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Disband a VCS X6.0 cluster
Cisco VCS Deployment Guide: Cluster creation and maintenance (Cisco VCS X6)
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4. Go to the OCS Relay page (Applications > OCS Relay)
if Mode = On change it to Mode = Off
select Save
select Save
5. Restart the Cisco VCS (Maintenance > Restart and then click Restart System).
6. Repeat for each non-master Cisco VCS.
On the Master Cisco VCS:
1. Log into the web interface
2. If the Cluster name is to be changed on this Master Cisco VCS, FindMe information should be
deleted, so that the database is not left with unused user accounts.
a. Delete all FindMe entries:
i.
Go to Maintenance > Login accounts > User accounts.
ii.
Select each account and click Delete.
3. Go to the Clustering page ( VCS Configuration > Clustering).
a. Optionally change the Cluster name to a unique ID for this Cisco VCS (ideally to the routable
Fully Qualified Domain Name used in SRV records that address this individual Cisco VCS, for
example "vcs1.example.com". (See Appendix 11 – Cluster name and DNS SRV records.))
example "vcs1.example.com". (See Appendix 11 – Cluster name and DNS SRV records.))
b. Delete the Cluster pre-shared key.
c.
Delete all entries in the Peer x IP address fields.
4. Click Save.
Note: A Warning similar to that shown below may appear on the web UI and CLI of the Cisco VCS
being removed. This is not a problem, the warning will be cleared when the Cisco VCS is restarted:
being removed. This is not a problem, the warning will be cleared when the Cisco VCS is restarted:
5. Restart the Cisco VCS (Maintenance > Restart and then click Restart System).
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 that they have those zones
removed, or modified appropriately.
removed, or modified appropriately.
2. If you have any endpoints registering to this Cisco VCS cluster, change the configuration of the
endpoints (or the configuration of the DNS server entry that points to the cluster peers) so that
they now register with an appropriate Cisco VCS.
they now register with an appropriate Cisco VCS.
Reconfigure Cisco TMS
If 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. In the Cluster Settings section click Delete Cluster.
4. Confirm that you really want to delete the cluster by clicking Delete.
Cisco TMS will report “Cluster successfully deleted”.
Disband a cluster of Cisco VCSs is now complete.