Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Removing an out-of-service VCS from a cluster
(permanently)
(permanently)
Use the following procedure if:
n
the VCS is dead and needs to be RMAd, or
n
the VCS cannot be accessed for some other reason
.
which clears up the removed VCS as well as its previous peers.
Note: This procedure does not delete clustering configuration from the removed VCS. When removed, you
must not reconnect the out-of-service VCS without first deleting all of its peers and stopping FindMe and
configuration replication (see
must not reconnect the out-of-service VCS without first deleting all of its peers and stopping FindMe and
configuration replication (see
below).
Before starting:
Ensure that the VCS to be removed from the cluster is not indicated as the master VCS on Cisco TMS.
for instructions on how to make
a different peer the master.
On the master VCS:
1. Go to
System > Clustering
.
2. Delete the IP address of the VCS that has been removed.
3. If the VCS being removed is not the last field in the list, move any other IP addresses up the list so that
there are no empty fields between entries.
4. If the master VCS peer’s IP address has been moved up the list in the previous step, alter the
Configuration master value to match its new location.
5. Click Save.
On all the remaining non-master VCS peers:
1. Go to
System > Clustering
.
2. Edit the Peer x IP address and Configuration master fields so that they are identical to those configured
on the master VCS.
3. Click Save.
4. Repeat for all remaining non-master VCS peers until they all have identical clustering configuration.
On other devices:
1. If you have any other systems neighbored (or connected via a traversal zone) to this cluster of VCS peers,
ensure that their zone configuration for this cluster is updated to exclude the address of the removed peer.
2. If you have any endpoints registering to the 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 VCS peers instead.
register to one of the remaining clustered VCS peers instead.
Removing an out-of-service VCS from a cluster is now complete.
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Removing an out-of-service VCS from a cluster (permanently)