+1 on those steps.
> From: alex.hu...@citrix.com > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: RE: Remove Mgmt Server > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:47:57 +0000 > > Sorry. I meant it should be like maintenance state. Somehow pulled a brain > fart and mixed up the two sets of states. > > Put the mgmtserver into maintenance -> moves into prepare for maintenance. > This means the mgmtserver stops taking new jobs and prepares to hand off all > agents and just wait for existing jobs to finish. > > When all jobs are done, state goes to maintenance and mgmt server can be > shutdown. > If there are any problems with the agent handoffs and/or jobs waiting to the > done then it goes into error in maintenance. Admin can inspect and decide > to shutoff or put it into maintenance again after fixing the problems. > > --Alex > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:41 PM > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: RE: Remove Mgmt Server > > > > +1 > > > > It should be similar to how our resources have states: > > enable/disable/inactive. Enable means the mgmt server node is enabled. > > Inactive means it shouldn't be serving new requests (in this case handle new > > jobs). Disable means the mgmt. server is ready to be taken down because all > > jobs it is executing are done and all agent connections are transferred to > > another mgmt. server. At that point someone can just shut off the mgmt. > > server. This would be an orderly way to shutdown the mgmt. server. > > > > --Alex > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Michael Phillips [mailto:mphilli7...@hotmail.com] > > > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:12 AM > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > Subject: RE: Remove Mgmt Server > > > > > > One be nice to see an option in the UI to cleanly remove a management > > > server. > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 21:38:29 -0300 > > > > Subject: Re: Remove Mgmt Server > > > > From: rafaelweingart...@gmail.com > > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > > > > > > I prefer to set the removed field to some data that represents the > > > > time when the server was removed. This way when a new management > > > > server gets up it does not waste time checking if some other server is > > > > up. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Kelven Yang <kelven.y...@citrix.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just by stopping the running management server would do it already. > > > > > no further action is mandatory, however, if you prefer a complete > > > > > clean, login into DB and remove the corresponding record in mshost > > > > > table > > > > > > > > > > Kelven > > > > > > > > > > On 4/5/14, 10:32 AM, "Michael Phillips" <mphilli7...@hotmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Hey dev guys, what's the proper way to remove a management server > > > > > >from a management server cluster? > > > > > >I am referring to the actual management servers and not the > > > > > >hypervisors.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Rafael Weingärtner > > >
