Stops and drops a metadata server on a specific engine from the cluster.
.-------------. V | >>-dropserver--+--------+--+---------+--+---server_name-+-+---->< +- -?----+ '- -quiet-' '- - -------------' +- -h----+ '- -help-'
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.
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.
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