Harmonic ELECTRA VS - Replacing a Masterisable Node in Electra VS

Chapter 4 ’Servicing’ — Virtualization Delivery
446 Electra VS - Version 05.10
User Manual - Rev. A
Replacing a Masterisable Node in Electra VS
If you want to replace one of your masterisable node, you first need to
purchase a physical node with disk. This section explains how to perform
these operations.
1. Shutdown the original master node.
a. Check that you have another masterisable node
You shall always have a master node in your Electra VS, if you
want to replace one of the two master nodes be sure that the
other one is operational.
b. Put the node in maintenance mode. Refer to section ’Replacing
a Diskless Node in Electra VS’
on page 433 step 1 and 2.
c. Shutdown the masterisable node 
If it is the master node, the second masterisable node shall
become master.
2. Request a new license without the old masterisable node.
There is only two masterisable nodes in a Electra VS. You must
request to remove the old node from the system before adding the
new one.
Contact Harmonic to generate a new license file, don't forget to
indicate the node Id of the node to remove from the license. Refer to
section
’Requesting a new license File’ on page 411.
3. Apply the new license file and check that the old node has effectively
been removed from the Electra VS.

Refer to section ’Declaring a new License File’ on page 412.
4. You can now add your new masterisable node.
a. Refer section ’Adding the Second Node in Electra VS
(Masterisable Node)’
on page 76.
b. Connect the physical interface of the new node as the old one
node.