Freezing a system

Freeze a system to prevent service groups from coming online on the system.

To freeze a system from Cluster Explorer

  1. Click the Systems tab of the configuration tree.
  2. In the configuration tree, right-click the system, click Freeze, and click Temporary or Persistent from the menu. The persistent option maintains the frozen state after a reboot if the user saves this change to the configuration.

To freeze a system from Command Center

  1. In the Command Center configuration tree, expand Commands > Operations > Availability > Freeze System.
  2. Click the system.
  3. If necessary, select the persistent and evacuate check boxes. The evacuate option moves all service groups to a different system before the freeze operation takes place. The persistent option maintains the frozen state after a reboot if the user saves this change to the configuration.
  4. Click Apply.