!!Do this FIRST
# Stop any monitoring scripts in CRON as shown at [CRON|NDSCron.tab].
# From the interactive eDirectory install menu, select option #3, then option #3:
# Insert/Remove server from eDirectory tree 3 - Remove this server from the TREE
# Follow the prompts.

!!Warning This Option Will Destroy NDS
This will remove the NDS from this server.

You may want to backup the DIB and log files first and place them safe place. Is reccomended that a you do a [Full Backup|Script For Backing Up Edirectory] before performing this function. Then copy the gz file to a safe place, __not__ in /var/nds.

It will also:
* Delete all /var/nds/*.log files 
* Delete /etc/nds.conf file (So you can't even start nds)
* Delete /etc/hosts.nds (so it you reinstall it re-builds this file)
* If you answer yse to "Remove All packages and files associated with any version of eDirectory or the Related Products?"
** __WARNING__ [SCRUBS|Ndsscrub] all Novell Scripts, packages, DIBs from the server. Will also remove the /var/nds/dib directory

!! Do This After
If this was a multi-server tree, the LDAP Group, SAS, and KMO objects from the removed server will remain. Use ConsoleOne to carefully delete those objects.

__WARNING__
Be sure you have a connection with iManager or ConsoleOne to a server you are not removing from the tree.

Take care not to delete LDAP Group, SAS, or KMO objects from remaining servers.

!Modify hosts.nds
Since we have removed a server form the tree, we need to modify the /etc/hosts.nds file on each remaining server, removing any entires for the removed server.

!Modify CRON Jobs
On the removed server use crontab -e to remove all "active" entries from CRON.

![Edirectory Automation Scripts|EdirectoryAutomationScripts]!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
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