Changes to your WebSphere Commerce typology might require
the removal of a cluster member. Ensure that these steps are followed
to successfully complete the removal.
About this task
Removing a cluster member from an existing cluster deletes
the associated application server.
Procedure
- If they are not started, start the node agent on each node
in the cluster.
- On the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
machine, start the deployment manager profile.
- Open the WebSphere Application Server Deployment Manager
Administrative Console. For instructions, see Launching the WebSphere Application
Server Administrative Console.
- Stop the cluster members. To stop the cluster members,
complete the following steps:
- In the Navigation area expand Servers and
click Clusters.
- Expand cluster_Name and click Cluster
Member.
- On the Cluster Member page, select
the member and click Stop.
- In the Navigation area, expand Servers and
click Clusters.
- From the list of clusters, click the cluster for which
you want to change the membership.
- Under Additional Properties, click Cluster members.
- Select the cluster members you want to remove from the
cluster and click Delete.
Note: If
you plan to remove the original cluster member, you should do so manually
by deleting the WebSphere Application Server profile associated with
it.
- Click Save in the Administrative
Console task bar.
- Click Review to save your configuration.
- On the Save page, select Synchronize
changes with Nodes.
- On the Save page, click Save.
While the nodes are being synchronized, the status of these nodes
will be displayed in administrative console. Once the synchronization
is finished, click OK.
- Log out of the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console.
- Regenerate the Web
server plug-in and copy the plug-in to the Web server.
Note: Ensure
that you start the node agent on each node as the WebSphere Commerce
non-root user.