Remove a cluster node

You can easily remove a cluster node using the DESK Managed Cluster Management Console. However, as removing a cluster node essentially means uninstalling DESK Managed, you can alternatively use the command prompt to remove a cluster node. Both approaches are described below.

Remove a cluster node using the command prompt

Log into the Linux machine where DESK Managed is installed. Using root rights, execute the following command:

/bin/sh desk-managed.sh --uninstall

All DESK Managed data will be deleted from the machine once the script is successfully executed.

Remove a cluster node using the Cluster Management Console

Before you can remove a node from a DESK Managed cluster, you must first disable the node.

Disable a cluster node

To disable a cluster node

1. Log in as an administrator. Use your DESK Managed URL or a cluster node that you want to keep (you can't remove a node while you're logged into the node).
2. Select Home from the Cluster Management Console navigation menu.
3. Click the cluster node you want to disable to access the node's overview page.
4. Click the Browse button (...) in the top right corner.
5. Select Disable OneAgent traffic to stop monitoring data processing on the node. If you want to temporarily exclude the node from a cluster, stop here and enable the node later. DESK Managed will keep running on the machine but it won't process monitoring data.

Remove a disabled cluster node

To remove a disabled cluster node

1. Log in as an administrator. Use your DESK Managed URL or a cluster node that you want to keep (you can't remove a node while you're logged into the node).
2. Select Home from the navigation menu to navigate to the DESK Managed cluster nodes page.
3. Click the cluster node you want to remove to access the node's overview page.
4. Click the Browse button (...) in the top right corner.
5. Select Remove node. The node will then stop and be completely uninstalled from your server instance.

Note : DESK Managed shows dead and removed nodes for 7 days. However even once a dead node is no longer displayed on the clusters page, the node is still registered. To remove a node entirely, you must remove the node manually.