Deleting a Cluster Export Services node from an IBM Storage Scale cluster

Use this information to delete a Cluster Export Services (CES) node from an IBM Storage Scale cluster.

On a node that you do not want to delete from the cluster, issue the following command to suspend the node:
```
mmces node suspend –N <Node_to_Delete> --stop
```
On the node that you want to delete from the cluster, issue the following commands to stop the CES services:
```
mmces service stop nfs
mmces service stop smb
mmces service stop s3
```
In this example, it is assumed that protocols are enabled on the node that you want to delete from the cluster.
Unmount IBM Storage Scale file system from the node.
```
mmumount all
```
On a node other than the one you want to delete from the cluster, issue the following command to disable CES on the node:
```
mmchnode –N <Node_to_Delete> --ces-disable
```
On a node other than the one you want to delete from the cluster, issue the following command to shut down GPFS on the node:
```
mmshutdown –N <Node_to_Delete>
```
On a node other than the one you want to delete from the cluster, issue the following command to delete the node from the cluster:
```
mmdelnode –N <Node_to_Delete>
```
If you disabled file audit logging in step 1, you can enable it by following the instructions in Enabling file audit logging on a file system.