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How to disconnect controller from inaccessible Mobility Conductor

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  • 1.  How to disconnect controller from inaccessible Mobility Conductor

    Posted 18 days ago

    Greetings,

    A site was turned over to me that was connected to a Mobility Conductor (which is no longer accessible).  I'm trying to disconnect it, but so far have not been able to do so.

    Running ArubaOS version 8.10.0.7.  There are 2 controllers in a HA pair locally in case that changes things.

    I've tried using disaster recovery mode, and while I was able to remove the secondary conductorip, removing the primary fails with an "Error: not allowed".  I also tried doing it from within the mynode path.

    (DEVNAME) *#disaster-recovery on

    *******************************
    Entering disaster recovery mode
    *******************************
    (DR-Mode) *[mm] #configure terminal
    Enter Configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z

    (DR-Mode) *[mm] (config) #no secondary conductorip
    (DR-Mode) *[mm] (config) #no conductorip
    Error: not allowed

    (DR-Mode) *[mm] (config) #cd /mm/mynode
    (DR-Mode) *[mynode] (config) #no conductorip
    Config deletion will not take effect: configuration is inherited.

    Not a lot of threads talk about removing a controller from a conductor and most assume you have access to the conductor to make the change.
    * Disconnect from existing conductor: https://community.arubanetworks.com/discussion/removing-controller-from-mobility-conductor-cluster
    * Changing conductor ip: https://community.arubanetworks.com/discussion/removing-controller-from-mobility-conductor-cluster
    * Removal from existing conductor: https://community.arubanetworks.com/discussion/cannot-remove-vmc-out-of-mobility-conductor

    Trying "no masterip" also returns a "Error: not allowed"

    Any suggestions / guidance?

    thanks.



  • 2.  RE: How to disconnect controller from inaccessible Mobility Conductor

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted 17 days ago

    If the controllers were managed under a Mobility Conductor then your only option is to change the conductor IP to point at a new instance.  Otherwise you'll have to factory default the controllers to run the setup script and set the controllers in standalone mode.

    Contact TAC for additional assistance if necessary.



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  • 3.  RE: How to disconnect controller from inaccessible Mobility Conductor

    Posted 17 days ago
    I don't quite understand what the goal is.
    Do you want to connect the controller to another mobility conductor?
    Then you need to set up the new mobility conductor in disaster recovery: conductorip x.x.x.x ipsec ****** interface vlan zzz
     
    Do you want to manage the controller locally, without mobility conductor?
    Then you have to reset it to factory default with "write erase all" and set it up again.
    A reconfiguration from managed-device mode to standalone mode is not possible.


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    Regards,

    Waldemar
    ACCX # 1377, ACEP, ACX - Network Security
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