Bring Node Offline

Use the Bring Node Offline task to select nodes and manage how cluster services are stopped.

Fields

When to Stop
Select when and how cluster services stop.
Stop now
Immediately stops cluster services.
Stop on system restart
Removes entries from the /etc/inittab file and stops cluster services from starting when the system is restarted.
Stop now and on system restart
Immediately stops cluster services, removes entries from the /etc/inittab file, and stops cluster services from starting when the system is restarted.
Resource group action
Select whether to manually manage the resource groups, have them automatically managed by the system or be unmanaged.
Bring resource groups offline
Brings resource groups offline according to the configuration settings and the cluster state of the resource group. The system stops monitoring applications on the selected nodes and stops controlling cluster resources.
Move resource groups
Moves the resource groups and applications from the selected nodes to other active nodes in the cluster.
Unmanage resource groups
Resources on the selected nodes remain active.
Broadcast message at shutdown
Select Yes or No.
Yes
Broadcast messages are sent to all nodes when the cluster services shut down.
No
Shutdown messages are not broadcast.