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Removing Nodes From Clusters Running Windows
Server 2003
1
Take all resource groups offline or move them to another cluster node.
2
Click the
Start
button, select
Programs
→
Administrative Tools,
and then double-click
Cluster Administrator
.
3
In
Cluster Administrator
, right-click the icon of the node you want to uninstall and then
select
Stop Cluster Service
.
4
In
Cluster Administrator
, right-click the icon of the node you want to uninstall and then
select
Evict Node
.
If you cannot evict the node and the node is the last node in the cluster:
a
Open a command prompt.
b
Type the following:
cluster node <
node_name
> /force
where
<node_name>
is the cluster node you are evicting from the cluster.
5
Close
Cluster Administrator
.
Running chkdsk /f on a Quorum Disk
You cannot run the chkdsk command with the /f (fix) option on a device that has an open file
handle active. Because MSCS maintains an open handle on the quorum resource, you cannot
run chkdsk /f on the hard drive that contains the quorum resource.
To run chkdsk /f on a quorum resource’s hard drive:
1
Move the quorum resource temporarily to another drive:
a
Right-click the cluster name and select
Properties
.
b
Click the
Quorum
tab.
c
Select another disk as the quorum disk and press <Enter>.
2
Run
chkdsk /f
on the drive that previously stored the quorum resource.
3
Move the quorum disk back to the original drive.
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