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IBM Certification Study Guide  AIX HACMP
node. Because the command is executed remotely, there can be a delay 
before the command output is returned.
8.2.3.1  When to Stop Cluster services
You typically stop cluster services in the following situations:
  • Before making any hardware or software changes or other scheduled 
node shutdowns or reboots. Failing to do so may cause unintended cluster 
events to be triggered on other nodes.
  • Before certain reconfiguration activity. Some changes to the cluster 
information stored in the ODM require stopping and restarting the cluster 
services on 
all nodes for the changes to become active. For example, if 
you wish to change the name of the cluster, the name of a node, or the 
name of an adapter, you must stop and restart the cluster. 
8.2.3.2  Types of Cluster Stops
When you stop cluster services, you must also decide how to handle the 
resources that were owned by the node you are removing from the cluster. 
You have the following options: 
Graceful
In a graceful stop, the HACMP software shuts 
down its applications and releases its resources. 
The other nodes do not take over the resources of 
the stopped node.
Graceful with Takeover
In a graceful with takeover stop, the HACMP 
software shuts down its applications and releases 
its resources. The surviving nodes take over these 
resources. This is also called 
intentional failover.
Forced
In a forced stop, the HACMP daemons only are 
stopped, without releasing any resources. For 
example, the stopped node stays on its service 
address if IP Address Takeover has been enabled. 
It does not stop its applications, unmount its file 
systems or varyoff its shared volume groups. The 
other nodes do not take over the resources of the 
stopped node. Please note that the forced option 
is currently not supported at the Version 4.3 level 
in HACMP/ES, only in HACMP Classic.
8.2.3.3  Abnormal Termination of a Cluster Daemon
If the SRC detects that any HACMP daemon has exited abnormally (without 
being shut down using the 
clstop
 command), it executes the 
/usr/sbin/cluster/utilities/clexit.rc 
script to halt the system. This