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Removing the last 3 nodes of a node type from an Isilon cluster

June 29, 2015 (http://www.nervousadmin.com/removing-the-last-3-nodes-of-a-node-type-from-an-isilon-cluster/) JWeier
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In any Isilon cluster there is a requirement to have a minimum of 3 nodes for each type
of node that is within the cluster. This rule begs the question of how to remove the last
3 nodes of a node type from a cluster.
What are my options for evacuating the data on the 3 nodes that will be removed
from the cluster?
1. SmartPools A le pool policy can be created to movealldata to the other nodes
in the cluster.Simply create a new le pool policy that moves everything under /ifs
to the tier/pool that will remain in the cluster.
Note: If all of your pools are in a single tier you willneed to remove one of the pools from the tier before you can create the SmartPool
le policy. Pools can safely be removed from a tier at any time.
2. SmartFail This method will not work. The rst node you SmartFail will start to evacuate its data to the other 2 nodes remaining in
the cluster that are the same type. Eventually those 2 nodes will ll up and the SmartFail job will hang.
Whatdo I do when the SmartPool job has nished moving all of my data to the nodes which will remain in the cluster?
Simply SmartFail all 3 of the nodes you would like to remove from the cluster 1 by 1. They will probably take roughly 30 minutes to
SmartFail when they are empty.

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Does it matter which order I SmartFail the nodes?

If one of the nodes you are SmartFailing is the 1st node in the cluster then perform the SmartFail on that node last. The 1st node in an
Isilon cluster has extra roles such as serving the Smart Connect Zones and hosting the cluster IP. SmartFailing the 1st node last ensures
that you only need to re-assign those roles once.
Will I corrupt my data or will it cause an interruption to service at any time during the SmartFail process?
No.

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JORGE
November 3, 2015 at 12:19 am (http://www.nervousadmin.com/removing-the-last-3-nodes-of-a-node-type-from-an-isilon-cluster/#comment-2910)

Thanks for this information, it is really helpful. One question, what do you recommend if we do not have a SmartPool license.
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JWEIER
November 4, 2015 at 12:04 am (http://www.nervousadmin.com/removing-the-last-3-nodes-of-a-node-type-from-an-isilon-cluster/#comment-2922)

Hi Jorge I would recommend against trying to perform this operation without a SmartPools license. When I was draining
my 3 nodes I tried to do it without SmartPools and failed. Im not saying there isnt a way to do it, I just havent found it yet. I
would recommend reaching out to Isilon support, or maybe you could ask for a SmartPools trial license
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