ServiceGuard - Cleanup after node erroneously removed from cluster

[Daniel Genevie]

A node was shutdown and rebuilt before being removed from the cluster. There is one package setup to use the failed node. How do I go about getting rid of the failed node and package definition.
cmdeleteconf -vfp fails because the cluster cannot talk to the failed node.
cmapplyconf -v -C cmclconf.ascii with the node removed fails because the package has the failed node in the definition.
Note: There is a third node in the cluster which is production and currently running a separate package, so shutting down the cluster is not an easily available option....

[IT_2007]

what is output status of cmviewcl ; cmviewcl -v
what is it says about node status?
check options to delete package forcefully then delete node from the cluster configuration.

[sajeer_2]

did you try -f option?

cmdeleteconf -f -c clusterName -p pkgName

It will delete the specified package from specified cluster forcefully.

[Stephen Doud · Accepted solution]

To remove a node from a cluster (particularly one that has been reinstalled and no longer has Serviceguard installed):
1) edit the cluster configuration file, commenting out all references to the departing node
2) edit each package configuration file that contains a NODE_NAME reference for the departing node, commenting that NODE_NAME out.
3) perform cmapplyconf -f -C -P -P ...

[Daniel Genevie]

Stephen, thanks, that worked. I attempted the cmapply conf on both the package and cluster separately, however, didn't think to try them both at the same time. Node is now removed.

[Daniel Genevie]

Issue resolved