---
name: "hb_delnode"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "heartbeat"
version: "1:3.0.6-17"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hb_delnode"
---

# hb\_delnode(1)

sends a message to a Heartbeat cluster to remove one or more nodes

## NAME

hb\_delnode - sends a message to a Heartbeat cluster to remove one or more nodes

## SYNOPSIS

**hb\_delnode** *node* \[*node*\] \[*node*\]

## DESCRIPTION

/usr/share/heartbeat/hb\_delnode removes a node, or multiple nodes, from the cluster configuration. If there is any node in the arguments that is currently not a cluster member, the command fails and no nodes are removed.

## OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

- **--help**

  Issues a brief usage message.

## SEE ALSO

[**hb\_addnode**(1)](/hb_addnode/1.md), [**heartbeat**(8)](/heartbeat/8.md), [**cl\_status**(1)](/cl_status/1.md)

## AUTHORS

**Alan Robertson** \<alanr@unix.sh\>

hb\_delnode

**Guochun Shi** \<gshi@ncsa.uiuc.edu\>

man page

**Florian Haas** \<florian.haas@linbit.com\>

man page