Deleting service IP labels

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You can use the SMIT interface to remove IP labels and an IP addresses.

About this task

To delete an IP label or an IP address, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. From the command line on any node in the cluster, enter smit sysmirror.
  2. In the SMIT interface, select Cluster Applications and Resources > Resources > Configure Service IP Labels/Addresses > Remove Service IP Label(s)/Address(es).
  3. Select one or more labels that you want to delete from the list and press Enter.
  4. Verify and synchronize the cluster.
  5. For maintenance purposes, delete the labels/addresses from the /etc/hosts file.

Results

After you delete service ip labels from the cluster configuration by using smit, remove the deleted service ip labels from the /etc/hosts file to avoid conflicting entries in future.

Note: If you delete the service ip labels when the associated resource group is online, an application outage may occur.