[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs 6/6] fix 3375: warn user to remove replication jobs
Dylan Whyte
d.whyte at proxmox.com
Wed Sep 15 15:36:18 CEST 2021
this adds a warning in the documentation to remove any replication jobs
before deleting a cluster node
Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte <d.whyte at proxmox.com>
---
pvecm.adoc | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pvecm.adoc b/pvecm.adoc
index e7140a6..0b1857e 100644
--- a/pvecm.adoc
+++ b/pvecm.adoc
@@ -304,9 +304,17 @@ Remove a Cluster Node
CAUTION: Read the procedure carefully before proceeding, as it may
not be what you want or need.
-Move all virtual machines from the node. Make sure you have made copies of any
-local data or backups that you want to keep. In the following example, we will
-remove the node hp4 from the cluster.
+Move all virtual machines from the node. Ensure that you have made copies of any
+local data or backups that you want to keep. In addition, make sure to remove
+any scheduled replication jobs to the node to be removed.
+
+CAUTION: Failure to remove replication jobs to a node before removing said node
+will result in the replication job becoming irremovable. Especially note that
+replication automatically switches direction if a replicated VM is migrated, so
+by migrating a replicated VM from a node to be deleted, replication jobs will be
+set up to that node automatically.
+
+In the following example, we will remove the node hp4 from the cluster.
Log in to a *different* cluster node (not hp4), and issue a `pvecm nodes`
command to identify the node ID to remove:
--
2.30.2
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