How to Evict a Node from a Cluster

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This topic explains how to evict a node from a cluster.

Procedure

To evict a node from the cluster

  1. Open Cluster Administrator (click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Cluster Administrator).

  2. Choose one of the following methods for connecting to the cluster:

    1. Click File, and then click Open Connection.

    2. In Open Connection to Cluster, click the cluster that you want to administer in the drop-down list.

      Opening a connection to a cluster

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    – or –

    • In Open Connection to Cluster click Browse, and in the Cluster box, type the NetBIOS name of an active node in the cluster.

    – or –

    • Open Cluster Administrator on a cluster node and type a period (.) in Cluster or server name.

  3. Stop the Cluster service on the node that you want to evict.

    To stop the Cluster service, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services. In Services, double-click Cluster Service, and then click Stop. When the Cluster service has stopped successfully, click OK.

  4. In Cluster Administrator, right-click the node that you want to evict and select Evict Node.

    Note

    After you stop the Cluster service on the node, you can no longer make changes to the cluster. If you are running Cluster Administrator on the node that you want to evict, switch to a different computer to evict the node.

    Evicting a node from a cluster

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  5. Remove the node from the cluster's shared disk resource.