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Remove an out-of-service Cisco VCS from a VCS X6.0 cluster (permanently)
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X6)
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3. Follow the instructions until you are returned to the menu
(enter the IP address of the peer to remove when asked).
4. Choose option q to Quit.
On the Master Cisco VCS:
1. Log into the web UI.
2. On the Clustering page (VCS Configuration > Clustering) delete the IP address of the Cisco
VCS that has been removed.
3. If the Cisco VCS being removed was not the last in the list, move any other IP addresses up the
list so that there are no empty fields between entries
a. If this results in the master Cisco VCS peer’s IP address moving up the list, alter the
Configuration master value to match its new location.
4. Click Save.
On all the remaining non-master Cisco VCS peers:
1. Log into the web UI.
2. On the Clustering page (VCS Configuration > Clustering) edit the Peer x IP address and
Configuration master fields so that they are identical to that set on the Master Cisco VCS.
3. Click Save.
4. Repeat for all remaining non-master Cisco VCS peers.
On other devices:
1. If you have any other Cisco VCSs, Gatekeepers or Border controllers neighbored (or connected
via a traversal zone) to this cluster of Cisco VCS peers, ensure their zone configuration for this
cluster is updated to exclude the address of the removed peer.
cluster is updated to exclude the address of the removed peer.
2. If you have any endpoints registering to the Cisco VCS that has now been removed, change the
configuration of the endpoint (or the configuration of the DNS server entry that points to the
cluster peers) so that they register to one of the remaining clustered Cisco VCS peers instead.
cluster peers) so that they register to one of the remaining clustered Cisco VCS peers instead.
Reconfigure Cisco TMS
If Cisco TMS is used, on Cisco TMS:
1. Select Systems > Navigator (and any required sub folders) then select the Master Cisco VCS.
2. Select the Clustering tab.
3. Click Update Cluster in TMS.
Removing an out-of-service Cisco VCS from a cluster is now complete.
Before you reconnect the out-of-service Cisco VCS back to the
network
network
If the removed Cisco VCS is ever recovered, before you reconnect it you must:
1. Run the cluster script option 3 on the Cisco VCS (see the steps in the section “Remove a live
2. Run the command xcommand DefaultValuesSet level: 2 and xcommand
DefaultLinksAdd
from the CLI.
This will ensure that the configuration of the recovered Cisco VCS is returned to default and it will not
interact with its ex-peers.
interact with its ex-peers.