Halting or rebooting a node without initiating takeover in a two-node cluster

In a two-node cluster, cluster HA ensures that the failure of one node does not disable the cluster. If you halt or reboot a node in a two-node cluster without takeover by using the ‑inhibit‑takeover true parameter, both nodes will stop serving data unless you change specific configuration settings.

1. Enter the following command to disable cluster HA: cluster ha modify -configured false

   Note that this operation does not disable storage failover.
2. Because disabling cluster HA automatically assigns epsilon to one of the two nodes, you must determine which node holds it, and if necessary, reassign it to the node that you wish to remain online.
   1. Enter the following command to change to the advanced privilege level: set -privilege advanced

      Confirm when prompted to continue into advanced mode. The advanced mode prompt appears (*>).
   2. Determine which node holds epsilon by using the following command: cluster show

      In the following example, Node1 holds epsilon:

      cluster::*> cluster show                       
      Node                 Health  Eligibility   Epsilon
      -------------------- ------- ------------  ------------
      Node1                true    true          true
      Node2                true    true          false
      
      
      If the node you wish to halt or reboot does not hold epsilon, proceed to step 3.
   3. If the node you wish to halt or reboot holds epsilon, you must remove it from the node by using the following command: cluster modify -node Node1 -epsilon false
      At this point, neither node holds epsilon.
   4. Assign epsilon to the node that you wish to remain online (in this example, Node2) by using the following command: cluster modify -node Node2 -epsilon true
3. Halt or reboot and inhibit takeover of the node that does not hold epsilon (in this example, Node2) by using either of the following commands as appropriate:system node halt -node Node2 -inhibit-takeover true system node reboot -node Node2 -inhibit-takeover true
4. After the halted or rebooted node is back online, you must enable cluster HA by using the following command: cluster ha modify -configured true
   Enabling cluster HA automatically removes epsilon from both nodes.
5. Enter the following command to return to the admin privilege level: set -privilege admin