https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-to-properly-decommission-a-Kafka-Broker/m-p/290808#M215118 <P>The answer was to simply "Delete" the instance(s) from CM since no data resided on them</P> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:57:53 GMT mikejeezy 2020-03-02T15:57:53Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-to-properly-decommission-a-Kafka-Broker/m-p/290255#M214773 <P>Hi, we have a couple of brokers that need to be life-cycled out.&nbsp; We have reassigned all topics to the other brokers in the cluster and Stopped the Kafka role on that host.&nbsp; To totally remove it, is it as simple as choosing the Instance and then from the Action Menu -&gt; Delete?&nbsp;<BR /><BR /></P> <P>CM -&gt; Kafka -&gt; Instances -&gt; (choose instance) -&gt; Actions Menu -&gt; Delete<BR /><BR /></P> <P>I don't see a "Decommission" option like with a Datanode.&nbsp; Anything need to be done in ZooKeeper or does the "Delete" option handle that?&nbsp; Thank you!</P> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 21:01:56 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-to-properly-decommission-a-Kafka-Broker/m-p/290255#M214773 mikejeezy 2020-02-21T21:01:56Z https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-to-properly-decommission-a-Kafka-Broker/m-p/290808#M215118 <P>The answer was to simply "Delete" the instance(s) from CM since no data resided on them</P> Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:57:53 GMT https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/How-to-properly-decommission-a-Kafka-Broker/m-p/290808#M215118 mikejeezy 2020-03-02T15:57:53Z