Freeze a system to prevent service groups from coming online on the system.
To freeze a system from Cluster Explorer
- Click the Systems tab of the configuration tree.
- In the configuration tree, right-click the system, click , and click or 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
- In the Command Center configuration tree, expand .
- Click the system.
- If necessary, select the and 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.
- Click .