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authorEmile Joubert <emile@rabbitmq.com>2013-07-31 13:06:16 +0100
committerEmile Joubert <emile@rabbitmq.com>2013-07-31 13:06:16 +0100
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must be offline, while the node we are removing from must be
online, except when using the <command>--offline</command> flag.
</para>
+ <para>
+ When using the <command>--offline</command> flag the node you
+ connect to will become the canonical source for cluster metadata
+ (e.g. which queues exist), even if it was not before. Therefore
+ you should use this command on the latest node to shut down if
+ at all possible.
+ </para>
<para role="example-prefix">For example:</para>
<screen role="example">rabbitmqctl -n hare@mcnulty forget_cluster_node rabbit@stringer</screen>
<para role="example">