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<section id="removing-xenserver-kvm-hosts">
    <title>Removing XenServer and KVM Hosts</title>
    <para>A node cannot be removed from a cluster until it has been placed in maintenance mode.  This will ensure that all of the VMs on it have been migrated to other Hosts.  To remove a Host from the cloud:</para>
    <orderedlist>
        <listitem><para>Place the node in maintenance mode.</para><para> See <xref linkend="scheduled-maintenance-maintenance-mode-hosts"/>.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>For KVM, stop the cloud-agent service.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>Use the UI option to remove the node.</para><para>Then you may power down the Host, re-use its IP address, re-install it, etc</para></listitem>
    </orderedlist>
</section>