Removing A Node From A Cluster - Dell PowerVault NX1950 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

7 After the cluster service has started on Node A, launch the Cluster
Administrator and connect to Node A. Do not connect to the cluster alias
name. Open the Cluster Administrator and click File→ Close. Performing
this action disconnects you from the cluster virtual name.
8 Connect to Node A by clicking File→ Open Connection.
9 In the Open Connection to Cluster window, enter the node name in the
Cluster or server name field.
10 On Node A, within the Cluster Group, create a new physical disk resource
using the new quorum resource created in step 1. Bring this disk online.
11 On Node A, in the Cluster Administrator, perform the following steps:
Right-click the cluster name and select Properties. Ignore the error
a
messages concerning the failed quorum partition.
Click the Quorum tab and, from the Quorum resource pull-down
b
menu, select the new iSCSI disk for the quorum resource and apply
the changes.
12 On Node A, stop the cluster service.
13 On the second node (Node B), use the iSCSI initiator to log in to the
iSCSI target for the new quorum resource. Remember to make the
connection persistent and to bind the connection.
14 Starting with Node A, restart the cluster service on both nodes.
15 On Node A, from the Cluster Administrator and within the Cluster
Group, delete the old quorum resource.
16 On Node A and Node B, set the cluster service to automatic.

Removing a Node from a Cluster

To remove a node from a cluster:
1 Start the Cluster Administrator.
2 Right-click the node you want to remove and click Stop Cluster service.
NOTICE:
Do not perform this step if the PowerVault NX1950 storage system is the
last node in the cluster.
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Maintaining Your Cluster