A node can remove itself from the distributed application by leaving the domain. A node can leave a domain because it is shutdown, an error condition, or it is explicitly removed from a domain. The Deployment Tool is notified that a node left the distributed application, however, execution continues.

A node that removed itself from a distributed application can rejoin the distributed application by joining the domain again. When the node is active in the domain again, it is treated the same as a new node being added to the domain as described in the section called “Adding a node”.