Overview

• This utility will detach a cell member from cell environment and let the rest of cell environment functional by reconfigure the configuration database and removing cell members nodes from the Store indices.

• No actions will be performed on the cell member itself, and it is recommended to uninstall or shutdown the cell member after removal.

• Only the Store data that kept on the removed cell member will be lost.

• An offline cell member can be detached from a cell environment. In this case skip step 1 and step 4.

• You can add cell members to the cell environment after removing a member.

Usage

1. Stop all services on the cell member.

2. Check the cell member name in UI Console → Topology → Manage → DPOD Nodes.

3. Run the following command from cell managers CLI (root privileges are required):

   /app/scripts/remove_cell_member.sh -m <node name, i.e. N004>

4. Uninstall the cell member, see Non-Appliance+Uninstall