Deleting Nodes

Scenarios

You can add or delete nodes for a pay-per-use or yearly/monthly instance to release resources.

Precautions

• Deleted nodes cannot be recovered. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
• If you enable operation protection, two-factor authentication is required for sensitive operations to secure your account and cloud products. For details about how to enable operation protection, see Identity and Access Management User Guide.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the service list, choose Databases > GeminiDB.
3. On the Instances page, locate the instance that you want to delete nodes from and click its name.
4. On the Basic Information page, at the Node Information area, locate the node that you want to delete and click Delete.
   Figure 1 Node information
   

5. If you have enabled operation protection, click Start Verification in the Delete Node dialog box. On the displayed page, click Send Code, enter the verification code, and click Verify. The page is closed automatically.
6. In the displayed dialog box, click Yes.
   • When the node is being deleted, the instance status is Deleting node.
   • After the node is deleted, the instance status becomes Available.