DROP FAULT GROUP

Removes the specified fault group and its child fault groups, placing all nodes under the parent of the dropped fault group.

Removes the specified fault group and its child fault groups, placing all nodes under the parent of the dropped fault group.

To drop all fault groups, use ALTER DATABASE..DROP ALL FAULT GROUP.

To add an orphaned node back to a fault group, you must manually reassign it to a new or existing fault group with CREATE FAULT GROUP and ALTER FAULT GROUP...ADD NODE.

Syntax

DROP FAULT GROUP [ IF EXISTS ] fault-group

Parameters

IF EXISTS
Specifies not to report an error if fault-group does not exist. Use this clause in SQL scripts to avoid errors on dropping non-existent objects before attempting to create them.
fault-group
Specifies the name of the fault group to drop.

Privileges

Superuser

Examples

=> DROP FAULT GROUP group2;
DROP FAULT GROUP

See also