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Administering Dremio on Azure

This topic provides information about how to scale the Dremio executor nodes, start and stop Dremio.

Scaling Executor Nodes​

To scale the Dremio executor nodes (up or down):

  1. Go to Resource groups > YourResourceName > Overview.
  2. Click on <DremioClusterName>-executors.
  3. Click on the left Scaling menu item.
  4. With the Configure > Override condition option, change the instance count value
    to the desired number of executors and Save.

Stopping and Restarting Dremio Nodes​

To stop the Dremio cluster, shutdown the executor and coordinator nodes in the following order:

  1. Deallocate the executer nodes(s).
  2. Stop the coordinator node.

To restart the Dremio cluster, start the executor and coordinator nodes in the following order:

  1. Start the coordinator node.
  2. Start the executor node(s).

Shutting Down the Executor Node​

To shutdown the Dremio executor node(s):

  1. Go to Resource groups > YourResourceName > Overview.
  2. Click on <DremioClusterName>-executors.
  3. Click on the top Deallocate menu item.
  4. When prompted with Deallocate virtual machine scale set, select Yes.

Shutting Down the Coordinator Node​

To shutdown the Dremio coordinator node:

  1. Go to Resource groups > YourResourceName > Overview.
  2. Click on <DremioClusterName>-master.
  3. Click on the top Stop menu item.
  4. When prompted with Stop this virtual machine, select Yes.

Starting the Coordinator Node​

To start the Dremio coordinator node:

  1. Go to Resource groups > YourResourceName > Overview.
  2. Click on <DremioClusterName>-master.
  3. Click on the top Start menu item.

Starting the Executor Node​

To start the Dremio executor node(s):

  1. Go to Resource groups > YourResourceName > Overview.
  2. Click on <DremioClusterName>-executors.
  3. Click on the top Start menu item.