Disabling a service group

Disable a service group to prevent it from coming online. This process temporarily stops VCS from monitoring a service group on a system undergoing maintenance operations.

To disable a service group from Cluster Explorer

  1. In the Service Groups tab of the configuration tree, right-click the service group.

    or

    Click the cluster in the configuration tree, click the Service Groups tab, and right-click the service group icon in the view panel.

  2. Click Disable, and click the appropriate system in the menu. Click All Systems to disable the group on all systems.

To disable a service group from Command Center

  1. In the Command Center configuration tree, expand Commands > Operations > Availability > Disable Service Group.
  2. Click the service group.
  3. Select the Per System check box to disable the group on a specific system instead of all systems.
  4. Click Apply.