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Remove an appliance from a PowerStore X model cluster
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c. Run the following command to display the names of the appliances in the cluster: svc_appliance_provisioning list d. Run the following command, where appliance_name is the name of the appliance that you want to remove: svc_appliance_provisioning disable appliance_name e. Run the following command to ensure that the provision status of the appliance is disabled: svc_appliance_provisioning list 4. Ensure that Node A is the primary node on the appliance to be removed using PowerStore Manager. The factory reset of the appliance cannot occur unless Node A is the primary node of the appliance . a. Under Hardware, select Appliances, and select the appliance that you want to remove. b. Select the Components card, select the Rear View tab. c. Ensure that Node A is the primary node on the appliance. If the Node B is the primary node of the appliance, select Node B in the Rear View tab, and select More Actions > Reboot to reboot Node B and make Node A the primary node. 5. If there still are storage objects on the appliance to be removed, use PowerStore Manager to migrate the storage objects to another appliance in the cluster or remove the storage objects from the appliance. 6. Remove the appliance from the PowerStore T model cluster in PowerStore Manager. a. Under Hardware, select Appliances. b. Select the check box of the appliance to remove. c. Click Remove. The Removing the Appliance dialog box is displayed. d. Click Remove. The appliance is removed from the cluster and reset to its factory default settings. The appliance can be rediscovered and deployed to a new or existing cluster after it is reset to factory default settings. NOTE: The factory reset of the appliance can take up to 1.5 hours to complete. Remove an appliance from a PowerStore X model cluster Prerequisites ● Identify the Service Tag of the appliance that you want to remove. For details, see the Hardware Information Guide for PowerStore 1000, 1200, 3000, 3200, 5000, 5200, 7000, 9000, and 9200. ● If the appliance that you want to remove is not functional, contact your service provider for assistance with removing the appliance. ● Ensure the appliance that you want to remove is not the primary appliance in the cluster or the only appliance in the cluster. ● Stop and remove all running or scheduled import, migration, or replication jobs on the appliance to remove, and remove all remote systems that are associated with the appliance. ● Before starting the appliance removal process, migrate storage objects from the appliance that you want to remove to another appliance in the cluster. To migrate storage objects, see Migrate storage objects from an appliance on page 189. About this task A factory reset is performed on an appliance when it is removed from a cluster. NOTE: When the appliance removal process is running, do not run commands that can change the state of the cluster, such as adding external hosts or changing CHAP configurations. Steps 1. Under Hardware, select Appliances, and identify the IP address of the appliance with the Service Tag identified in Prerequisites. 186 Remove appliances from the cluster