dse remove-node

Removes a node that is configured for the DSE Multi-Instance host machine.

The user running the command must have permissions for writing to the directories that DSE uses, or use sudo.

Restriction: DSE Multi-Instance commands are supported only on package installations.

Synopsis

dse remove-node <nodeId> [--yes]
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'

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;

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--

Separate command line options from command arguments with two hyphens. This syntax is useful when arguments might be mistaken for command line options.

nodeId

Required. Because the node name is always prepended with dse- the remove-node command works if you specify dse-nodeID or just nodeID.

--yes

Confirms node deletion. Files are deleted and are not recoverable. When not specified, you are prompted to confirm node deletion.

Examples

Remove the node payrollnode

dse remove-node nodeId [--yes]

or the equivalent command with the prepended dse-:

dse remove-node dse-payrollnode
#############################
#
# WARNING
# You're trying to remove node dse-payrollnode
# This means that all configuration files for dse-payrollnode will be deleted
#
##############################

Do you wish to continue?
1) Yes
2) No
#?

Remove the node dse-payrollnode with explicit confirmation

dse remove-node dse-payrollnode --yes

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