[Info-vax] set cluster/expected_votes

[Malcolm Dunnett]

JF Mezei wrote:

> 
> The problem arises when you wish to shutdown the first node. If you boot
> one of the 10 nodes with say 2 votes, you can then shutdown the first
> node. But when you reboot the primary node, your cluster has quorum of 2
> (3 votes) and you can't remove that 2 vote unimportant one to get back
> to normal.

Sure you can, use the REMOVE_NODE option of SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN.COM when 
you shut down the no longer wanted 2 vote member.

(google for OPC$REMOVE_NODE if you want more information, that is the 
mechanism that SHUTDOWN.COM uses)