Removing a Cluster Member

It may become necessary to temporarily remove a member system from the cluster. For example, if a cluster system experiences a hardware failure, that system will have to be rebooted but prevented 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 the system is able to rejoin the cluster, use the following command:

 /sbin/chkconfig --add cluster

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

 /sbin/service cluster start