How to disable a nova compute node

Trying to disable one of your multiple nova compute nodes?
Perhaps you already tried the following command:

nova-manage service disable --host=<node name> --service=nova-compute
nova-manage service disable --host=<node name> --service=nova-network

And it didn't work :( and you see VM's spinning up on nodes that were supposed to be disabled :( :( :(

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Try one of the following options:

Run the following command:

$ nova host-update --maintenance [enable | disable]

2. One of the other approaches I've seen taken with good success is to use Host Aggregates . You have a 'production' aggregate that will be used for normal scheduling, and another aggregate (e.g. 'maintenance').

*We also recommend to read the following article Maintenance, Failures, and Debugging