dropserver

Stops and drops a metadata server on a specific engine from the cluster.

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>>-dropserver--+--------+--+---------+--+---server_name-+-+----><
               +- -?----+  '- -quiet-'  '- - -------------'
               +- -h----+
               '- -help-'

Parameters

–? | –h | –help
Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command options are ignored.
–quiet
Turns off confirmation messages for this command.
server_name
Specifies one or more metadata servers to drop from the cluster.
Specifies that in single-shot command mode you want this command to receive from the input stream (stdin) the names of one or more metadata servers to drop.

Prerequisites

You must have Administrator privileges to use the command.

You must be logged in to the operating system on the engine hosting the master metadata server to run this command.

Description

This command is typically issued when changing the IP address or upgrading the metadata server.

You cannot drop the last metadata server in the cluster.

Example

Drops a metadata server from the cluster The following example drops the metadata server ST4 from the cluster:
sfscli> dropserver ST4
Are you sure you want to drop server ST4? Filesets manually assigned to the
server will be reassigned to the remaining servers. [y/n] Y
Server ST4 successfully dropped from the cluster.

Parent topic: Administrative commands

Related tasks
Changing an IP address in a multi-engine cluster
Changing an IP address in a single-engine cluster
Removing a metadata server from the cluster
Removing metadata server software

Related reference
addserver
chserverconfig
lsautorestart
lsserver
setautorestart
setport
startautorestart
startserver
statserver
stopautorestart
stopserver

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