October 13, 2014 at 3:25 pm
In QA we have a two-node cluster with four instances of sql. In trying to add a fifth, I was given an IP address already in use so the install hung.
I removed it from the cluster but it is still there in the registry etc on the node I was working on.
I read about using the maintenance tab of the sql server install to "remove a node" but the terminology is confusing. To me a node is a physical server and an instance is an instance of sql server -- not the same at all but they are often referred to as the same thing.
I definitely don't want to remove one of the servers from the cluster.
October 14, 2014 at 3:03 pm
The remove node is referred to a single instance, so removing a node from an instance is not the same thing as evicting a node from the cluster.
I agree with you that the terminology can be confusing...
Please note that when you install a new clustered instance, from the second node on you select the "add node to cluster" option, which is along the same lines as far as terminology is concerned.
-- Gianluca Sartori
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