Use this procedure to replace and join a missing or deleted cluster node into an existing cluster.
Before you begin
Obtain the cluster node OVA. The version of the OVA must be the same version as the existing cluster nodes.
Obtain the network settings (FQDN, IP address, gateway, and netmask) used by the original cluster node that is being recovered.
Obtain the CPU and memory resource values used by the original cluster node that is being recovered.
Obtain the SDS disk size (Disk 2) used by the original cluster node that is being recovered.
Obtain the enrollment password configured on Cluster Control Manager.
If DRS is configured within vCenter to support node anti-affinity, obtain the VM name to be recovered.
Procedure
Deploy the cluster node OVA using the same cluster node version, VM name, network settings, enrollment password, and VM resources (CPU, memory and SDS disk) as the original cluster node.
Before the VM is powered on, use the Edit Settings option for the VM to modify its CPU and memory values.
If you enabled the HA audit during initial installation, on your vCenter Cluster object, edit the VM/Host Anti-Affinity rule created earlier and add the replacement VM name back into the rule.
Power on the cluster node VM.
Log in to Cluster Control Manager with your customer account.
On Cluster Control Manager, run ccm restore node to recover and join the missing cluster node into the cluster.
Wait approximately 30 minutes, then run ccm smoke-test on Cluster Control Manager and confirm that all tests pass.If ccm smoke-test fails, run it again in 10 minutes. If the test continuously fails for over an hour, contact your technical support representative.
If the old cluster node VM still exists (powered down), delete the VM using Delete from Disk.
