Remove a Windows compute host

You want to remove a compute host from the Symphony DE cluster. This topic guides you through the process of uninstalling the software and removing the host from the cluster.

Uninstall Symphony DE

  1. Shut down Symphony DE processes on the local host:

    soamshutdown

    Note that soamshutdown all shuts down Symphony DE processes on all hosts in your cluster.

  2. To uninstall Symphony Developer Edition , use the Windows Add/Remove Programs application.
  3. Manually remove any directories in %SOAM_HOME%.

    For example, manually remove C:\SymphonyDE\DE40, the Symphony DE installation directory.

    Uninstalling does not remove any added or changed files.

Remove the compute host from the cluster

To remove a compute host from the cluster, you need to remove the configuration entry for the host from the vem_resource.conf file of the management host.

  1. Log on to the management host.
  2. Shut down Symphony DE processes on the management host:

    soamshutdown

    Note that soamshutdown shuts Symphony DE processes on all hosts in the cluster.

  3. Edit %SOAM_HOME%\conf\vem_resource.conf and remove the AGENT line that indicates the compute host.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Start up Symphony DE processes on the management host:

    soamstartup

  6. Log on to each compute host and start up Symphony DE:

    soamstartup