example, if a cluster system experiences a hardware failure, an administrator may want to reboot the system, but prevent it from rejoining the cluster in order to perform maintenance on the system.

Use the /sbin/chkconfig utility to be able to boot a cluster system, without allowing it to rejoin the cluster. For example:

 /sbin/chkconfig --del cluster

When you want the system to rejoin the cluster, use the following command:

 /sbin/chkconfig --add cluster

You can then reboot the system or run the cluster start command located in the System V init directory. For example:

 /sbin/service cluster start