Excluding a Secondary Server

Exclude a secondary server from the multiplex if it will be shut down for an extended period of time.

Prerequisites

You have DBA or Multiplex Admin authority.

Task

Excluding a secondary server allows the coordinator to ignore it during version cleanup. If you do not exclude a server, the coordinator preserves all old versions of IQ objects changed since the secondary server was shut down, which unnecessarily uses disk space.

Note: You cannot exclude the designated failover server, or the coordinator. Excluding a running server shuts it down.

In the Perspective Resources view, select a multiplex resource.
From the application menu bar, select View > Open > Administration Console.
From the left pane of the Administration Console, select IQ > Multiplex Management > Multiplex Servers.
From the right pane of the Administration Console, select a secondary node and either:
- Click the arrow to the right of the name and select Exclude Server, or
- From the Administration Console menu bar, select Resource > Exclude Server
Click Finish.